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Watercress Salad with Dried Fruit and Almonds
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 bunches watercress, hand-torn
- 1 cup almonds, toasted
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
Butterfly Cookies
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee, 2007
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 (17-ounce) bag sugar cookie mix (recommended: Betty Crocker)
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon strawberry extract
- 1 (12-ounce) bag mini candy covered chocolates (recommended: M and M's)
Chocolate Chunk Cookies
By cirql8or
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup softened butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1/2 cup firmly packed Domino® Light Brown Sugar
- 1/3 cup Domino® Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup (6-oz pkg.) semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Fresh Fruit Parfait with Lemon-Poppy Seed Yogurt
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Danny Boome Ltd
- 2 peaches, pitted, quartered, diced
- 2 kiwi, peeled, quartered and sliced
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 lemon, juiced, plus zest for garnish
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 cups lowfat plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- Mint sprigs, for garnish
Chocolate Pudding with Candy Roses
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Johnny Iuzzini
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch, sifted
- 1 vanilla bean
- 4 cups half-and-half
- 2 ounces chocolate (recommended: Manjari)
- 3 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 3/4 cups pastry flour, sifted
- 1 1/8 teaspoons baking soda, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, sifted
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, sifted
- 1 cup water
- 10 rose petals
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Whipped cream, for serving
The Classic Swiss Fondue
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
- 2 cups grated Gruyere
- 2 cups grated Swiss
- 2 to 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups dry white wine
- 1/4 cup kirsch liqueur
- Freshly grated nutmeg
Sneaky' Citrus Punch
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Ingrid Hoffmann, 2008
- 3 cups orange juice
- 1 cup pear nectar
- 2 lemons, juiced
- 2 tablespoons grenadine
- 2 cups light rum
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup orange-flavored liqueur (recommended: Curacao)
- Sliced lemon, for garnish
Strawberry Shortcake
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2007
- 1 large angel food cake
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons strawberry gelatin (recommended: Jell-O)
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, cut in 1/2 (if berries are extra large, they can be cut into quarters)
- Whole fresh strawberries and mint leaves, for garnish
Open Wide! Tur-Chicken Club Burgers
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
- 8 slices good quality bacon
- 1 pound ground turkey breast
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoons paprika or smoked sweet paprika
- 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning, 2/3 palm full
- 1 tablespoon grill seasoning, a palm full
- A handful chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 large shallot, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 large clove garlic, grated or minced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 3 tablespoons, finely chopped chives
- 1 tablespoon, finely chopped dill
- Salt and pepper
- 4 crusty whole-wheat Keiser rolls
- 12 pieces green leaf lettuce
- 8 slices ripe tomato
- 8 slices avocado
Sherry Cocktail
By cirql8or
Recipe courtesy Bobby Flay
- 3 ounces orange-flavored vodka (recommended: Grey Goose L'Orange)
- 3/4-ounce sherry (recommended: Lustau East India Solera Sherry)
- Splash freshly squeezed orange juice
- Ice cubes
- Orange peel, for garnish