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Toast with Dukkah & Avocado

Toast with Dukkah & Avocado | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Buttery avocado toast steps up using bread baked with heirloom flour and topped with crunchy Dukkah spice-easy fix toast-Dukkah & Avocado Toast No. 628 from the Membership Collection. Join to access all 628 recipes – no pops or ads!

AVOCADO TOAST

A perennial favorite in the kitchen, with a little spice added and served on a rustic rye bread-good morning!

Toast with Dukkah & Avocado | Bijouxs Little Jewels

 

Toast with Dukkah & Avocado | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Why buy it when you can make it? This spice blend is a breeze to create, and extremely versatile in the kitchen. Not just for – sprinkle it on soups, eggs, veggies and of course AVOCADO TOAST.

HEIRLOOM BREAD BAKERS

With just a bit of research I discovered this local bakery, Clemente Baking Company, which specializes in organic sourdough breads. The smell will knock you over when you enter the tiny bakery shop. You have a clear view to the owner and the bakers working hard to create the next days bread. The Rustic Rye is a favorite.

 

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Greek Feta Salad

Greek Feta Salad | Bijouxs Little Jewels

This salad has a secret ingredient hidden from view, high-protein probiotic cottage cheese rests below the vegetable toppings-Greek Feta Salad No. 627 from the Collection Membership.

HIGH PROTEIN LUNCH

Including a high protein lunch in your days will keep you going for hours. The secret is to layer the cottage cheese below the feta and vegetables. Chill and then toss ever together. Including this high protein boost of about 14 grams of protein. Win by  keeping protein everyday high.

FETA CHEESE

I prefer using a Sheep’s milk feta from Greece or Israel packed in brine. Trader Joe’s has one to try. The saltiness is key in the recipe adding, a depth of flavor to the cottage

THE RECIPE COLLECTION MEMBERSHIP

I created Recipe Collection Membership to solve some of the cooking issues for Home cooks.

First, the Collection of over 700+ recipes is available digitally, via your phone or laptop, whatever while you are out shopping, hanging with friends or at home working. It is like have a cookbook of 700 recipes right at your finger tips. I use it when I am at the market deciding what’s for dinner.

There are color photographs for every recipe so you can see how the dish will look on the plate. I take the photos to best represent the way the food really looks prepared.

Second, I set the yearly subscription price to $35.00 a year, that’s less than $3 per month for all access to the recipes! The best thing is I keep adding recipes, I am up to No. 627 currently, and you can receive them all.

I think the Recipe Collection Membership is a great asset for the home cook.

More info here: https://bijouxs.com/shop/recipe-club-membership/

Thank you for your continued support!

 

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Scottish Vintage Oat Cakes

Scottish Vintage Oat Cakes | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Simple with historic ingenuity these are still a staple today-Scottish Vintage Oat Cakes the newest Little Jewel in the Membership Collection.

SCOTTISH OAT CAKES

These oat cakes have been a part of Scottish cuisine dating as far back as the 14th century. The story goes that nuns in Scotland were making “little pancakes rather like communion wafers”, and this is thought to describe the making of oatcakes.  Scottish soldiers would carry oats which they moistened then griddled.

Scottish Vintage Oat Cakes | Bijouxs Little Jewels

MODERN OAT CAKES

The texture of today’s oatcakes may vary from rough to fine depending on how the oats are ground They are a fantastically flexible cake, from breakfast to dinner and cocktail hour.

With just 5 ingredients these modern Scottish Oak Cakes are very easy to prepare, then keep on hand. Rolled oats, oat flour or finely ground oats, baking powder, salt, olive oil or butter along with hot water-that’s it. Really.

The dough is rolled out thin, cut into 2-3 inch rounds and popped in the oven to crisp. After 15-20 minutes golden brown and crisp cakes emerge ready for you to spread your favorite toppings.

Scottish Vintage Oat Cakes | Bijouxs Little Jewels

CHEESE & CRACKERS

My favorite take on these cakes is pictured here, sharp creamy French Roquefort with a drizzle of rich local avocado honey-perfect. These very simple crackers are a vessel for your favorite sweet or savory spread. Nice to accompany a cheese plate too.

