We Tried Trader Joe’s Fig & Honey Batard

The first thing to know about Trader Joe's Fig and Honey Batard is it's a LIMITED TIME product. So if you think you wanna try it, get it. And if you end up liking it and wanting it for a holiday charcuterie board, don't dally. Buy an extra and throw it in the freezer. This…

ByMichelleOctober 17, 20240Comments

Appetizers Recipes

Delicata Squash and Kale Crostini is What You Wanna Eat Now

This balsamic delicata squash and kale mixture is what to eat now. Are you ready for kale? It's been a gorgeous long summer of tomatoes and cucumbers and peppers and whatever else, but now I feel it. The chill is in the air, the flannel shirts are out of their long sleep, it's time. It…

ByMichelleOctober 9, 20170Comments

Baking Cooking Pizza Recipes

Now It Feels Like Summer: Fig, Pancetta & Haloumi Pizza

Now it feels like summer. We've had a run of crazy beautiful, sunny warm days. It's light until almost 10 p.m. here. All you wanna do is sit outside, fire up the grill and sip a glass of white wine. This fig, pancetta, haloumi pizza/flatbread is exactly the nibble you need to go along with. Now…

ByMichelleJune 26, 20150Comments

Recipes Wine

Dried Fig and Port Jam

Every summer I say, this is the summer I'm really going to make some amazing raspberry or blackberry jam. But something about sterilizing the jars and waiting for that suctioning pop just still seems complicated to me. So I've been sticking with refrigerator jam. And today, since the summer heat is taking its own sweet time to arrive (and I discovered my Maggie Beer is way past its expiration), I made dried fig and port jam with black mission figs.

ByMichelleJune 22, 20114Comments

We Tried Trader Joe’s Fig & Honey Batard

Delicata Squash and Kale Crostini is What You Wanna Eat Now

Now It Feels Like Summer: Fig, Pancetta & Haloumi Pizza

Dried Fig and Port Jam

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