Whipped honey: Do you already enjoy the handiness of mixing peanut butter and honey? Try your whipped honey with another nut’s butter, say almond or cashew. It will go straight to gourmet. Add something crunchy like walnut crumbles or sunflower seeds, or maybe chocolate nibs and you’ve hit the top. I accidentally got some red pepper flakes mixed in with my walnuts and that worked, too.

Hemp pesto

Haven’t tried hemp? Here’s a new reason, inspired by a recipe on the back of Carrington Farms’ Ready to Eat Organic Flax Hemp Blend. While the health benefits are printed all over the package (rich in proteins and omega 3’s, easy to digest, etc.) you may be stumped as to how to use it.

Everybody does smoothies, what else? I amended the pesto recipe to use the seeds, olive oil and Parmesan cheese, with a friend’s dried basil, to make a thick paste for a bread and egg meal. The seeds replace your pine nuts or walnuts to make a very nice new thing. You can call it a substitute, or simply an new and wonderful thing. Of course, it’s a natural for pasta dishes, too.

Good Fortune

“In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and growth in divine love.”

Where did I get this message? In a bag of popcorn at my credit union. Free snack and free advice. I love the unexpected.

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