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Visit to the Lavender Farm
Today I visited the Lavender Wind Farm on Whidbey Island with some friends. The fields of lavender were all in bloom and it looked and smelled amazing.
The farm not only grows lavender, but it also creates products with it such as candles and amazing goat’s milk soaps. While we were there, we ate some Lavender Caramels, which were delicious and we bought Lavender Chocolate Chardonnay ice cream.
In my novel The Guestbook Lily mentions a Lavender Orange French Toast. This amazing recipe is in the back of the book and included below as well. I find that lavender is a magical ingredient when used in recipes from brownies to savory. The Farm makes the best lavender chocolate chip cookies that are totally addictive.
www. Lavenderwind.com
Lavender Orange French Toast
Egg Mixture:
1 loaf egg bread (Challah works great)
10 eggs
½ cup of half and half
1 Tbs. sugar
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbs. orange zest
1/8 tsp. culinary lavender
1 tsp. vanilla
Whisk 10 eggs in a bowl and beat in half and half, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest, culinary lavender, and vanilla. Prepare filling.
Filling:
1 Tbs. fresh orange juice
2 8-oz packages of cream cheese
½ tsp culinary lavender
4 heaping Tbs. orange marmalade
Take 1 slice of bread. Spread generously with cream cheese mix and put another slice on top. Then soak in egg mixture. Grill on medium heat in skillet with generous amounts of butter. Grill both sides. Smother in syrup.
Syrup Mixture:
1 cup real maple syrup
2 tsp. orange zest
1 tsp. fresh orange juice
½ tsp. culinary lavender
Heat syrup before serving then add other ingredients, stir and serve.
The farm not only grows lavender, but it also creates products with it such as candles and amazing goat’s milk soaps. While we were there, we ate some Lavender Caramels, which were delicious and we bought Lavender Chocolate Chardonnay ice cream.
In my novel The Guestbook Lily mentions a Lavender Orange French Toast. This amazing recipe is in the back of the book and included below as well. I find that lavender is a magical ingredient when used in recipes from brownies to savory. The Farm makes the best lavender chocolate chip cookies that are totally addictive.
www. Lavenderwind.com
Lavender Orange French Toast
Egg Mixture:
1 loaf egg bread (Challah works great)
10 eggs
½ cup of half and half
1 Tbs. sugar
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbs. orange zest
1/8 tsp. culinary lavender
1 tsp. vanilla
Whisk 10 eggs in a bowl and beat in half and half, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest, culinary lavender, and vanilla. Prepare filling.
Filling:
1 Tbs. fresh orange juice
2 8-oz packages of cream cheese
½ tsp culinary lavender
4 heaping Tbs. orange marmalade
Take 1 slice of bread. Spread generously with cream cheese mix and put another slice on top. Then soak in egg mixture. Grill on medium heat in skillet with generous amounts of butter. Grill both sides. Smother in syrup.
Syrup Mixture:
1 cup real maple syrup
2 tsp. orange zest
1 tsp. fresh orange juice
½ tsp. culinary lavender
Heat syrup before serving then add other ingredients, stir and serve.
