Cumin-Spiced Pistachio Pesto Recipe For National Pistachio Day

Here’s another recipe for National Pistachio Day: a cumin-spiced pistachio pesto recipe that is delicious on: Baked, broiled, or grilled chicken or fish Dip for crudités Eggs any style Pasta and pizza Roasted root vegetables Salad dressing (thin with olive oil as desired) Sandwich and toast spread   > Check out these additional pistachio recipes…
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Heat Things Up With Ghost Pepper Sea Salt

  [1] Heat things up with this sea salt and ghost pepper blend (photos #1 and #2 © FreshJax).   [2] What’s inside the bottle. [3] Ghost peppers, a.k.a. bhut jolokia (photo © Sid Wainer & Sons).     Looking for a hot gift to give your friends on Valentine’s Day? If they like hot…
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A Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend Recipe For National Pumpkin Spice Day

October 1st is National Pumpkin Spice Day. What is pumpkin spice? It’s a blend of ground cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, and sometimes allspice (photo #2). It was first used as a seasoning for pumpkin pie. While for many years the baker of a pumpkin pie measured each particular spice from its jar, enough pies were…
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