Featured Recipes

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Raspberry Cranberry White Balsamic Vinegar will remind you of Christmas all year long. Clean, crisp, and very tart.  It has an amazingly, fruity, complex taste that shines in a multitude of dishes.

A Sunsational cranberry sauce for the holidays! Not just for turkey, pour over cream cheese and serve with crusty focaccia bread or crackers.

Cranberry Pear Balsamic is clean and crisp.  It has an amazingly fruity, complex bouquet that shines in a multitude of culinary applications.  Extremely adaptable, it can be used with any Gourmet Extra Virgin Olive Oils. Try with my Persian Lime, Blood Orange, Rosemary, or Basil Olive Oils.  Perfect for any vinaigrette, or marinade with poultry, pork, or veggies and roast, or drizzled over fresh fruit salads.

A delightful salad that will make your holiday meal Sunsational!

A delectable side dish for fall and the holiday season.

Spicy and warm, this Cinnamon Pear Dark Balsamic Vinegar embodies a tantalizing blend of ripe d’anjou pears infused with warm cinnamon undertones, resulting in a rich and complex flavor profile.

A perfect side dish for the holidays!

A decadent pasta dish perfect for fall and holiday entertaining.

This quick and delicious homemade Maple Balsamic Dressing is the perfect sweet and tangy vinaigrette for all your seasonal salads!  Use this amazing sauce for a marinade for any protein, and veggie!

Sherry vinegar is loaded with complex, nutty flavors you won't find in other vinegars. And its 80 aromatic compounds translate into more interesting salad dressings and crazy-good accents in soups and pan sauces that apple cider or rice vinegar could never hope to imitate.

This colorful Fall  Harvest Salad combines all the best produce that fall has to offer into the season’s best salad, healthy, simple, and so delicious.

Sunsational side dish for salads, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, and grilled meats. 

Wonderful tossed with fresh greens, lovely as a marinade for chicken.

This healthy salad is so delicious and addictive.  Top burgers, sandwiches, pizza, and soups.  

Panzanella is a healthy Summertime Tuscan Bread salad made with farm fresh tomatoes, cucumber, onions and Sourdough bread.  Tossed in the most delicious dressing!  Enjoy!

Drizzle this beautiful mixture over sweet Summer strawberries, mixed greens, cucumber, goat cheese or feta cheese, and toasted walnuts.  Add grilled chicken to make a perfect summertime meal.

Enjoy!

A perfect summer salad!

Famous salad from Beverly Hills restaurant.

A simple Greek salad packed full of fresh flavors.

Recommended Olive oils:

*Chilean Nocellara

*House Blend

Bursting with freshness, this beautiful vinaigrette isn't just for greens.  Drizzle on roasted veggies, grilled salmon, chicken, pasta, also great used as a marinade.

Enjoy!

Recommended Olive Oils:

* Meyer Lemon

* Chilean Nocellara

* Basil EVOO

A healthy sweet, crunchy, earthy side  dish.  A wonderful and delicious topping for burgers, hotdogs, and sandwiches.

These make for a perfect afternoon snack, salad or sandwich topper, enjoy them all week!  (If they last that long!)

Fresh, sweet, crisp and fruity.  Delicious tossed with fresh greens, but beautiful as a marinade for grilled meats, seafood, and roasted veggies.

Recommended olive oils & vinegars:

*Blood Orange EVOO

*House Blend EVOO

*Italian White Wine Vinegar

Crisp, refreshing, and packed full of bright flavors.

This exclusive balsamic vinegar is made in Modena, Italy using high-quality caramelized grape must from Trebbiano and Lambrusco grapes. Dark Balsamic Vinegar - It's The Secret Weapon Of Italian Cooking!

Full of fresh herbs and garlic with a drizzle of sweet balsamic vinegar…. the most irresistible dipping oil for my focaccia bread.

Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette... (AMAZING SAUCE) is a fantastic marinade and glaze for poultry, fish, pork, and veggies!! 

This pesto can be made up to 1 week in advance and refrigerated in an airtight container.  Spread on crusty bread, smear on sandwiches, pizza, pasta, massage into kale for a delicious salad.  Top on grilled chicken, seafood, salmon, stir into grains, rice, quinoa, and top onto grilled veggies, like asparagus, and zucchini.

Enjoy!

Pairs perfectly with pasta, smear in sandwiches, stir into rice, risotto, top on fish, chicken and salmon, bake or roast.  Top on grilled veggies, add to tuna, egg, or chicken salads.  Smear on crusty bread., and pizza! 

