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Best Ever Strawberry Spinach Salad
By Peggie
Best Ever Strawberry Spinach Salad will rock your world! This simple recipe is a celebration of summers bounty in t...
- Candied Pecans
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pecan halves
- pinch salt
- Dressing
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup extra light tasting olive oil
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- Salad
- 10 ounces fresh baby spinach - rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
- 1/4 small red onion, sliced
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/2 avocado, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1/2 (5 ounce) package blue cheese crumbles
Coconut Macaroons
By Peggie
Traditionally called Fraser Bell cookies and a close cousin to meringues, these crisp mouthfuls are just as pretty ...
- 2 large egg whites
- Pinch of salt
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 bags shredded sweetened coconut (14-ounces each)
- 2 semi-sweet baker squares
- Ice cream (optional) for Icearoons
Snowflake Cake
By Peggie
HEAT oven to 350ºF. PREPARE cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers, blending 1...
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
- 2 pkg. (4-serving size each) Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding, divided
- 6 squares Baker's White Chocolate
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup cold milk
- 3 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
- 1/4 cup Kraft Pure Red Raspberry Jam, warmed, strained
- Hidden-Chocolate Snowflake Cake: Prepare using a chocolate cake mix and substituting 1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jell-O Chocolate Instant Pudding for the dry vanilla pudding mix added to the cake batter
Snickerdoodle Donut Muffins
By Peggie
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F
- For dipping your donut muffins, prepare the following:
- 3/4 Cup Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Butter (melted)
- 1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 3/4 Cup Milk (skim, 1%, 2%, whole)
- 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- Pinch of Ground Nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon Cream of Tartar (optional)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- In a small bowl,
- Melt 1/2 cup butter
- In a small bowl mix,
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
Blue Hawaiian Jello Shot
By Peggie
Prepare the shot cups. Make individual rows of 2-ounce plastic shot cups on a baking sheet
- 1/2 cup (120 mL) boiling water
- 1 3-ounce (85g) box berry blue Jello gelatin
- 1/2 cup (120 mL) Malibu rum
- 1/2 cup (120 mL) blue curacao
- 1/2 cup (120 mL) pineapple juice
Tex-Mex Deviled Eggs
By Peggie
The South's iconic appetizer fuses with the nineties' obsession with Tex-Mex
- 6 hard-cooked eggs, peeled
- 1 tablespoon diced green onions
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 small serrano or jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded Cheddar cheese
- Chili powder
DILL PICKLE BACON GRILLED CHEESE
By Peggie
Cook bacon in a pan until crisp
- 1 1/2 slices bacon
- 2 slices bread
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 large pickle
- 2 slices cheddar cheese
- 1 oz mozzarella cheese
Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie
By Peggie
Everyone in my family loved this smoothie and it’s one we’ll make again and again
- 1 cup strawberries, stems removed
- 1/2 cup kiwi, peeled
- 1/2 cup water
- 2-3 cups ice
FLOURLESS FUDGE BROWNIES
By Peggie
For the brownies Preheat the oven the 350 degrees, grease a small cake or loaf pan and set aside
- 2 cups mashed sweet potato Can sub for banana or pumpkin
- 1 cup almond butter can sub for any nut or seed butter of choice
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- For the Coconut Chocolate Frosting
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup canned coconut milk
- For the Protein Frosting
- 2 scoops chocolate protein powder
- 1-2 tbsp granulated sweetener of choice
- 1-2 tbsp nut or seed butter of choice
- 1 tbsp milk or liquid *
- For the Cream Cheese Frosting
- 125 grams cream cheese of choice
- 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1-2 tbsp granulated sweetener of choice
Low-Carb Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Bake
By Peggie
Preheat oven to 400F/200C
- 1 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce, reduced to 1 cup
- (Use the lowest-carb sauce you can find, or make your own pizza sauce and omit the sugar.)
- 4 large boneless-skinless chicken breasts (6-8 oz. each)
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 tsp. Greek oregano (sometimes just called oregano)
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 6 oz. piece of part-skim Mozzarella, sliced about 1/4 inch thick
- 2 oz. sliced pepperoni (regular or turkey pepperoni)