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Beet Hummus with Parsley, Lemon Zest, Za'atar & Flaky Sea Salt, in a white bowl.

Beet Hummus

A vibrantly pink, slightly sweet and deliciously healthy beet hummus, very easily made by placing all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor. This roasted beet hummus recipe is officially the first recipe I’m ever sharing on my new blog! YAYA!!!! Seems apropos as apparently I found my visual voice and it’s very, very, very, purple. And this dish is basically me in hummus form. Why this Recipe Works The addition of a roasted beet adds a touch of sweet earthiness and a fun twist to classic hummus. The vibrantly awesome pink color. Period. Using almost equal parts ...

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cranberry chicken pre-oven, overhead shot

Cranberry Chicken

These roasted cranberry and spiced brown sugar chicken thighs are a deliciously cozy autumn meal with a deeply flavorful sweet and savory fresh cranberry sauce bursting with bright and bold Holiday flair! Why this Recipe Works That spiced brown sugar rub! Leads to greater depth of flavor and helps keep the chicken moist. Searing the chicken…

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dried fig cake with caramel, brandy and cocoa powder, side and shot

Dried Fig Cake

Brandy soaked dried figs are baked into a brandy scented chocolate batter and topped with caramel for a sophisticated yet rustic and luxuriously moist upside- down fig cake! Dried Cali figs, chocolate, caramel, and brandy… need I really say any more? When California Figs reached out to me to develop a recipe with figs I…

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Chef Daniela Gerson eating ravioli in LA

Can I Please Have Some Fat in My Food?

Ok friends. I like to eat healthy. Scratch that. I LOVE eating healthy!!! There’s lots of fresh, seasonal, local produce in my world. Colorful too! But I always want some fat in my food. The good kind. From oils or butters or nuts or other good, clean, yummy sources. So I’ve found myself in one…

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Fig Skillet Cake just out of the oven, overhead shot.

Fig Cake

A deliciously gluten-free almond fig cake that quickly and easily comes together, topped with jammy figs that caramelize when baking, lending a deep sweetness to this very moist cake!  This fig skillet cake recipe started as a photograph. It was August ’17 and I found myself with loads of figs on the verge of perishing…

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