This Sicilian, roasted red bell pepper pesto is so delicious and addictive. Toss with pasta, spread on toasted baguettes and bruschettas.  Smear on sandwiches, like grilled cheese!  Use as delicious pizza sauce, dip, marinade, and dressing by adding a bit more EVOO and vinegar of choice.

smear on crusty breads, sandwiches, burgers, and crostini. Toss with pasta, rice, and risotto.  

Toss with pasta, smear on bruschetta, pizza, grilled cheese, panini sandwich and crostini.  Spread on salmon or chicken, and roast or bake in oven.  Dollop into tomato soup, toss with roasted veggies, mix into Mac & cheese, toss with zucchini noodles (zoodles), smear onto avocado toast.

Enjoy!

*Recommended EVOO:

-Italian Coratina

-Basil

-Tuscan Herb

-Meyer Lemon

-House Blend

Toss with pasta, smear on bruschetta, pizza, panini sandwich and crostini.  Spread on salmon or chicken, and roast or bake in oven.

Enjoy!

*Recommended EVOO:

-Italian Coratina

-Basil

-Tuscan Herb

-Meyer Lemon

-House Blend

Toss warm drained spaghetti with Walnut pesto, and a splash of pasta cooking water, mix, slurp and enjoy!

*Recommended pasta:

-Italian Blend Garlic & Basil Spaghetti

-Spinach Fettuccine

-Rainbow Angel Hair 

Toss warm drained spaghetti with Walnut pesto, and a splash of pasta cooking water, mix, slurp and enjoy!

Serve with Caramelized Pesto Salmon

*Recommended pasta:

-Spinach Fettuccine

A beautiful and delicious side dish!

Toss cooked pasta in lemon sauce, add fresh basil to garnish, and slurp and Enjoy!

*Recommended EVOO:

-Italian Coratina

-Basil

-Tuscan Herb

-Meyer Lemon

-House Blend

*Recommended Gourmet Pasta:

-Italian Blend Garlic & Basil Spaghetti

-Spinach Fettuccine

-Rainbow Angel Hair 

SUNSATIONAL SUMMER RECIPES 

Salmoriglio is so fresh, bright and flavorful, you can use this as a marinade, sauce or a dressing.   

*Use as a marinade for fish, chicken, and veggies.

* Use as a sauce and drizzle over grilled chicken, salmon, fish, tofu, and veggies.

* Use as a dressing and toss with fresh greens for a refreshing side salad.

* Recommended Extra Virgin Olive Oil:

-Italian Coratina

Salmoriglio is so fresh, bright and flavorful, use as a marinade, sauce or a dressing.   

*Toss with fresh salad  greens 

* Use as a dressing for pasta salad.

* Pour into ziplock bag, and use as a delicious marinade for salmon, or chicken, then grill, roast or bake.

* Drizzle over sliced cucumbers and tomatoes for a bright summer side.

INSRUCTIONS

1. Place flour, yeast, salt,  (if using ) whisk thoroughly. 

2. Stir in water and olive oil, mix well with a spatula then transfer dough to a lightly floured surface to knead until smooth, 1-3 min.

3. Place the dough on parchment paper and flatten into a rectangle

 (11 x 7 inches)

4. Brush liberally with fresh garlic EVOO and sprinkle Black Hawaiian Sea Salt *(or the seeds as stated in ingredients.) and let rise 1 hour in warm place.  

*PREHEAT OVEN TO 400 and line two baking sheet

INGREDIENTS

2 c bread flour or all-purpose

1/2 t sea salt *(Omit if adding Black Hawaiian Sea Salt during rolling out dough)

1 t instant yeast

1/2 c + 1 TBS warm water

4 TBS Fresh Garlic EVOO

1T Black Hawaiian Sea Salt *( or substitute 1/2 t sea salt and 2-3 TBS poppy seeds, sesame or chia seeds after rolling out dough)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. With a pizza cutter, cut dough crosswise into 1/2 inch strips.  Grab each strip at the end and pull and twist gently until longer and thinner, then place on lined baking sheet.  It's okay if a little uneven and wonky, gives them character.  (Make sure the ends aren't too thin or they will burn) 

2. Baking time may vary from 15 to 20 minutes.  Depending on the thickness, check often after 15 minutes, you want them golden and crusty.

3.  Remove, cool and ENJOY!

Each bite is a burst of a combination of sweet, sour, and savory. 

