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Category Archives: Dessert
Simple Apple Tarts Using Local Farm Ingredients
One of my favorite treats are simple handmade tarts because they give me an opportunity to test flavor combinations and don’t require much time to make. These sweet little apple tarts are an easy treat to make when … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Fall, Freezing & Canning, General, Preserves, Recipes, Seasonal Eating, Second Harvest, Snack, Winter
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HomeFries Cooking Class at the Durham Farmers’ Market
The HomeFries Cooking Team works their magic with summer melons, cucumbers, berries, herbs & goat cheese creating chilled soups, smoothies, salads & skewers. Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dairy-Free, Dessert, Freezing & Canning, General, Lunch, Recipes, Salads, Seasonal Eating, Snack, Soup, Spring, Summer, Vegetarian
Tagged #localfood, #locavore, #realfood, chilled soup, cooking classes, Durham Farmers Market, Durham NC, easy recipe, farmers market, HomeFries, kid friendly, Melons, organic, seasonal food, Smoothies, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie
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Maple Syrup Candied Ginger
Three pantry items from one “candy” process. Using organic Appalachian Mountain maple syrup, fresh organic local ginger rhizomes and pure maple sugar combine with a little heat to create a year’s worth of ginger infused maple syrup, ginger infused maple sugar and maple syrup candied ginger. Continue reading
Posted in Dairy-Free, Dessert, General, Nut-Free, Preserves, Recipes, Second Harvest, Snack, Vegetarian, Year-Round
Tagged #appalachianmountains, #ChapelHill, #FarmersMarket, #localfood, #locavore, #realfood, #SouthDurham, Carrboro, cooking classes, durham, easy recipe, farmers market, foodie, fresh ginger, ginger root, gluten free, maple sugar, maple syrup, Old Salem, organic, seasonal, second harvest, sustainable farming, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie, Western Wake
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Blueberry & White Chocolate Bread Pudding
Simple individual bread puddings created from local White Chocolate Baguettes, fresh blueberries from a local farm and honey from an urban hive. Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, General, Recipes, Seasonal Eating, Snack, Summer
Tagged #localfood, #locavore, #realfood, blueberries, bread pudding, breakfast, Carrboro honey, cooking classes, easy recipe, honey, Just Bee Apiary, kid friendly, La Farm Bakery, seasonal food, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie, urban bee keeping, Whitted Bowers Farm
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Upside-Down Apple & Pecan Ginger Cake
Use the Gluten Free Pancake Mix from Moon Rabbit Foods to make an upside down cake loaded with local organic fruit, nuts, ginger and maple syrup and prepared with sustainable farm fresh eggs, milk and butter. Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, Fall, General, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Seasonal Eating, Winter
Tagged #localfood, #locavore, #realfood, carolina, climate change, easy recipe, farm fresh, farmers market, gluten free, healthy, kid friendly, maple syrup, Moon Rabbit Foods, north carolina agriculture, organic, pancakes, seasonal food, sustainable agriculture, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie
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Peanut Butter, Chevre & Pecans with Dark Chocolate
Use local nut butter, goat cheese and honey to create a lovely spreadable dessert or delightful “tuffles” rolled in local toasted pecans with dark chocolate pieces hidden inside. Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Fall, General, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Seasonal Eating, Snack, Spring, Summer
Tagged #localfood, #locavore, #realfood, carolina, Carrboro Farmers Market, chevre, dark chocolate, dessert, easy recipe, Eater, farmers market, foodie, goat cheese, honey, north carolina agriculture, peanut butter, pecans, seasonal food, sustainable food, tarheel, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie
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Strawberry Madeleines for Mother’s Day
Dealing with 25 pounds of any fruit can be challenging, especially when you need to clean and store it as quickly as possible to retain the best flavor. That’s probably why most folks resort to canning or freezing. So it … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Preserves, Recipes, Spring, Year-Round
Tagged cooking classes, easy recipe, madeleine, Mother's Day, seasonal food, second harvest, strawberry, sustainable agriculture, tea cake
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Strawberry, Lavender & Honey Jam
Organic spring strawberries blended with garden lavender & local honey creates a subtle alternative to standard store bought jam. Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Dessert, General, Preserves, Recipes, Second Harvest, Snack, Spring, Vegetarian, Year-Round
Tagged #localfood, #locavore, biodynamic grown, carolina, Carroboro Farmers Market, Cary Farmers Market, durham, Durham Farmers Market, easy recipe, Eater, Eno River Farmers Market, foodie, gluten free, Hillsborough NC, lavender, Midtown Farmers Market, NC agriculture, organic, Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market, seasonal food, second harvest, strawberries, sustainable agriculture, tarheel, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie, wake forest, Western Wake Farmers Market, Whitted Bowers Farm
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Dark Chocolate Beet & Toasted Pecan Cookies
Make your Valentine a Beet Cookie this year! White or dark chocolate and toasted nuts make this recipe fun for everyone in the family. Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, Fall, Recipes, Second Harvest, Winter
Tagged #localfood, #locavore, #realfood, Beets, Carrboro Farmers Market, cooking classes, easy recipe, kid friendly, Lindley Mills Flour, NC agriculture, pecans, seasonal food, second harvest, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming, tarheel foodie, tarheelfoodie
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