Once used in medicines and ointments, butter is now a luxurious component in all of our favorite foods—an essential ingredient in desserts, a base for creamy sauces, and a simple spread for breads and pastries. In FLAVORED BUTTERS, food writer Offerico Maoz explores the history and culinary possibilities of this age-old dairy product, presenting more than 65 mouth-watering recipes for flavored butters and sauces, including instructions for making butter by hand. Rebounding from a bad rep in the 1980s, butter is making a comeback as recent studies confirm its health virtues over trans-fatty substitutes like margarine, shortening, and cooking sprays. Complete with recipes for low-calorie and nondairy butters, FLAVORED BUTTERS provides a fresh repertoire of sumptuous spreads so you can indulge away in this delicious, no-longer-guilty pleasure.A full-color tribute to butter, with more than 65 recipes for homemade flavored butters and sauces.Features savory, spicy, and sweet buttery delights, such as Parmesan-Bacon Butter, Chipotle Pepper Butter Sauce, and Cinnamon-Honey Butter, along with low-calorie or nondairy alternatives like Avocado Butter.According to the Harvard School of Public Health, butter is healthier than synthetic fats like margarine, which contain trans fats and are known to increase cholesterol levels. Butter is low carb and can be a source of “good fats,” which are an important part of a healthy diet (when consumed in moderation).

Flavored Butters features 50 enticing recipes for sweet and savory butters for use as spreads, sauces, and marinades.

What could taste better than butter? Try these fifty recipes and techniques for delectable homemade flavored butters both sweet and savory! Flavored butters, also called compound butters, have a multitude of uses. They make a plain baguette or artisan loaf come alive with flavor; they complement a hearty breakfast muffin or delicate scone; they serve as quick-fix sauces for a piece of fish, meat, or a bowl of pasta; and they brighten an artichoke or a serving of green beans in surprising ways. We often see flavored butters as an elegant touch to bread service in restaurants, but there are plenty more varieties and uses that are easy for home cooks to use in their kitchens. The recipes are amazingly quick to execute—and transformative in the flavor they impart. And each recipe in this book has advice about what the butter is best used on. Enhance your meals with: ·Shallot-Herb Butter ·Rosemary-Roasted Garlic Butter ·Mint Butter ·Caramelized Onion Butter ·Chipotle Butter ·Kimchi Butter ·Orange-Honey Butter ·Salted Caramel Butter ·Rose-Berry Butter ·Hazelnut Praline Butter ·And many more In addition to the recipes, there are plenty of photographs and ample tips and tricks, like the perfect temperature at which to serve the butters, how to serve, and the tools needed for making stunning presentations with flavored butters. Add alluring flavors to your everyday meals with these delightful homemade butters!

Think outside the jar with delicious nut butters! Nut Butter Universe is a culinary treasure filled with creative ways to make luscious, protein-rich recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and snacks. These recipes use delectable butters made from cashews, Brazil nuts, macadamias, chestnuts, almonds, peanuts, and more. Just a small amount of nut butter can add great texture, flavor, and nutrition to your meals. Here are just a few of Robin's mouth-watering recipes, all enriched by delicious nut and seed butters: Artichoke Walnut Butter Bisque Roasted Tahini Cauliflower Pistachio Butter Biscotti Chestnut and Winter Vegetable Pot Pie Pecan Butter Waffles Penne with Avocado Cashew Cream Grilled Peanut Butter Banana Sandwich Pineapple Coconut Cheesecake Chocolate Macadamia Truffles Apple-Almond Butter Crumble There are recipes for making your own nut butters and options for those with nut allergies. The book also contains an informative Foreward by nutrition expert and bestselling author, Julieanna Hever, which explains the health benefits of nuts and nut butters. In addition, the recipes are clearly marked as being gluten-free or soy-free. Also includes helpful indexes, fun facts, and 8-page color photo insert.

Winner of the Fortnum & Mason 2021 Personality of the Year Award Butter is the essential book for anyone who loves to cook with this glorious, versatile ingredient. Through over 130 original recipes, James Martin presents some of his favourite new dishes and classics – everything from savoury delights like Butter-poached lobster, French onion soup, Chicken with ’nduja butter and Dover sole meunière, to sweet treats including Cinnamon bread with caramel butter dip, Shortbread and Baklava. Butter can bring so much to a plate of food and James showcases this comforting superstar of cooking to its very best.