*Serve with cheese and charcuterie plates

* Sprinkle on salads

* Add to pan juices 

A delicious, appetizer to serve with Grissini bread sticks, charcuterie and cheese boards.

INGREDIENTS

1-2 cups of mixed olives

5 garlic cloves, crushed

1 lemon cut up 

zest of 1/2 lemon

zest of 1/4 orange

1 shallot cut up

1 t chili flakes

1/3 cup *House Blend EVOO

2 sprigs each of fresh thyme and rosemary 

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350*

In a baking dish combine all ingredient and toss well with EVOO.

Roast  20-25 minutes, until sizzling and garlic is aromatic.

INGREDIENTS

1 -8oz block of feta cheese, cut into large cubes

3 oz softens cream cheese

2-3 TBS of honey

Fresh black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine all ingredients in food processor and pulse until mixture is smooth and creamy.

(This mixture and be done in advanced up to 3 days).

When ready to serve, spoon mixture into a serving dish and top with warm olives, 

serve with Grissini, crackers, or bread.

ENJOY!

INGREDIENTS

-1 -8oz block of feta cheese, cut into    cubes

-3 -4 stems of  fresh herbs of choice,

 (I love Rosemary and Thyme.)

-Zest and juice of one lemon

-1-Tablespoon of my Tuscan Herb Blend.

-1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

-1/2 cup of olives of choice (I used Kalamata and Castelvetrano Italian olives

Fresh black pepper

-Fresh Garlic EVOO or EVOO of choice

 (I used half Fresh Garlic EVOO and House Blend EVOO)

INSTRUCTIONS

Layer ingredients in glass jar, 1/2 of each  cubed Feta, herbs, olives, 

Cont..

lemon, Tuscan herb blend, crushed red peppers, and black pepper to taste.  Repeat the layers and top with fresh lemon juice.  Fill jars with EVOO until Feta is submerged in oil.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours for the flavors to develop.   Serve With fresh bread, Grissini, in salads, pasta, rice and added to your charcuterie boards.

This mixture will last covered in the refrigerated for 3 days, if it lasts that long!

Enjoy!

Meyer Lemons are a cross between Mandarin oranges and lemons, creating a sweet flavor with less of a bite than regular lemons.  This olive oil is fresh, light and smooth!  It is  so versatile, it can be used in savory dishes, as well with  delectable desserts, and baked goods!

Drizzle on fish and seafood before and after grilling.  Excellent on salads, veggies, dips, pasta, rice, and in marinades.  Add this beautiful oil to your favorite cake and bread recipes.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 Sachet of Black Tea (Lipton, Earl Gray, or any other favorites)

1 TBS Local Honey (more or less depending on your preference)

1 Inch Fresh Ginger Root

1 Cup of Water

Lemon Wedge

Directions:

Brew tea to manufacture's instructions.

While tea is steeping, prepare Fresh Ginger:

Peel Ginger *optional

Wet The Grate Plate and grate Ginger back and forth until about 1 TSP is achieved.

Using The Gathering Brush, push fresh grated Ginger into a ball and move to hot tea. 

Add 1 TBS Honey if using.

Squeez

When you are grating spices or hard cheeses with The Grate Plate, you will want to keep the plate dry. 

Nutmeg: hold the entire Nutmeg in your dominant hand and The Grate Plate in your other hand. Tilt The Grate Plate sideways and grate fresh Nutmeg back and forth over your recipe. Fresh Nutmeg is a delicious gourmet touch over a hot latte!

Cinnamon: Find a Cinnamon Stick that is wide- the thinner ones will break easily. Keep The Grate Plate on your counter and grate the Cinnamon Stick back and fo

 Jalapeño Margaritas at your next summer party! It’s as easy as:
Grate 1/2 of a Jalapeño & add to ice filled shaker
Add juice of 2 limes
1 TBS agave nectar
4 oz Tequila
2 oz Triple Sec
Shake vigorously and serve in two Himalayan salt rimmed glasses!

Ingredients:

1 Cucumber

2 Cloves of Garlic

1 Firm Lemon

1 C Greek Yogurt

Fresh Dill

Steps:

Peel & Grate Garlic. Add to mixing bowl. 

Grate 1/4 of Cucumber, add to bowl. Chop the rest and add to bowl.

Zest entire lemon into bowl. Juice the zested lemon and add to bowl.

Chop desired amount of Dill and add to bowl.

Season with Salt & Pepper if desired.

Stir to combine and serve with Pita Chips!