I'll admit, before we had a family lavender farm, I had never used lavender in my cooking before. I assumed it tasted soapy, and I wasn't really sure how or why to go about using it. My how times have changed! I love using lavender in my cooking and it really elevates your cooking. Lavender is such a powerhouse to have in your culinary arsenal. 

Just a few tips: 

1. Make sure you always use culinary lavender. Culinary lavender is suitable for consumtion, while ornamental lavender may have been processed differently and may taste a little off. 

2. If you are new to lavender and not sure you want to use full buds, you can start with lavender infused sugars or salts. You could even grind your buds into a powder if that makes you more comfortable. 

3. A little goes a long way. You never want to be too heavy handed with your lavender. It's fragrant and can transform a dish when used properly, just use restraint and keep it at "just a hint". 

Find our oraganic culinary lavender online here: www.lavenderapple.com 
Happy Cooking!

Popovers are such a wonderful spring tradition. Since easter comes early this year, we have already begun to think about bunnies, rabbits, and not to mention all the candy.... But one of our favorite easter traditions are popovers. These can easily be turned into a lesson for your children and represent the empty tomb during Jesus's resurrection.  

As an added benefit, these popovers are fluffy, buttery, and and simple to make! The best part about this particular popover recipe is that you can utilize just a regular old muffin tin rather than purchasing a fancy popover pan. The less gadgets cluttering your kitchen, the better, right? 

These were even better when topped with our Lavender Apple Honey found HERE. 

Ingredients:

1 cup whole milk

2 eggs

1 tablespoon butter, melted 

1 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

In a blender, mix everything together until it looks frothy. Let the popover batter rest while the oven pre-heats to 450 degrees. Use a large muffin tin pan that serves 6. Put the empty muffin tin in the oven for 2 minutes to warm it up. Remove it from the oven and melt an extra 2 tablespoons of butter in the microwave, and then divide the butter between the cups. Pulse the batter in the blender once more to make it bubble and then fill each cup. Bake for 15 minutes. Resist the urge to open the oven door while they bake or you will unpop your popovers. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 15 minutes. Your popovers should be golden brown and dry to the touch and sound hollow when you tap on them. 

Eat and enjoy! I'm hungry just thinking about it! 

I know we posted some beautiful spring photos recently about our lovely lavender gate that will greet you when you come visit the Lavender Apple Farm. But this time of year, our lane looks a little bit more like the photo below, than  the beautifully floral greenery you are used to seeing on this blog. We were surprised that our lavender grew so well in such a harsh climate, but our rocky sloped soil is actually a perfect match for these resilient purple flowers. 

And while winter has its place and is beautiful too, we dearly miss our lavender blooms. 

Luckily for our customers, you can still stay indoors this winter, and we will ship all of your favorite lavender products via happy mail to your front door. www.lavenderapple.com 

And we have some exciting news coming soon too, so keep your eyes on our blog for the big announcement! 

Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.

Pietro Aretino

But for now, all us farmers will continue to snuggle up with some hot cocoa and hibernate until the spring work season begins. 

It was so much fun rounding up all of our favorite recipes from 2015 earlier this week, that I thought I would round up all of our most popular non-recipe posts from last year as well. We try our best to do a good mix of both recipe and lifestyle posts. Hopefully we can keep that up in 2016 as well.

Lavender honey bees are always popular. 

Lavender Fairy Photoshoot Ideas

Throwback Paris Photos

How to make an airplane out of cardboard boxes.

Taking your kids on an easy pirate treasure hunt. 

Country Wedding Ideas

Ward Christmas Party Ideas

Church Social or Relief Society Event Ideas

We look forward to brining you just as fun and unique content in 2016!