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BLT Salad
By lynnieb93
Great BLT taste without the extra calories
- BLT Salad
- 10 slices bacon, chopped
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, washed and roughly chopped
- A few handfuls of mixed baby greens or baby spinach, washed
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, washed
- Half a baguette, cut into one-inch cubes
- The Dressing
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper
Delicious Chocolate Mousse
By lynnieb93
There’s one really good reason to make this – chocolate! It’s what makes the world go round, especially for m...
- • 300g good quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into small pieces
- • sea salt
- • 8 large eggs, preferably free-range or organic
- • 100g caster sugar (4½ heaped tablespoons)
- • 300ml double cream
- • Amaretto
- • 2 tablespoons good-quality cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting
- • 2 packs of sesame snaps
- • 400g sour cherries
Sesame Snow Peas
By lynnieb93
Fast, easy and fresh!
- 1 pound fresh snow peas, trimmed
- 2 teaspoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup diagonally sliced green onions (white parts only)
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon Sriracha or other hot Asian pepper sauce, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds
Lobster Avocado Cocktails
By lynnieb93
This is a great appetizer! I made this for Christmas w/ crab meat (real) instead of the lobster
- Lobster Avocado Cocktails
- * 4x1 pound lobsters, cooked, cleaned, cut into 1” pieces, reserve 4 claws for garnish
- * 2 large ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and coarsely chopped
- * 3 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- * 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- * 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- * 1 romaine heart, finely shredded, reserve 4 small leaves for garnish
- * 4 lemon wedges
- * Salt & pepper to taste
- Cocktail Sauce
- * 1 cup ketchup
- * 2 tablespoons horseradish
- * 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- * 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- * 1 dash hot sauce
- * Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Lemon Remoulade
- * 1 cup mayonnaise
- * 2 lemons, juice and zest
- * 2 tablespoons cornichons, minced
- * 2 tablespoons capers, minced
- * 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
- * Salt and freshly ground black pepper
How to grow a pizza garden
By lynnieb93
Serve up a yummy (and fun) family project: a pizza garden overgrowing with fresh toppings
- Pizza-perfect plants
- These choices should keep your pizzas covered.
- to 12 to 12 Six to 12 basil plants (several varieties)
- to to three Two to three eggplants
- 20 to 30 20 to 30 30 red and white onions (bagged bulbs are labelled Dutch sets)
- Twelve tomato plants (choose plum tomatoes such as Roma and early- and late-bearing varieties)
- two or three two or three oregano plants
- Several sweet pepper and one or two hot pepper plants
- One or two One or two zucchini plants.
Aged Cheddar Turkey Cutlets
By lynnieb93
This beautiful dish doesn't just look good, the sharp aged cheddar makes a mouthwatering companion to the turkey cu...
- * 2 tablespoons (30 ml) butter
- * 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) sliced mushrooms
- * 1 small red pepper, sliced into strips
- * 3 cups (750 ml) washed baby spinach leaves
- * 1 shallot, chopped
- * 1 clove garlic, minced
- * Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- * 4 large turkey cutlets
- * 4 ounces (120 g) Canadian Aged Cheddar Cheese, cut into 4 large sticks
- * 1/2 cup (125 mL) white wine
Caramel Corn
By lynnieb93
Yummy Goodness!
- Caramel Corn
- * 8 cups popped popcorn
- Caramel Coating
- * 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- * 1/3 cup butter
- * 3 tablespoons corn syrup
- * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- * 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Perfect Roast Potatoes
By lynnieb93
One thing’s for sure, if you can master the perfect roast potatoes, you’re well on your way to the perfect Chri...
- • 1.5kg Maris Piper potatoes, peeled
- • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- • olive oil
- • 1 bulb of garlic, broken into cloves
- • red wine vinegar
- • 50g butter, cut into little cubes
- • a bunch of fresh sage, roughly torn
- • 1 clementine
Ultimate Fruit Salad
By lynnieb93
Pineapple mint is great in all sorts of desserts, in antipasto, for marinating or with lamb
- • 200g caster sugar
- • 1 teacup of water
- • optional: a bunch of pineapple mint, finely chopped
- • 1kg of mixed fruit, like melon, pineapple, green seedless grapes, lychees, Granny Smith apples, strawberries, blueberries or cherries
Slow Cooker Sausage and Seafood Ragout
By lynnieb93
In large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown sausages, in batches
- 1 1tbsp tbsp(15 mL) (15 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 lb (500 g) chorizo or mild Italian sausages , cut into chunks1 1lb (500 g) lb (500 g)chorizo or mild Italian sausagemild Italian sausages, cut into chunks
- 1 onion , diced1 1oniononions, diced
- 2 cloves garlic , minced2 2cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup diced celery 1/2 1/2cup cup(125 mL) (125 mL) diced celery
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1/2 1/2tsp tsp(2 mL) (2 mL) dried thyme
- 1 small eggplant , cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes1 1small smalleggplant, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes
- 1 can (28 0z/796 mL) diced tomatoes 1 1can (28 0z/796 mL) can (28 0z/796 mL)diced tomatoes
- 3/4 cup dry white wine 3/4 3/4cup cup(175 mL) (175 mL) dry white wine
- 1/4 cup tomato paste 1/4 1/4cup cup(50 mL) (50 mL) tomato paste
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika 1 1tbsp tbsp(15 mL) (15 mL) sweet paprika
- 2 lb mussels 2 2lb lb(907 g) (907 g) musselmussels
- 12 oz (375 g) catfish or grouper fillets 12 12oz (375 g) oz (375 g)catfish or grouper fillets
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 2 2tbsp tbsp(25 mL) (25 mL) chopped fresh parsley