Welcome to LunaCafe’s Recipe Index by Key Ingredient page. On this page, you will find a complete index of all LunaCafe recipes, organized by key ingredient. I hope you enjoy using these recipes as much as I enjoyed creating them for you. Happy cooking! …Susan S. Bradley
“The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious.
Slavic peoples get their physical characteristics from potatoes, their smoldering inquietude from radishes, their seriousness from beets.
The beet is the melancholy vegetable, the one most willing to suffer. You can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip…
The beet is the murderer returned to the scene of the crime. The beet is what happens when the cherry finishes with the carrot. The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon, bearded, buried, all but fossilized; the dark green sails of the grounded moon-boat stitched with veins of primordial plasma; the kite string that once connected the moon to the Earth now a muddy whisker drilling desperately for rubies.
The beet was Rasputin’s favorite vegetable. You could see it in his eyes.” …Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
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Apples
- Apple Cranberry Deep Dish Pie with Toasted Walnut Streusel
- Caramelized Apple Cider Tart
- Mulled Apple Cider with Warm Winter Spices, Cayenne & Hibiscus
- Spiced Apple Cider Caramel Sauce
- Spiced Caramel Apple Sauce
- Spiced Green Apple Lemon Clafouti
Apricots
Artichokes
- Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichoke, Tiger Prawn & Strawberry Salad
- Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichokes with Garlic Bread Crumbs & Toasted Hazelnuts
- Yakima Valley Artichoke Appetizer
Beef
- Fire & Spice Grilled Burgers with Chipotle Aioli
- Italian Bolognese Sauce (Ragù)
- Lime-Marinated Steak Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce, Tomatoes, Onions, Feta & Mint
- Smokey Chipotle Meatloaf
- Summertime Beef & Brew Grilled Burgers
Blackberries
- Blackberry Lime Syrup with Star Anise
- Tuscan Melon & Blackberry Salad with Prosciutto & Yogurt Chevre Dressing
Blueberries
- Blueberry Lavender Limeade
- Blueberry Lemon-Ginger Sauce
- Blueberry Lemon Verbena Spritzer with Candied Ginger Ice Cream
- Blueberry, Lime & Lavender Sauce
- Blueberry, Lime & Rose Petal Cheesecake
- Blueberry, Lime & Rose Petal Sauce
- Ginger-Lime Peach & Blueberry Crisp with Toasted Hazelnut Streusel
- Fresh Blueberry Lime Sauce
- Spicy Blueberry Ginger Chutney
Butter
- Almond Butter Poinsettia Cookies
- Candy Cane Butter Cookies
- Christmas in Provence Cookies
- Coconut Vanilla Lime Shortbread
- Comfort & Joy Spice Cookies
- Cornmeal, Black Pepper & Rosemary Butter Cookies
- Decidedly Lemon Teacakes
- Ellen’s Swedish Pepparkakor
- Espresso Orange Butter Cookies
- Ginger Spice Stars
- Green Tea & Rose Spritz
- Lemon Orange Pecan Thumbprint Cookies
- Lemon-Lime Clove Sugar Cookies
- Lily’s Swedish Vanilla Spritz
- Mary’s Christmas Quilt Cookies (Cinnamon Hot & Orange Shortbread)
- Merry Maraschino Cherry Cookies
- Mocha Java Hazelnut Cookies
- Once in a Chocolate-Spice Moon Cookies
- Orange Vanilla Sugar Cookies
- Peppermint Stick Shortbread
- Quick & Easy, Flaky, All Butter, Short-Crust Pastry
- Rosalyn’s Midwinter Night’s Dream Cookies
- Sweet Parmesan Almond Cookies
- The Best Scones in the Entire Universe
- Toasted Almond Black Cherry Shortbread
Carrots
- Heirloom Carrot Soup with Lemon Verbena, Spearmint & Garlic Gremolata
- Sweet Carrot Bisque with Umami Pesto
Cheese
- Chipotle Cheddar Corn Bread
- Heavenly Parmesan Sour Cream Pound Cake
- LunaCafe OtherWorldly Mac & Cheese
- LunaCafe’s Burnt Caramel & Lemon Chevre Brownies
- MauiJim’s Cottage Cheese Pancakes
- Metrovino’s Parmesan Pound Cake
- New Years Eve Quartet of Entertaining Spreads
- Roasted Fall Vegetable Salad with Warm Goat Cheese & Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
