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Spinach & Strawberry Salad with Candied Walnuts

Written By: Chris - Sep• 13•12

Spinach is so good for you and is one of Bill’s favorites… I was inspired to make this salad because I had recently ordered it off a menu while dining out mehrere pdf dateien herunterladen. The candied nuts are not that difficult to make and I hope you find my instructions pretty simple! This dish will serve two, but you can multiply it for as many guests as you have path of exile for free! I use Xylosweet, which is a perfect sugar substitute if you are trying to cut back on sugar. I pick it up at the local cooperative, but I also placed a link within the recipe where you can buy it on line bpm studio vollversion kostenlos downloaden. I often use Splenda, but find that the consistency of the Xylosweet is just like the real thing!

Ingredients:
1/2 pound fresh Spinach
1/2 Pint (or as many as you desire) fresh Strawberries

Candied Walnuts:
1 Tablespoon Butter
3/4 Cup Walnut halves
1/2 Cup Xylosweet (or sugar)

Dressing:
1/3 Cup White Vinegar
1 teaspoon Dry Mustard
2 Tablespoons Xylosweet (or sugar)
dash of Salt
fresh ground pepper
1 Cup Vegetable Oil

Wash spinach & strawberries dry herunterladen.  Remove stems from berries and cut in half and combine in a bowl.

To candy the nuts, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.  Add walnuts and sugar and toss to combine and evenly coat herunterladen.  Continue to cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar melts around walnuts and has turned caramel in color.  Remove nuts and spread on a sheet of aluminum foil that has been sprayed with non stick spray trying not to overlap ct herunterladen.  Cool completely and break up pieces as needed.

Prepare the dressing whisking ingredients except oil until well blended.  Slowly add oil in a steady stream whisking until completely blended eigen foto's instagramen.  Pour dressing over salad tossing gently.  Sprinkle with nuts and serve immediately.

Enjoy!

Cheers!
~ Chris

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Fresh Veggie Pizza

Written By: Chris - Sep• 12•12

The gals were scheduled to come over the other night for the finally of our “Smut night” show; the Bachelor Pad.  It was a pretty good ending to a demented show that I still can’t believe that I enjoy watching!  None the less, I needed to come up with a healthy but delicious snack for us to share during the get together.  I’m not sure why this old recipe came to mind, but I decided it would be a great use of all of the varieties of veggies I had on hand in the fridge Download codec for free!  We used to have this years ago it seemed at many bridal and baby showers.  Isn’t it funny how things we prepare go in waves?  I must have been thinking about some of these dishes because I ended up making some whipped fruit dip on this evening too!  I changed the recipe up a bit to use all “light” ingredients and it tasted refreshing and delicious download protected images!

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages low fat (refrigerated) Crescent Rolls
4-6 ounces low fat Sour Cream
2 ounces plain Greek Yogurt
1/2 (8 ounce) package light Cream Cheese (softened)
2 Tablespoon fresh Fill
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Salt
1 (1 ounce) package Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
1/3 Lemon, zest & juice
4 Green Onions
2 Carrots
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 1/2 Cups fresh Broccoli
1 Cup Cauliflower
2/3 Cup low fat Cheddar Cheese
2/3 Cup part skim Mozzarella

Preheat grill (or oven) to 350 degrees.  Spray a jellyroll pan with non-stick cooking spray which means downloading at youtube.
Pat crescent roll dough into a jellyroll pan and press together the seams the best you can.  Bake on top rack for 12 minutes, rotating once half way through,  let cool Download gifs from google.
In a small mixing bowl, combine sour cream, yogurt, cream cheese, dill weed, garlic salt and ranch dip mix.  Add the lemon zest and juice tekken 3 herunterladen.
Cut the crescent piece into 2 X 2 inch squares. (this makes it much easier to serve than trying to cut it after you have added the vegetables) Holding the pieces together, gently spread the mixture on top of the cooled crust sonos playlist download.
Arrange the chopped vegetables on top of the creamed mixture.   Sprinkle with shredded cheese.  Cover and let chill space engineers for free.
Cheers!
~Chris
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Creamy Cucumber Cold Salad

Written By: Chris - Sep• 11•12

A number of my favorite fresh fruits and vegetables are more readily available in the summer time.  And by the end of summer, I’ve usually got more in my fridge than I can consume alone – so I try to make dishes that the others will enjoy.  Bill can be “hit or miss” on some veggies, which is puzzling to me because I love to eat them all the time itunes fotos herunterladen!

I always appreciate when friends share cucumbers from their gardens, but I’m not terribly fond of the large ones with big seeds inside.  I love the French varieties, but end up having to pay a bit more because of these positive attributes:
They are generally sold wrapped in plastic to reduce water loss, and so they are usually not waxed and therefore do not need peeling fab dvd kostenlos downloaden.  They are usually called seedless – which is odd, because they have seeds!  But their seeds are much smaller and less mushy than the other type mw warzone kostenlos download.  It is the seeds in a cucumber (and especially in an aging cucumber) that make it bitter, so a semi-seedless English cucumber is less likely to be bitter lucifer kostenlos downloaden.  The English variety has been bred to be more easily digested than some other varieties and I’ve heard that they are supposed to make you burp less office 10 herunterladen!

None the less, Andrew and Bill will eat this salad out of my bunch and that’s a start!

