Cleansing Scalp Scrub
Not to go into too much detail on a recipe site dedicated mostly to delicious food, but my scalp really bothers me. I was excited to stumble on this recipe for a DIY sugar-based scalp scrub that helps remove build-up and soothes the itchies.
Volcano Salmon
This honey-soy salmon is prepared under the broiler, which gives it a blackened char that appeals to our volcano-obsessed preschooler.
Serve with Volcano Noodles, a rainbow salad that includes purplish black rice noodles, for a visually spectacular and delicious dinner. (Prepare the marinade and the dressing for the salad first – they’re similar, and you can prepare the veggies for the salad while the salmon marinates.)
Sweet Honey Garlic Shrimp
This recipe is easy and kid-friendly, perfect for a weeknight dinner. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper, and marinate in a mixture of honey, Italian salad dressing, and garlic. Sauté in a skillet and finish with a little reserved marinade.
Miso & Honey Butter Roast Chicken
This is one of the most intensely delicious new recipes we’ve tried in a long time. You rub a mixture of honey, butter, and miso paste on the outside of chicken thighs and between the skin and the meat, and then roast the thighs in the oven. This juicy, flavorful chicken has golden crispy skin and is easy enough for a weeknight, but special enough to serve to company.
Brie & Grape Crostini
Top toasted slices of French bread with brie, red grapes, drizzled honey, and chopped walnuts for a perfect girls’ night snack.
Honey Blackberry Shrub Punch
Shrubs date back to colonial times, when the acidity in the syrup served to preserve the fruit. A good shrub is both tart and sweet, stimulating the appetite while quenching thirst.
Substitute seltzer water for the bourbon for a refreshing, non-alcoholic beverage. The blackberry shrub syrup base in this recipe makes a double batch.
Slow Cooker Balsamic Pork Roast
Cook a pork roast, balsamic vinegar, honey, rosemary, and thyme in a slow cooker. Reduce the cooking juices to a glaze and serve over slices of the roast.
Purple Smoothies
Leo loved these smoothies as a two-year-old, and we made them most weekends, until he learned to blow bubbles with his straw and we needed a tidier breakfast option. The original recipe calls for red cabbage, if you’re looking to make them even more nutritious.
Rosemary Citrus Spritzer
Make a syrup of orange, lemon, rosemary, sugar, and honey. Serve over ice with soda water and Bulleit Bourbon, if desired.
Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken Thighs
This kid-friendly, weeknight-friendly recipe for saucy chicken thighs is as easy as running the slow cooker for half a day.