Heart Pancakes

2 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp baking powder

Sift together in a large bowl.

In a separate, medium sized bowl, combine the following:

3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon orange flower water
2 cups heavy cream
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
3 tablespoons orange flavored honey or other honey
1 tablespoon agave nectar
2 cups ricotta cheese
4 oz marscapone cheese

Blend together and add to the dry mix using a spatula.

Put into a heart-shaped mold and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Here is good mold to use for chocolate, muffins and pancakes: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000M9N7CM.

Honey Balsamic Wings

chicken wings

1 ½ lb wings
5 T Balsamic glaze, like Colavita
2 T sweet vermouth
½ tsp pristine sun fire salt
1 T minced onion (can you dried or fresh)
1 tsp garlic powder
3 T honey

If you don’t have a balsamic glaze, you can make your own by reducing 1 cup of balsamic vinegar in a sauce pan over low heat until it thickens.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Rinse wings and pat dry wings using a paper towel.

In a bowl, wisk together balsamic glaze, sweet vermouth, salt, onion and garlic powder. Place the wings in an oven-safe pan and pour sauce over them. Place in the oven for about an hour.

After 45 minutes, remove the wings and flip them over, then place them back in the oven. These wings are more of an oven marinated type of wing, rather than a really saucy wing.

When out of the oven taste and season with salt if needed.

Sweet Orange Beet Salad with Pumpkin Seeds

orange beets

I decided to try roasting orange beets instead of the traditional red beets for this sweet and earthy salad.  They were a great alternative and gave they salad a great, summery color.

Preheat the oven at 375 F.

Rinse the beets and place in a cast iron pan and coat with olive oil.  Loosely cover the pan with aluminum foil and roast for about 2 hours.

Remove from oven and uncover.  When cool to the touch, peel the skin off each beet and dice.

Place diced pieces into a bowl and add the following:

1/2 tsp Manuka honey
1 tbsp fig infused, white balsamic vinegar
1 tsp raw pumpkin seeds
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp blood orange oil olive

Toss the beets in the dressing to combine and serve warm or cold.