Experiments in Nut Milk!

1 cup toasted raw hazelnuts, 4 cups water

Blend

Strain with cheesecloth

Voila!

PS I love this glass bottle. Need to buy some more fresh market italian soda so I can have another bottle.

Leftover "nut pulp" can then be used to make other delectable treats!

Hazelnut hummus topped with chopped greek olives, olive oil, pine nuts, and sriracha

Hazelnut pulp serves as the flour- mixed with agave nectar, peanut butter, & chocolate chips

All food Seattle

pesto pizza with feta and tomato (big mario's in capitol hill)

oysters with ginger and champagne shallot vinaigrette (the walrus and the carpenter in ballard)

 asparagus benedict with greens (the fat hen in phinney ridge)

Green bean salad

I can't believe how good this was. We had some fresh green beans in the fridge that needed to be used up. After perusing Pinterest for ideas I settled on a green bean salad preparation.

The green beans are snipped and cut into 1-1&1/2 inch pieces and quickly boiled then put into an ice bath. They are dressed in an olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic powder, mustard powder, and lemon juice mixture. Then I just threw in what I had on hand- chopped onion, olives, walnuts, and feta cheese.

This was so good and I think it will be my new go to healthy pasta salad alternative!

 

Salad Bowl

Spinach salad with toasted walnuts, pomegranates, goat cheese, and wild rice

Topped with a dressing of puréed onion, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, orange juice, salt and pepper.

The versatile spaghetti squash

Spaghetti squash with steamed snow peas, mushrooms, onions, and kale. Drizzled in a lime, peanut butter, and ginger dressing and topped with cilantro and toasted sliced almonds.

Biscuits and gravy

Sriracha and chive biscuits with mushroom gravy. Yum.

Sriracha

Came across this gem of a cookbook during my spontaneous mall outing at Urban Outfitters...

You can never go wrong with sriracha. To the cashier at the supermarket who seemed baffled by the necessity of a late night run to the store for "hot sauce" ...how do you live?

Spicy California rolls with mock crab meat.

Pineapple upside-down cake with sriracha drizzle.