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Dairy free recipes, From the Kitchen, Quick & Easy Recipes, Salads

Greens Salad with Apples & Pickled Onion Vinaigrette

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Greens Salad with Apples & Pickled Onion Vinaigrette

Ingredients:

  • 8-10 cups spring greens salad mix
  • 2 medium apples cut into thin slices
  • 1 bell pepper cut into thin slices or 4 small peppers cut into thin circles
  • 1/2  small red onion cut into slivers
  • 1 avocado cut into thin slices
  • White cheddar cheese cut into small cubes – as much as you like (optional)
  • Ingredients for pickled onion vinaigrette
    • 1/4 cup pickled onion vinegar
    • 4 tbsp olive oil
    • Salt and pepper
    • 1 tbsp honey

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From Around the World, From the Kitchen, Sweet Treats

An English Style High Tea. Cranberry Scones. A Menu Worth Replicating

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Here is another scone recipe from my friend Rose for sweet Cranberry Scones. Serve these scones warm out of the oven with some jam, accompanied by hot tea and fresh cut fruit, and you will surely have a perfect Sunday afternoon English style High Tea! Continue reading An English Style High Tea. Cranberry Scones. A Menu Worth Replicating →

Dairy free recipes, From the Kitchen, Quick & Easy Recipes, Salads

Tossed Green Salad with Mango, Peppers & Onions with Honey Vinaigrette 

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What makes this salad pop is the honey vinaigrette dressing. Because this salad has sweet ripe mangoes the honey vinaigrette really enhances the sweetness of the fruit.

Tossed Green Salad with Mango, Peppers & Onions with Honey Vinaigrette 

Ingredients:

  • 1 ripe mango cut into cubes
  • 1/2 small red onion cut into thin slices
  • 4 small peppers cut into little rings
  • 6 cups salad greens
  • 1 ripe avocado cut into small chunks
  • 2 tbsp Feta cheese or parmesan shavings (optional)
  • Roasted pistachios or roasted cashews or any nuts of your choice or sunflower seeds
  • Honey Vinaigrette.  Here is the link to the recipe for  Honey Vinaigrette

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Stories From Our Home

Swimming in Summertime Apples from the Garden

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We had just picked over 30 apples from our apple tree, after picking over 20 apples just a few days earlier, and even more few days before that. These apples were taking over my counter and the refrigerator drawers.

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Mind you we have just one apple tree and its not that big, but that little tree has over 300 apples this year. I told Hitesh we need to stop picking the apples as we can’t go through them fast enough and I don’t have space for my other vegetables and fruits, but he said he doesn’t want them eaten by the critters, so he goes out and picks a bunch of apples every few days. He wants me to make a couple of apple pies or as he put it “Get creative, you can do it!”

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