- Roasted Garlic & Sunchoke Soup with Rosemary Hazelnut Pesto & Goat Cheese Crèma
- Torta della Nonna
- World Famous Green Chile Mac & Cheese
Cherries
Chile Peppers
- Green Chile Chowder with Yellow Finn Potatoes & Italian Kale
- Green Chile Crema
- Harissa: North African Hot Chile Sauce
- Roasted Green Chile Soup with Mexican Crema, Frizzled Tortillas & Charred Sweet Corn
- Roasting Peppers Step-By-Step
- Sweet Corn & Poblano Chile Chowder
- World Famous Green Chile Mac & Cheese
Chocolate
- A Gift of Drinking Chocolate
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Cabernet Butter Cake
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Montmorency Cherry Morning Love Muffins
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Toasted Walnut Cookies Perfecta Mundo
- Bittersweet Chocolate Orange French Toast for Lovers
- Burnt Sugar & Rosemary Chocolate Tarts
- Caramelized Ancho Chile & Cinnamon Almonds
- Chocolate & Warm Winter Spice Butter Crisps
- Chocolate Almond Pound Cake
- Chocolate Shortcake with White Chocolate Crema, Strawberry Lime Sauce & Strawberry Lime Salsa
- Fried Banana Split with Mexican Chocolate Sauce & Strawberry Lime Salsa
- Heavenly Chocolate Beet Tea Loaf
- Heavenly Chocolate Crepes
- LunaCafe OtherWorldly Silky Fudgy Brownies
- LunaCafe’s Ultimate Chocolate Pudding
- Luscious White Chocolate and Raspberry Rose Petal Cheesecake
- Mexican Hearts of Fire Cookies
- Mexicano Chocolate Ebelskivers (Aebleskivers)
- Naughty & Nice: Chocolate Toasted Coconut Bars
- Oh You Great Big Beautiful Blondie
- Pumpkin Spice & White Chocolate Cheesecake
- Pumpkin Spice Hot White Chocolate
- Quintessential Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce
- Rosalyn’s Toasted Coconut White Chocolate Dream Pie
- Spirited Mocha Crepes with Peanut Butter Caramel, Peanut-Cocoa Nib Brittle & White Chocolate Crema
- White Chocolate, Cardamom & Coconut Beignet
Citrus
- Candied Lemon Peel
- Heavenly Brown Butter, Lavender & Lime Cookies
- LunaCafe’s Burnt Caramel & Lemon Chevre Brownies
- Luscious Candied Lemon Sage Tea Cake
- Peppermint Lime Kaleidoscope Cookies
Coffee
- Deep, Dark, Spicy Gingerbread with Coffee Glaze
- Espresso Orange Butter Cookies
Corn
- Fresh Corn & Chipotle Soup with Prawn, Avocado, & Lime Escabeche
- Sweet Corn & Poblano Chile Chowder
- Sweet Corn & Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Cornmeal
Cranberries
- Apple Cranberry Deep Dish Pie with Toasted Walnut Streusel
- Cranberry, Pistachio & Candied Ginger Shortbread
- Cranberry Orange Yogurt Pecan Bread
- Hazelnut Honey Toffee Tart with Cranberry Variation
- Spiced Pumpkin Sour Cream Upside-Down Coffee Cake
Douglas Fir
- Trim the Christmas Tree & Eat It Too Cookies
Dairy
Eggs
Grains
- Aunt Elfred’s New Year’s Eve Corn Bread
- Farro, Wild Mushroom, Fingerling Potato & Kale Risotto (Farrotto)
- My Tabouleh
- Northwest Early Spring Farro & Lentil Salad
- Polenta (AKA Cornmeal Grits)
- Quick & Easy, Flaky, All Butter, Short-Crust Pastry
- Smoky Spanish Zarzuela with Chorizo & Emmer Farro
- The Best Scones in the Entire Universe
Herbs
Legumes
- Curried Tomato & Red Lentil Soup
- New Year’s Day Black Bean Ancho Chili
- Northwest Early Spring Farro & Lentil Salad
Leeks
Lemon
Melon
Mushrooms
- Baby Shiitake Mushrooms with Ancho Chile Sauce
- Spaetzle, Wild Mushrooms & Broccoli Rabb with Thai Yellow Curry Sauce
- Spinach & Egg Fettuccini with Wild Mushrooms & Pancetta (Straw & Hay)
Nuts
- Brown Butter, Toasted Almond & Toffee Shortbread
- Candied Spiced Walnuts or Pecans
- Caramelized Ancho Chile & Cinnamon Almonds
- Egyptian Dukka (Dukkah)
- Roasted Garlic & Sunchoke Soup with Rosemary Hazelnut Pesto & Goat Cheese Crèma
- The Wonderful World of Fresh Pesto
- Toasted Hazelnut & Browned Butter Friands
- Toasted Hazelnut, Honey & Garam Masala Brittle
- Toasted Pecan Gems
Pasta
- LunaCafe OtherWorldly Mac & Cheese
- Old World Spaetzle: The New Pasta?
