1st Prize – Salad Category

Recipe created by Lyn Weingarten, Austin, Texas

Make It Special Chef Recipe Contest

Chef Quote: "I'm fascinated with various fruit and meat combinations. The sweetness and slight acidity of nectarines make an excellent marinade that tenderizes and flavors the meat. The nectarine's flavor and tender, pulpy flesh combines well with the other ingredients to create a creamy, smooth textured vinaigrette." –Lyn Weingarten

(NC)—Tender, nectarine-marinated flank steak "beefs up" this colorful spinach salad. Fresh bite-size spinach greens are tossed with vinaigrette made with a fresh California nectarine, then layered with slices of flank steak. The steak may be placed in the marinade for two hours for just a hint o Spinach Salad with Nectarine Vinaigrette and Marinated Flank Steak Recipe

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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 Recipe

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Little-known Tips for Easy Holiday Baking

by Mimi Cummins

Are you wondering if you have the time to bake homemade Christmas cookies this year? Every year at about this time we all start to get a little panicked that the holidays are coming up fast and we're not really ready yet. Here are a few little-known tips and tricks, for almost every type of cookie, to help you get the most out of the time you spend baking.

Cutout Cookies

Don't struggle with dough sticking to your rolling pin. Instead, roll out your dough between two sheets of waxed paper. This will eliminate the sticking problem.

Do your cutout cookies always seem to turn out dry, tough, and tasteless? The trick with the waxed paper will help with this. Assuming that you started with a good recipe, the problem is that you are overworkin Little-known Tips for Easy Holiday Baking Recipe

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