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Garden Café Recipes

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Bring a taste of the Garden Café to your own kitchen. Try these delicious recipes at home! Each recipe features ingredients to remind you of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Find a way to integrate fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices into your family's meals. These recipes from the Garden Café will bring the finest ingredients to life.

JANUARY	Trail Mix Blood Orange Compote
FEBRUARY	Double Chocolate Brownies
MARCH	Multigrain Bread Mushroom Barley Soup
APRIL	Baby Spinach and Lime Soup Spring Greens Asparagus and Shiitake Risotto
MAY	Sweet Peas and Artichoke Hearts Chive Tartines with Smoked Salmon Candied Flowers Zucchini Carpaccio
JUNE	Dilled Potato Salad Citrus Thyme Chicken Cherry Tomato Relish Green Bean and Cherry Tomato Salad with Herb Dressing
JULY	Vine-Ripened Tomato and Mâche Salad Green Bean Salad with Cilantro & Soy-Glazed Almonds Basil Oil Peach and Cinnamon Basil Sorbet
AUGUST	Old World Pizza with Asiago and Red Peppers Grilled Red Pepper Jack & Pepperoni Panini Hot Pepper Jelly
SEPTEMBER	Grilled Eggplant and Pesto Sandwich Yellow Tomato Salad with Lemongrass Black Grape Sorbet
OCTOBER	Apple Cobbler Ginger Pumpkin Muffins Winter Squash Soups
NOVEMBER	Pecan Pie with Kahlúa & Chocolate Chips Walnut Bread Pumpkin Bisque
DECEMBER	Candied Cranberry and Walnut Scones Fennel and Potato Soup Reindeer Trail Mix