Baked Feta Dip with Figs and Fresh Herbs - Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Sun Harvest organic extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 5 orange peels, cut into ½ inch strips (from 1 medium orange, peel washed)
• 12 Sun Harvest organic living thyme sprigs (6 whole sprigs and 6 springs leaves chopped)
• 6 fresh rosemary sprigs (3 whole sprigs and 3 springs leaves chopped)
• 25 mixed fresh figs (such as mission, turkey, or tiger stripe figs), sliced in half lengthwise
• 5 ounces First Street crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 cup First Street walnuts halves and pieces, roughly chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Sun Harvest and First Street are private label brands available at Smart & Final grocery & warehouse stores.