My year last year was busy. So busy, in fact, I found myself cheating a bit and searching for the easiest recipes to incorporate into my cooking with tea routine. But I still wanted to be creative and I certainly didn’t want to sacrifice flavor. So I was thrilled to come across this tea poached…
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Tea Foodie’s Frozen Faves
It’s been a hot summer here in Denver, CO! To beat the heat, I find myself going back to some of my favorite tea foodie dishes in the iced or frozen category. Thought I’d share some of my top picks for recipes to cool down with tea. Enjoy. Happy cooking and sipping! Tea Foodie’s Frozen…
Tea Sugar Snickerdoodles
Ever since I started working in Savory Spice Shop’s test kitchen, my recipe repertoire has expanded ten-fold. Not all of the recipes we test are fabulous and we only publish the really good ones. But there are definitely a handful that are just plain great. These are the ones that I know I’ll keep making…
Strawberry-Rooibos Buttermilk Ice Cream
What are you making with farmers market strawberries this summer? I’m making ice cream! Of course, I’m infusing my ice cream with rooibos for a tea foodie twist. In this case, I’m using a powdered rooibos. It’s ground fine like matcha green tea powder and can be used a lot like matcha for lattes, baking,…
Tea-Infused Chocolate Bark: Rooibos-Ginger and Lavender-Blueberry
I’m somewhat addicted to chocolate. Actually, I think I’m mostly addicted to shopping for chocolate. Every time I go to the grocery store, I end up perusing the fancy chocolate bar aisle for the newest, most interesting flavor combination I haven’t yet tried. I keep my chocolate bar collection in a small, sealed storage container…
Orange Pound Cake with Blackberry Tea Syrup
If you love to cook, it’s hard not to bring your work home with you when you have a job in a test kitchen. I bring home leftovers from what we cooked in the test kitchen that day (that is, anything that wasn’t gobbled up by our in-house tasters) or any groceries that would otherwise…
Matcha Coconut Chip Cookies
On a typical spring Colorado day in March last weekend, as 12 inches of snow fell on our condo deck, I couldn’t help but want to bake. So I attempted my friend Carrie’s “perfect” chocolate chip cookie recipe. But with a few tweaks: I used Matcha green tea instead of cinnamon, shredded coconut instead of…
Brown Sugar Tea Tart
It’s fun to work in a place where nearly everyone loves to talk about, create and eat good food. Last week, in celebration of Pi Day on 3/14, several of my food-loving co-workers whipped up homemade pies to bring to work and share. Included in the mix were pineapple cream pie, lemon meringue pie, bacon-apple…
Raspberry-Cacao Frozen Yogurt and Coconut Tuiles
This is a super-easy cacao-infused frozen yogurt recipe paired with a not-too-complicated coconut tuile in which to serve the frozen treat. Don’t skip the tuiles! They’re not that hard to make, and when you master them, they’ll likely end up being a go-to recipe for any gathering where you truly want to impress with your…
Cranberry Ice (A Holiday Family Tradition)
For as long as I can remember, Cranberry Ice has been the traditional dish that has always started a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal at my family’s holiday table. Not quite a sorbet, but not an ice cream either, this frozen, creamy and tart treat is meant to act as a palate cleanser before a huge…
Matcha Macaroon Trees
Thank you, Martha Stewart, for the inspiration for these deliciously easy holiday cookies. I’ve actually never been a huge Martha Stewart fan. I’ve always thought of her recipes like her craft projects—major endeavors that need a weekend-long commitment and then never turn out quite like the picture. But I’m changing my tune after browsing the…
Chai Chip Coconut Milk Ice Cream
Not quite ready to let go of summer, yet anxious to infuse fall flavors into everything edible, this super easy dessert recipe just seemed to make sense this week. I steeped a rooibos-based loose leaf chai tea blend in coconut milk to achieve a sweet yet spicy chai-flavored, dairy-free ice cream. I used my own…
Chocolate Granola Tea Cookies
Remember the Goji Berry Granola I made last week? This week I turned what remained of the tasty granola into chocolate granola cookies to nibble alongside my morning or afternoon tea. These cookies are super easy to make and only require a few ingredients, including a new-to-me delicious discovery: chocolate nut butter. I used Justin’s…
Banana Oolong Pudding
I am a collector (borderline hoarder) of yummy teas. My friend, Kerry, understands this about me, which is why she introduced me to Canadian tea company DAVIDsTEA several years ago. Kerry is from Canada and travels back there often; she usually picks up a DAVIDsTEA treat for me when she goes. This recipe is inspired by…
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