What could be better than softened butter blended with lip-smacking ingredients? Not much! In this new and easy-to-follow cookbook, foodie Grace L�gere shares more than 70 unique, classic, exotic, and brunchy flavor combinations. Make her luscious Raspberry Cheesecake Butter, or spicy Bloody Mary Butter and take your entertaining to a new level. Family and loved ones will rave over a simple chicken breast when a Cashew, Honey, & Lime Butter is melting over it. Use these flavored butters as a spread on freshly baked bread, or as an enhancement to melt over vegetables or meats. With some simple ingredient preparation and a softened stick of butter, these compound butters go together in a flash! All can be enjoyed right away, or conveniently refrigerated to slice and use later. Give them a try; your taste buds will thank you! "My mouth is watering just turning the pages." Reviews: April 13, 2017 Also available:* Life-Changing Salad Dressings In 3 Minutes Flat* Life-Changing Potato Salads In 30 Minutes Flat

Here are more than 100 recipes that will bring beautiful flower-filled dishes to your kitchen table! This easy-to-use cookbook is brimming with scrumptious botanical treats, from sweet violet cupcakes, pansy petal pancakes, daylily cheesecake, and rosemary flower margaritas to savory sunflower chickpea salad, chive blossom vinaigrette, herb flower pesto, and mango orchid sticky rice. Alongside every recipe are tips and tricks for finding, cleaning, and preparing edible blossoms. You’ll also learn how to infuse vinegars, vodkas, sugars, frostings, jellies and jams, ice creams, and more with the color and flavor of your favorite flowers. Fresh from the farmers’ market or plucked from your very own garden, a world of delectable flowers awaits!

If it's fun, funky, jazzy and is to do with butter, it's in this book. From how to make butter at home, to where to use it, and if that raises your 'yeah, sure, I know about butter, pal' eyebrows, this book is going to surprise and delight you into next week. Split into four sections: · What you need to know · Making butter · Getting creative · Recipes Make Your Own Butter will · Whip you into a frenzy so you can't wait to start churning · Thrill and surprise with its sheer range of buttery creations like cocktails and beauty products · Enthral with QI style buttery facts · Equip you with a life skill to be passed on to others

The debut cookbook by the creator of the wildly popular blog Damn Delicious proves that quick and easy doesn't have to mean boring.Blogger Chungah Rhee has attracted millions of devoted fans with recipes that are undeniable 'keepers'-each one so simple, so easy, and so flavor-packed, that you reach for them busy night after busy night. In Damn Delicious, she shares exclusive new recipes as well as her most beloved dishes, all designed to bring fun and excitement into everyday cooking. From five-ingredient Mini Deep Dish Pizzas to no-fuss Sheet Pan Steak & Veggies and 20-minute Spaghetti Carbonara, the recipes will help even the most inexperienced cooks spend less time in the kitchen and more time around the table.Packed with quickie breakfasts, 30-minute skillet sprints, and speedy takeout copycats, this cookbook is guaranteed to inspire readers to whip up fast, healthy, homemade meals that are truly 'damn delicious!'

The highly anticipated cookbook from the immensely popular food blog Minimalist Baker, featuring 101 all-new simple, vegan recipes that all require 10 ingredients or less, 1 bowl or 1 pot, or 30 minutes or less to prepare Dana Shultz founded the Minimalist Baker blog in 2012 to share her passion for simple cooking and quickly gained a devoted worldwide following. Now, in this long-awaited debut cookbook, Dana shares 101 vibrant, simple recipes that are entirely plant-based, mostly gluten-free, and 100% delicious. Packed with gorgeous photography, this practical but inspiring cookbook includes: • Recipes that each require 10 ingredients or less, can be made in one bowl, or require 30 minutes or less to prepare. • Delicious options for hearty entrées, easy sides, nourishing breakfasts, and decadent desserts—all on the table in a snap • Essential plant-based pantry and equipment tips • Easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes with standard and metric ingredient measurements Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking is a totally no-fuss approach to cooking for anyone who loves delicious food that happens to be healthy too.