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Recipes Salads Tea

Try this creamy tea leaf salad dressing recipe for an interesting flavour

creamy black tea salad dressing
creamy black tea salad dressing
Estimated read time 3 min read

I was thinking about the salad dressings my mother would make. Always some kind of vinaigrette with various herbs and spices shaken with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. That’s when the idea of using tea came to mind. I wanted to try and make a creamy dressing so I found this basic creamy dressing base and stared playing around with adding tea. I tried steeping tea and adding it in resulting in watery dressing. Eventually I settled on just adding the tea leaves and I think the result isn’t too bad. I will keep working on different salad dressings, creamy and vinaigrette and see what I can come up with. I think they type of tea is quite flexible. All teas will result in a lovely flavour and compliment to any salad.

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Desserts Recipes Tea Vegetables

Chai spiced pumpkin pie

chai spiced pumpkin pie recipe
chai spiced pumpkin pie recipe
Estimated read time 3 min read

Every year I make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. It’s not necessarily my favourite pie but once a year it’s fun to make, share and have a slice. I don’t have a family secret pumpkin pie recipe that has been passed down the generations or anything. I just used the old standard E.D. Smith pumpkin pie recipe on the back of the pumpkin pie filling can. Works for me. This time though, I decided to use my spices and in particular the tea masala chai spice mix below that I found in Little India in Toronto this fall. I’m really enjoying this chai spice mix I found in one of the shops there. I’m probably not using it exactly as intended but I’m still loving it. When you open the container, the smell is amazing! Smells like you’re in a pot of brewing chai!

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Fruit Recipes Salads

Try this beautiful tea infused fruit salad

tea infused fruit salad
tea infused fruit salad
Estimated read time 3 min read

I like fruit and berries in particular. But sometimes just eating fruit plain, while very enjoyable, can get tiresome. I found this great fruit salad recipe a few years ago that everyone I make it for, really enjoys. The addition of mint in particular seems to add a refreshing taste and reminder for people. The recipe is below and is from Once Upon a Chef in the references. My take on this would be the modified version where instead of orange or lemon juice added, a cold brew tea and tea leaves are added instead.

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Recipes Vegetables

This fantastic sweet potato pizza crust is a game changer!

sweet potato crust pizza
home made pizza
Estimated read time 4 min read

I’m not a huge fan of pizza crusts or bread but every now and then I really want a good piece of pizza. I had heard of cauliflower pizza crusts and had heard about how much work it takes to make. I like sweet potatoes and came across a sweet potato pizza crust recipe and thought I’d give it a try.