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I love pesto sauce! I recently ordered a flatbread at a restaurant and it came with a delicious ranch pesto. I knew I had to recreate a healthy version!
This yummy sauce is perfect to drizzle over a flatbread, pizza, quesadillas, or bruschetta. It is made with Greek yogurt so it has a bit of a tang to it. For those who don’t love Greek yogurt, consider blending mayonnaise and/or sour cream with the yogurt.
Last week I went to a local downtown farmers market and was delighted by this delicious find from Winter Park Honey.
I always buy local, raw honey, and usually it’s an orange blossom flavor or tupelo. I had never tried blackberry honey before! It is so unique, yummy, and I highly recommend it. It, along with my other market purchases inspired me to make a farmers market salad. And of course, every good salad needs a delicious homemade dressing!
Years ago I cruised to the Bahamas with my husband and some close friends. While ashore, we dined in the Atlantis Hotel at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill restaurant. I fell in food-love! Not only was the restaurant gorgeous itself, but the food presentation and flavor was unlike anything I’d ever seen or tasted. Perhaps this would be a good time to mention that the small town I live in only has a Chili’s and an Outback….ahem. Moving on. I loved the style of food at the Mesa Grill which is perfectly described as “explosive flavor from the southwestern kitchen.” I could eat quesadillas every day, so when I ordered the Smoked Black Bean & Corn Quesadilla with Avocado and Toasted Garlic Creme Fraiche I was in quesadilla Heaven. The way Chef Flay combines spicy chilies with sweet notes in his food instantly made me a fan. I talked about it so much that one Christmas, my sweet mother & father-in-loves (yeah, better than in-laws!) bought me the Mesa Grill cookbook! I was ecstatic!
