Honey and Bourbon Glazed Salmon

A plate of food with salmon and potatoes.

It’s a perfect pairing, peaches and salmon, especially when you add a honey bourbon glaze. Who could resist such a divine combination? Not only is this one of the prettiest dishes ever, it’s ever so easy to put together. You could serve this at a fancy dinner party or on a weeknight just for fun.…

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Honey and Peanut Butter Cookies

Jar of honey with bee label on wood.

I’ve just discovered a way to beat the Monday morning blahs – bake cookies! Cookies make everybody happy. Does anyone remember the Judy Collins song from the 70’s “I Always Cook with Honey”? Well that’s a good thing to do around here since we keep bees, but Judy was right -honey provides such a delicious…

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Honey and Spice Roasted Pork Tenderloin

Beekeeper inspecting beehives with bees.

Today was The Day – or as it were – Bee Day. After two years of beekeeping, gathering the honey was almost over too quickly, but it’s definitely worthy of a celebration! The harvest was much easier than anticipated thanks to a word of advice from good friend Sylvia from Green Door Gourmet, who shared the…

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Honey Bourbon and Peach Clafoutis

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Ingredients 4 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced 1 cup milk ½ cup sour cream 3 eggs ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup honey ½ cup flour 2-3 Tbsp bourbon (or 1 tsp vanilla) ¼ tsp ginger ¼ tsp salt (Optional: Powdered sugar or whipped cream for serving) Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a pie…

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Honey Bourbon Snacking Bacon

A bowl of soup and bacon on a plate.

Ingredients (easy to double or triple depending on crowd and math ability) 6 slices of bacon 3 Tbsp honey 1 Tbsp bourbon Garlic salt Black pepper Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and place bacon on it, being careful not to overlap pieces. (hint: If…

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Honey Cole Slaw Dressing

Coleslaw salad with tomato and serving spoons.

Listen up fellow cooks – you do not – I repeat do not need to buy one of those ridiculously overpriced Cole slaw “kits” to make Cole slaw for a crowd – or even for a couple of people. This is a recipe for just about the best Cole slaw dressing that you’ve ever tasted.…

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Honey Grilled Shrimp on Spinach Salad

A plate of food with spinach and mushrooms on it.

Honey Grilled Shrimp on Spinach Salad Ingredients 1 lb large shrimp, peeled ½ cup Italian dressing ½ cup honey 1 Tbsp paprika Course pepper for grilling 1 bag prewashed spinach 6 large mushrooms, thinly sliced ½ red onion, thinly sliced 2 hard boiled eggs, thinly sliced 6 slices bacon, cooked – reserve 2 Tbsp bacon…

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Honey Pie with Lavender

Slice of golden brown pie on plate.

It’s hard to find a dessert that works for almost any occasion, but by golly, this just might be the IT dessert for 2019. I served a Honey and Lavender Pie to a group of women on the weirdest variety of diets you’ve ever imagined. There must be a lot of companies making money telling…

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Hot Chicken Salad

A plate of food with potatoes and meat on it.

Ingredients 3 c cooked chicken, chopped 2 ribs of celery, diced 1 small onion diced 8 oz box of fresh mushrooms, sliced 1 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp Sherry 3/4 c mayonnaise 1 can cream of chicken soup 1/2 tsp salt 3 Tbsp lemon juice 1/2 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted 1/2 c grated sharp cheddar…

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