Louisiana Crunch Cake is an Entenmann’s knock-off, a copycat recipe from one of my favorite cakes growing up. You know, the cakes with their own display case at the end of the supermarket aisle?! [Read more...]
Chopped Pear and Spinach Salad
03/05/2012 · by · 22 Comments
There’s something about a chopped salad I adore. A salad cut into a million little pieces so just about every single bite includes the sum of its parts. For that perfect bite. Best when there’s a mix of sweet, savory and salty flavors as well as soft, crunchy and chewy textures.
This chopped salad has all of that going for it and more with bosc pears, sliced almonds, dried cranberries, couscous, feta cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, baby spinach and romaine tossed together in a honey mustard dressing. Your taste buds will scream happiness. [Read more...]
Toasted Pumpkin Seed Trail Mix
09/22/2011 · by · 78 Comments
I have a whole shelf in my kitchen stocked entirely with nuts, seeds and dried fruits. At times they threaten to overtake the entire pantry. To say I get a little carried away might be an understatement. I hate running out of any one thing…what if I need it to bake and there isn’t any!? You see my point?
To use up some of the abundance I like to throw together a trail mix. Eating trail mix is more exciting and enticing than simply eating handfuls of individual nuts or fruit. [Read more...]
Curried Chicken Salad
07/10/2011 · by · Leave a Comment
Whenever I find myself craving something a little different, I turn to this curried chicken salad. It never ceases to please.
Packed full of tender bites of chicken, chewy raisins and crunchy almonds, it’s full of sweet and zesty flavors and competing textures that compliment each other well. [Read more...]
