Tangy Glazed Pork Chops (Double Black, Pomegranate or Plum Balsamic)

Tangy Glazed Pork Chops (Double Black, Pomegranate or Plum Balsamic)

Pork and fruit go well together. My mother always put a dollop of apple sauce on my plate when she served a chop. Now I have expanded this to using fruit chutneys and jams of all sorts when I eat a chop.

This recipe was based on this fruit and chop theory and works with any of our fruity dark balsamic vinegar flavors, i.e. blueberry, double black, pomegranate, or plum.

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Arugula Salad (Pear, Peach, Orange Guava or Strawberry Balsamic)

This simple and light but elegant salad is a wonderful complement to a hearty meal.

We use the fresh fruit to complement our fruity white balsamic vinegar flavors. The light color of the balsamic is attractive on the salad and does not overpower the fresh fruit.

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Pre-biotic Salad (Raspberry Pear Balsamic & Basil Olive Oil)

This salad is chock full of gut feeding goodies!

Bitter greens are on the top of the list for great pre-biotics. The problem with bitter greens is ... they are BITTER. So adding rich nuts, dried fruits and tossing in a warm raspberry basil dressing to slightly wilt the leaves will take care of that.

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Marinated Jumbo Prawns with Reduction Sauce (Pineapple Balsamic)

When you marinate shell fish in acid, the acid will start to cook the shell fish which is how ceviche is made. So in this recipe be careful not to over-cook the shrimp by marinating too long.

Since the marinade is full of flavorful yummies and picks up a bit of shrimp taste while “cooking” it, you can use your marinade to make a reduction sauce with rich delicious seafood flavor.

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Spring Caprese Appetizer/Salad (Hibiscus Lychee, Pear, Mango, Strawberry or Orange Guava Balsamic)

It's fun to change out the traditional components of a caprese appetizer to create something just a bit different.
This time we used golden beets in addition to tomato and swapped out arugula for fresh basil.

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Street Taco with Fruit Salsa (Peach or Strawberry Balsamic)

Sometimes fresh fruits can be hard to come by in the Winter. You can preserve some for special occasions by freezing. When defrosted they will be broken down, but they still have great flavor and can be used in sauces and salsas. When you combine them with a matching fruit balsamic vinegar, the fruit flavors pop even more and you get that tangy bite for contrast that vinegar can add.

In this sample, we used fresh peaches and peach balsamic vinegar to make peach salsa. Strawberries also freeze well and can be used for this recipe too with white strawberry balsamic vinegar.

In summer this recipe can be used with fresh fruit too!

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