Ingredients:

5 baby English cucumbers (or 1 to 2 large)
1/2 Cup Sweet Onion
1 Tablespoons White Balsamic White Vinegar
1 Tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
1 Tablespoons light Mayo
2 Tablespoons Greek Yogurt (plain non fat)
1 Tablespoon Splenda
Salt & Pepper

Rinse and slice the cucumbers and onions as thin as you possibly can.  Mix the cucumbers, onions, and a tablespoon of salt in a bowl.  Pour them into a colander and allow some liquids to drain into another bowl.  Cover the bowl entirely in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for about an hour while they continue to drip.  Some recipes call for longer, but I don’t think it’s necessary.  When you’re ready to prepare the salad, remove from fridge and discard the collected liquid Download ms teams.

Combine the other ingredients in a bowl and toss in the cucumbers and onions.  Chill well and refrigerate for a while to allow the flavors to blend.  Serve Chilled duolingo kostenlos.
Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris
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Hoisin Broccoli Salad

Written By: Chris - Sep• 10•12

I’m a big fan of Asian flavors!  Peking-style hoisin sauce ingredients include starches such as sweet potato, wheat or rice and water, sugar, soybeans, white distilled vinegar, salt, garlic and red chili peppers.  Traditionally, hoisin sauce is made using toasted mashed soy beans vavoo apk 1.35. Despite the literal meaning, hoisin sauce does not contain, seafood, nor is it, typically, used with it.

China: A number of Chinese cuisine dishes such as spring rolls, mu shu pork, peking duck and barbecued pork use the sauce bilder herunterladen facebook sichtbar. It is especially common in Cantonesr cuisine.

Vietnam: Hoisin sauce is also a popular condiment with Vietnamese noodle soup; the sauce can be directly added into a bowl, or can be used as a side dip for the meat of dishes excel windows 7 kostenlos download. The sauce is also used for glazing broiled chicken.

Chris’ House: I like to incorporate it into as many dishes that I can.  Ever since my friend Eileen brought over some delicious cold broccoli salad that she picked up at a deli, I’ve bee playing with flavors in cold salads to come up with something similar.  Well, with my style of working with what’s on hand… one can create your own delicious flavors of salad simply using your imagination and by transforming some items fachbücher illegalen!

Ingredients:

3 Cups chopped broccoli
2-3 Tablespoons chopped onion
1/3 Cup chopped Orange Pepper
2 Strips of Turkey Bacon (cooked from left overs)
1/4 Cup of chopped Turkey Ham
2 Tablespoons of light Mayo
1 teaspoon Garlic Salt
2 Tablespoons Splenda (or Sugar)
1/4 Lemon and rind
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
2 Tablespoons Hoisin Sauce
Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste
2 Tablespoons of toasted, chopped cashews (because it’s what I had, but maybe would choose Almonds next time)

In the mornings when I’m in a hurry, looking in the fridge… wondering “what’s for lunch today – that I can throw together quick?”  I just create dishes so that lunch is less fattening than grabbing take out!  Bill wasn’t planning to join me for lunch this day and since broccoli isn’t his favorite – this salad was a good option and is what I assembled.  The flavors were bright and delicious Download videos from web pages.

Chop the broccoli into bite sized pieces.  Then chop the onion, ham, bacon and peppers.  Combine all other ingredients except the nuts and combine with veggies download apk files.   Mix well and mix in nuts. Chill!

Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

 

 

 

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Potato Skewers

Written By: Chris - Sep• 09•12

I was recently looking for an interesting way to prepare some beautiful potatoes that I had picked up from Costco.  I like the colorful potatoes including new red, yellow and “purple” ones because they add color to dishes.  One might wonder if colored potatoes are healthier than white ones, but according to Whole Foods, the differences in color between varieties of potatoes are basically differences in carotenoid and flavonoid content amazon music lässt sich nicht herunterladen. Virtually all types of potatoes provide significant amounts of approximately seven to ten nutrients. While we Americans are accustomed to potatoes with a white inside, potatoes in other parts of the world more commonly have starchy yellow insides iq test herunterladen. In the U.S. we call potatoes with yellow insides “specialty potatoes.” However, worldwide they are the norm rather than the exception.

Anyways, I find that preparing potatoes on the grill is very easy and requires very little work or attention.  And although potatoes are healthy, I still try to keep our carbohydrates to a minimum (to help the waste line) and this is an easy flavorful way to include some in a meal.  Along with some onions, this is an interesting and tasty addition to a dinner command and conquer 3 kanes rache kostenlos downloaden!

Ingredients:

Sweet Onion
As many potatoes as you are hungry for… apps auf samsung smart tv herunterladen.
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Garlic cloves

Soak wooden skewers in water.  Wash potatoes and chop into bite sized pieces.  Place potatoes in a microwave safe dish, rinse with water and cover with plastic.  Microwave on high for roughly 4 minutes, drain.  Arrange and alternate white, red and purple potato chunks with raw onion between the pieces of potato.  Combine smashed garlic with olive oil and drizzle over skewers.  Sprinkle with salt & pepper and grill over medium heat rotating skewers and brush with reserved oil until cooked to your liking.  We like some of the charred crispy edges herunterladen!

Share the grill with other prepared grilling items and enjoy!  We served this along side of a nice steak, some shrimp & garlic skewers, fresh broccoli and a delicious bottle of Plump Jack Napa Valley Merlot!  It was WONDERFUL as we reminisced about our friend Mark who works there while we ate dinner onedrive foto's iphone!

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Cheers!
~Chris

 

 

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