No. 626 Scottish Vintage Oat Cakes one of hundreds of recipes that await you in the Collection Membership.

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Ginger Reishi Maitake Molasses Cookies

Ginger Reishi Maitake Molasses Cookies | Bijouxs Litle Jewels

Mushrooms in ginger cookies?? Yes, and they are strangely good, These cookie are the surprise hit of the holiday season. A tender-soft ginger cookie, spiced with molasses, turmeric and just a hint of mushroom-sounds crazy but crazy good-Ginger Reishi Maitake Molasses Cookies new in the Membership Collection.

GINGER COOKIES

Nothing says the holidays like ginger cookies. My Christmas Molasses Cookies are a staple in the season, but a new favorite has just emerged. These Ginger Reishi Maitake Molasses Cookies sound like an impossible combination, but I think they are heaven. I sampled them out to my friends and two-thumbs up! Baked with a topping of crunchy Demerara sugar, and yes, crushed dried mushtooms.

Ginger Reishi Maitake Molasses Cookies | Bijouxs Little Jewels

COOKING WITH MUSHROOMS

These cookies are from one of my favorite creative cookbooks. The innovative recipes are from Andrea Gentl. You may remember her beautiful photos and recipes from the Hungry Ghost website, now shuddered.

But you can still enjoy her lovely recipes via here at Wild Larder Journal Substack.

EARTHY MUSHROOMS

These cookies were inspired from a cookie the author tasted in India-filled with spices of fresh ginger, turmeric, cloves and mushroom powder and made with rye flour-earthy soft cookie that is all at once familiar, yet at the same time very unique. Baking for the holidays.

Ginger Reishi Maitake Molasses Cookies | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Savory the season with Bijouxs. Wishing you all a happy holiday season.

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Just Like that, the Holidays are Here

Just Like That…|Bijouxs Little Jewels

Just Like that, the holidays are here. Bijouxs Liittle Jewels has got you covered!  My best Don’t Break the Bank cocktail party published a while ago. Here we go!

BIJOUXS NO. 1 SERVE A HOUSE COCKTAIL

Forget the full bar – keep it simple for guests and yourself by serving a house cocktail.  For larger group, consider serving a simple, modern, not so sweet punch, like the Sea of Rubies Punch (recipe tab), or a budget-friendly sparkling wine served with a beautiful zest of orange.

Sea of Rubbies Punch | Bijouxs Little Jewels

BIJOUXS NO.2  SERVE SIMPLE EASY TO HANDLE FOOD

Offer foods that are easy to eat while wielding a drink and remember it’s not dinner. Serve just enough food for guests to enjoy with their cocktails. Easy go-to party favorites Gougères (recipes tab) are a simple savory puff that are versatile and can be made ahead (recipe to follow): an impressive but uncomplicated French pastry. Thin, crunchy, fresh asparagus spears that have been lightly steamed and cooled in an ice bath, are wonderful and beautiful to serve, when dipped in Remoulade Sauce. A few more favorites, add a substantial dip like Roaring Forties Blue Cheese (recipe tab) served with celery spears, or maybe some great mini-sausages from a local deli, grilled (another make ahead) and served with Grey Poupon mustard. There you have it, a classic cocktail faire!

BIJOUXS NO. 3  TAKE PANTRY CLASSIC SNACKS AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWN

Potato chips and nuts are always party favorites. Purchase them plain and flavor them to create your own house version. Start by heating up thickly sliced kettle chips in the oven (recipe tab). Toss the chips with a simple homemade spice mixture, or flavor them hot out of the oven with your own spice combination like a BBQ dry rub, curry powder mix, or even finely grated Parmesan cheese to create your own homemade Bijouxs.  House Flavored Chips (recipe tab) Nuts work well with any custom seasoning and my salt and pepper cashews are an all-time favorite.  Take salted cashews and place them on a foil-lined baking sheet. Heat in the oven for 5 – 7 minutes. Toss with freshly cracked black pepper and add salt to taste.

Link to original issue here:https://bijouxs.com/bijouxs-bites-bijouxs-featured-in-pasadena-magazines-november-food-wine-issue/

 

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