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Café Recipes

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.

Trail Mix
Blood Orange Compote
Double Chocolate Brownies
Multi-grain Bread
Mushroom Barley Soup
Baby Spinach and Lime Soup
Spring Greens
Asparagus and Shiitake Risotto
Sweet Peas and Artichoke Hearts
Chive Tartines with Smoked Salmon
Candied Flowers
Zucchini Carpaccio
Dilled Potato Salad
Citrus Thyme Chicken
Cherry Tomato Relish
Green Bean and Cherry Tomato Salad with Herb Dressing
Basil Oil and Peach, Cinnamon and Basil Sorbet
Green Bean Salad
Red Pepper Recipes
Hot Pepper Jelly
Grilled Eggplant and Pesto Sandwich
Yellow Tomato Salad with Lemon Grass
Black Grape Sorbet
Apple Cobbler
Ginger Pumpkin Muffins
Winter Squash Soup
Pecan Pie with Kahlua and Chocolate Chips
Walnut Bread
Pumpkin Bisque
Candied Cranberry and Walnut Scones
Walnut Trail Mix
Fennel and Potato Soup
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