- Old-Fashioned Creamy Macaroni Salad
- Spicy Penne & Chicken Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing
- Spinach & Egg Fettuccini with Wild Mushrooms & Pancetta (Straw & Hay)
- Strozzapreti Pasta with Spicy Italian Sausage, Broccolini & Garlic Crema
- World Famous Green Chile Mac & Cheese
Peaches
Peanut Butter
- Moon over Tunisia (Baharat) Butter Cookies
- Peanut Butter & Garam Masala Cupcakes with Creamy Dreamy Peanut Butter Frosting,
Peanut Praline & Caramelized Banana - Peanut Butter Caramel
- Peanut Butter Ginger Shortbread
Pears
Pork
- Apple Cider-Brined Tenderloin of Pork with Rhubarb Deglazing Sauce
- Grilled Baby Back Ribs with Garlic-Ginger BBQ Glaze
- Homemade Mexican Chorizo–with a Secret
- Pasta Carbonara Perfecta Mundo
- Smoky Spanish Zarzuela with Chorizo & Emmer Farro
- Spinach & Egg Fettuccini with Wild Mushrooms & Pancetta (Straw & Hay)
- Strozzapreti with Spicy Italian Sausage, Broccolini & Garlic Crema
- The Best Damned Hash
Potatoes
- Baby Red Potato Salad with Applewood Smoked Bacon & Oregon Blue
- Basic Little Potato & Five Onion Soup
- Quintessential Potato Gratin
- Potato, Yam, Garlic & Gorgonzola Mashers
- Potato, Yam, Garlic, & Smoked Cheddar Gratin
Poultry
- Breast of Chicken with Fiery, Fruity Guajillo Sauce
- Breast of Chicken with Goat Cheese, Basil & Mint
- Chicken Tagine with Baby Artichokes, Green Olives, Apricots & Preserved Lemon
- Fire-Spiced Chicken with Wild Honey & Lemon Glaze
- LunaCafe’s Spicy Fried Chicken
- Sauté of Chicken with Caramelized Apples & Toasted Hazelnuts
- Spicy Penne & Chicken Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing
Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Sour Cream Pie with Caramel Walnut Topping
- Pumpkin Spice & White Chocolate Cheesecake
- Pumpkin Spice Hot White Chocolate
- Pumpkin, Spice & Everything Nice Tea Bread
- Savory Pumpkin Honey Dinner Rolls
- Spiced Pumpkin Maple Butter
- Spiced Pumpkin Sour Cream Upside-Down Coffee Cake
- Spicy Pumpkin Butter Gingerbread Beignets
Raspberries
Rhubarb
- Apple Cider-Brined Tenderloin of Pork with Rhubarb Deglazing Sauce
- Rhubarb Cardamom Lime Muffins
- Rhubarb Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake
- Rhubarb, Tangelo & Cardamom Marmellata
- Spring Rhubarb & Apple Crisp with Toasted Hazelnut Streusel
Salad Greens
- Creamy Romaine Soup with Summer Herb Butter & Garlic Croutons
- Heirloom Tomato, Sweet Onion & Mâche Salad with Blue Cheese Crema
Seafood
- Curried Seafood Cakes with Fresh Ginger Aioli
- Fresh Corn & Chipotle Soup with Prawn, Avocado, & Lime Escabeche
- Grilled Prawn, Roasted Baby Tomato & Chipotle Mustard Bread Salad
- Hood Canal Manila Clams with Spicy Orange Cilantro Butter
- Prawn & Strawberry Salad with Fresh Herb Panna Cotta
- Smoked Sockeye Salmon Cakes with Chipotle Aioli & Green Apple Pico de Gallo
- Spanish Broccoli & Prawn Salad
Sorrel
Spices
- A Cup of Spicy Christmas Tea
- Dreamy Creamy Gingerbread Fudge: Two Ways
- Garam Masala & Candied Ginger Cookies
- Ginger Spice Stars
- Moroccan Ras el Hanout
- Panforte di LunaCafe
- Silver Bells (Chinese Five Spice Butter Cookies)
Strawberries
- Fresh Strawberry-Tomato Dessert Sauce
- Fried Banana Split with Mexican Chocolate Sauce & Strawberry Lime Salsa
- Kicky Tomato Strawberry Gazpacho
- Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichoke, Tiger Prawn & Strawberry Salad
- Prawn & Strawberry Salad with Fresh Herb Panna Cotta
- Strawberry Basil Sour Cream Gelato
Sunchokes
Sweet Peppers
- Fire-Roasted Red Pepper Cheese (Pimento Cheese)
- Italian Giardiniera: Summer in a Jar
- Mostaccioli with Sweet Rainbow Peppers
- Roasted Red Bell Pepper Gazpacho
- Roasting Peppers Step-By-Step
Sweetpotatoes
- Curried Sweetpotato, Ginger, & Coconut Bisque
Tomatoes
- Curried Tomato & Red Lentil Soup
- Fresh Strawberry-Tomato Dessert Sauce
- Heirloom Tomato, Sweet Onion & Mâche Salad with Blue Cheese Crema
- Indian Summer Tomato, Orange & Sweet Onion Salad
- Kicky Tomato Strawberry Gazpacho
- Linguine with Balsamic Roasted Heirloom Tomatoes
- Spicy Eggplant Tomato Sauce
Veggies
- Cauliflower Gratin with Tillamook Aged Cheddar, Caramelized Onions & Applewood-Smoked Bacon
- Spicy Cucumber Gazpacho
- Romanesco, Applewood-Smoked Bacon, Cranberry & Pecan Salad
- The Inestimable Vegetable Rice Tian
- Crostone with Basil Mint Pesto & Roasted Ratatouille
- Potato Gratin with Ricotta, Pancetta & Melted Leeks
- Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichokes with Garlic Bread Crumbs & Toasted Hazelnuts
- Baby Shiitake Mushrooms with Ancho Chile Sauce
- Warm Cauliflower Salad with Edamame & Raisins
Winter Squash
