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Fresh Summer Salad

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , on August 28, 2009| 1 Comment »

freeimages.co.uk food imagesWhen the garden is filled with luscious, ripe red tomatoes and oodles of crunchy cucumbers, I love to pick a few of each and put them together in a refreshing summer salad.

I made this salad for guests recently and it was received enthusiastically. Then when a friend invited us for lunch a few days ago, she made the salad for us. I’m sure it tasted even better when someone else made it!

There is nothing quite like a vine-ripened tomato that has soaked up the best of summer’s rays, drank in the morning dew and the rain from scattered showers, and sits waiting at the peak of perfection to be enjoyed and savored.

You can make this salad for one or for a group, just the proportions the same.

Fresh Summer Salad

3 cups  cucumber, peeled and sliced

3 cups tomato, cut into bite-sized pieces

1cup crumbled feta cheese

1/2 cup Italian salad dressing

Mix together and serve immediately.

What is your favorite fruit or vegetable to enjoy from the garden? Please share your response here.

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Easy Lemon Tarts

Posted in Desserts, Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , on August 21, 2009| 1 Comment »

lemon-tartsA really easy and tasty dessert that can be thrown together in a jiffy for last minute entertaining is this recipe for lemon tarts. Great anytime, they are  especially tasty on these hot summer days.

Easy Lemon Tarts

1 small box lemon pudding

whipping cream, whipped

2 packages frozen mini phyllo shells

Make the pudding according to package directions. I prefer the flavor and texture of cooked pudding, but if you are really in a hurry, use instant. Once the pudding is made, chill. The phyllo shells I purchase have 15 in a box and two boxes comes out proportionately to the pudding. You can let the shells thaw  and then fill or you can put them into the oven for a few minutes to make them crispy. Fill the shells with the chilled pudding. Put on a dollop of whipped cream (if you are in a big hurry, use Reddi-Whip or frozen dairy topping) then finish off with a fresh raspberry.

Although very simple and easy to make, these little tarts look like you invested a lot of time in them.

Enjoy!

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Crock Pot Barbecue Pork to the Rescue

Posted in Easy Recipes, entertain, tagged , , on August 14, 2009| 1 Comment »

So what are the odds that the night before you have company coming for dinner that both the oven and the barbecue would go out of commission?

I had just taken a cake out of the oven when the stove started beeping annoyingly and the broiler went on and wouldn’t turn off. Hubby finally got it to be quiet and stop broiling. Evidently the temp sensor went haywire and of course they have to be ordered and no one in the area keeps them in stock.

Knowing I had seven hungry people I would need to feed the next evening and no oven, I started pulling out ideas for meals that could be grilled on the barbecue.  It was then that Hubby chimed in that the barbecue was not an option.

Pacing the floor the morning of our impending disaster, er dinner, I finally remembered I own a crockpot. Taking it out of the box and removing the packing materials, I quickly got it ready to roll. The result of our make-do dinner was spectacularly tasty.  Here is the recipe!

Barbecue Pork

3-5 pounds of pork tenderloin

2 cans of chicken broth

1 cup barbecue sauce

Dash of Salt and Pepper

Put all ingredients in crock pot and cook on low for eight hours. You can then shred the meat and serve on rolls or slice it. We sliced it and served with a side of additional barbecue sauce for those who like things a little spicier.

Since I’m new to crock-pot cooking, if you have any great recipes you’d like to share, I’d love for you to post them here or send them on!

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Jessica’s Biscuits

Posted in Easy Recipes, entertain on August 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »

biscuitsMy 11-year-old niece Jessica is visiting this weekend and among the shopping and playing, we are also doing some baking.

Jessica recently earned Grand Champion at her county fair with her home-made biscuits. These delicious biscuits are wonderful alone or smothered with fresh strawberry jam. Enjoy!

Jessica’s Biscuits

2 cups flour

1 tbsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/4 tsp. salt

2 1/2 tsp. sugar

1/2 cup margerine

2/3 cup milk

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Mix dry ingredients well in a bowl. Cut in margerine until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Add milk. Knead 10-12 strokes. Roll out and cut into circles. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

If you have a grand champion recipe to share, please feel free to post it here.

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