
This dish wakens the palate with a Warm, Vibrant Tang!
Caribbean Roasted Lime Veggies is fast and delicious hearty comfort food with a bright 'snap' that doesn't overpower the palate. Bill said this was HANDS DOWN THE BEST SAUCE he's ever eaten in his life – and it can be added to ANY combination of vegetables! Occasionally when time is short, I even use 90% frozen (organic) veggies (see pic) and the dish was still amazing. But I don't take credit for this kitchen creation - Ruach inspired me BIG TIME on this one! Before making this dish, I'd never eaten a Caribbean flavor in my life!
Oh my, it's So Good! Enjoy!

Baby, it's cold outside! When the family gathers into the kitchen (and they always do!) after a healthy walk or outdoor activity, this is the cake that'll keep them coming back to the kitchen. Moist, lightly sweet and full of ginger and cinnamon, this is THE cake for the holidays. Top-loaded with homemade chunky applesauce and finished with just a wee bit of glaze, this plate o' love will burn brightly in their memories for a long, long time. Ginger has always been a family favorite, so it takes a VERY special ginger dessert to tempt those who know and love Mom's Triple Ginger Cookies (to be posted soon in Heritage Recipes). But the inside of this cake is moist, and just melts on the tongue - while the outer rim of crust is ever-so-slightly chewy (like a soft cookie) and guess what? Even the toughest taste testers loved it! HalleluYAH!
Holidays are a special time for baking with warming spices like anise and ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. Foods made with these aromatic plant extracts bring ordinary foods to life - and are used by cooks all over the world to enhance the flavor of their main dishes as well as holiday pastries, pies, cakes and cookies! Growing up, my mother's kitchen always smelled of Rugelah, sugar and chocolate cookies...molasses, ginger and biscotti from Thanksgiving through the year's end! Oh my...sometimes she'd have 20 different kinds of cookies piled up as I walked through the door after school! The smell was nothing less than heavenly. But mom's favorite cookie was anise biscotti - the smell so pungent that when I get a whiff of it now the memories come back in mouth-watering clarity...I loved her perfect, lightly golden cookies! And Mom's cookies were never hard like commercial biscotti - they were softer, more delicate and just melted on your tongue. So with that in mind I created this once-baked (rather than twice-baked like traditional biscotti) anise cookie. This recipe can be made Paleo (using eggs) or egg free. Either way it's Gluten & Grain Free, and will fill your kitchen with delicious memories that will last a lifetime!
