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by Donna Monday
Cranberries and cranberry sauce are a favorite fall and winter fruit. It’s tart and tangy flavor goes perfect with many holiday meals. Most people enjoy cranberry sauce at the dinner table and don’t realize that cranberries are great in salads and desserts.
If you’d like to try something different with cranberries this season, you can’t go wrong with this recipe for Cranberry Salad Squares. It’s deliciously creamy and brimming with cherries, pineapple and nuts.
What a sweet treat to serve at a noontime brunch or special dinner.
Cranberry Salad Squares
- 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened – can substitute light cream cheese
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated) – can substitute low fat condensed milk
- ¼ cup mayonnaise – can substitute low fat mayo
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 16 oz can jellied cranberry sauce
- 1 16 oz pkg frozen dark sweet cherries
- 1 20 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 tablespoons chopped nuts
Directions
In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, condensed milk, mayonnaise and lemon juice; beat until smooth and fluffy.
Add cranberry sauce; mix at low speed until blended. Fold in cherries and pineapple. Spoon evenly into ungreased 13x9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with nuts.
Cover; freeze 6 hours or until firm.
To serve, let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes or until slightly softened. Cut into squares.
Makes 12 servings.
English Muffin Crab "Au Gratin"
by News Canada
Perfect for lunch or brunch
4 English muffins, halved
1/2 cup (120ml) Summersweet Crab and Three Cheese Dip
fine bread crumbs
parmesan cheese, freshly grated
Green onions, finely diced for garnish
Preheat the oven to 325F (170C). Arrange the English muffin halves on a baking sheet. Spread one tablespoon (15ml) of Summersweet Crab and Three Cheese Dip on top of each half. Sprinkle generously with bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven & let cool slightly and top with green onions. Serve.
Serves 4
- News Canada
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What's Cookin' - Warm Chicken Salad with Orange Sesame Dressing
by News Canada
(NC)-Serves 4
6 cups mixed salad greens
1/2 red pepper; cut into strips
1/2 small red onion, sliced
1/2 lb Maple Lodge Farms Premium Rotisserie Seasoned
Chicken Breast cut into strips
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup bean sprouts
Dressing
juice of 1 orange
1/2 tsp grated orange rind
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp dijon mustard
freshly ground pepper, to taste
Method
1. Combine dressing ingredients; set aside.
2. Divide greens among 4 individual serving plates.
3. Top with red pepper and onion slices.
4. In a skillet, stir fry premium rotisserie seasoned chicken breast in olive oil until lightly browned.
5. Whisk dressing and add to pan; heat for 30 seconds.
6. Pour eq What's Cookin' - Warm Chicken Salad with Orange Sesame Dressing
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Russian Breakfasts for Russian Brides in the US
by Annas Agency
Bliny
Description
Bliny is a Russian traditional dish. They are baked in a great quantity at Shrove (carnival) - last week before Lent. Bliny making was a real sacred mystery. People told fortunes on the dough, kept their recipes of Bliny in secret. The first Bliny were put on the window-sills for poor people and pilgrims. The foreigners were very surprised at how many Bliny Russians could eat. At Shrove mother-in-law must bake a lot Bliny for her son-in-law. The most popular Bliny were made from buckwheat flour. Good Bliny must be very very thin. The thinner Bliny are the perfect your skill is.
Method
Mix eggs with 3 cups of milk . Add salt and flour and mix thoroughly. The dough can be drained so that there are no flour lumps in it. Russian Breakfasts for Russian Brides in the US
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