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Spinach Salad with Peaches, Pecans and Poppy Seed Dressing
By Hklbrries
Note: Toast pecans by laying them in a single layer in a nonstick frying pan over medium heat, stirring them often ...
- Salad:
- 8 cups baby spinach leaves, rinsed and dried
- 1 cup peacn halves or pieces, toasted (or used the already flavored and toasted pecans available in some supermarkets in the dressing or produce sections)
- 4 ripe peaches, sliced (sliced or chopped canned peachs can be substituted)
- Poppy Seed Dressing:
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground dry mustard
- 1 tsp grated sweet or mild onion (1/4 tsp dried minced onion - like Onion Plus - can be substituted)
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 tbsp fat free sour cream
- 1 1/2 tsp poppy seeds
Spicy Carrot Cake (Microwave Recipe)
By Hklbrries
Grease and flour a 12-cup plastic fluted tube pan
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups quick or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 2 1/2 cups shredded carrot
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup chopped nuts
Cranberry Cornmeal Muffins
By Hklbrries
Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat muffin cups with cooking spray
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
- 1 tbsp grated lemon rind
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 2/3 cup cornmeal
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup frozen cranberries, thawed
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds
- Turbinado or granulated sugar
Salsa Fresca
By Hklbrries
To be served with Taco Salad
- 1/4 small onion
- 1/2 small green pepper, seeded
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tsp jalapeno, seeded and minced
- 1 small tomato, cored and chopped
- 1 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 2 tsp lime juice
- Sea salt, to taste
Pets - Hot to litter train a ferret
By Hklbrries
Dear Heloise: I just got my first pet ferret! The pet-store employee told me that ferrets will use a litter box
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Pumpkin Dessert Cake
By Hklbrries
Combine oil, vanilla, honey, molasses or sugar, eggs and pumpkin
- Cake:
- 1 1/4 cups oil
- 4 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup molasses or sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups pumpkin (or 1 15-ounce can)
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 cups white flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp cinnamon (tsp??)
- 2 tbsp nutmeg (tsp??)
- 2 tsp ginger
- 2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
- Frosting:
- 3 oz. cream cheese
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Drumsticks
By Hklbrries
Mix ingredients well. Form 12 to 15 drumsticks around sticks
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup mild cheese, grated
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 3 eggs
- 4 egg whites
- 1 envelope George Washington seasoning
- Salt, to taste
Fluffy Pancakes
By Hklbrries
Rice flour is avaialable at most health food stores and Asian markets
- 2 extra-large eggs
- 1/4 cup cottage cheese
- 2 tbsp cream cheese
- Pinch of Nutra Sweet or Equal to taste
- 3 tbsp wheat germ
- 1 tbsp rice flour or Wondra
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of baking soda
Halloween Candy Blondies
By Hklbrries
"Every year I buy bags of Halloween candy, just in case a hundred trick-or-treaters decide to drop by my house
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 16 mini peanut butter cups
- 1 cup M&M's
Pumpkin Pie
By Hklbrries
Place all ingredients in blender and mix on high speed for 2 minutes
- 2 cups low-fat chocolate soy or dairy milk
- 1 banana, in chunks
- 1 (12 ounce) package soft silken tofu
- 15 ounces pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)
- 4 ounces bittersweet dark chocolate, melted
- Whipped cream (optional)