Spinach Apple Salad with Toasted Walnuts

Ingredients

• 2 Opal apples
• 5 ounces baby spinach
• 1/3 cup dried tart cherries
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed)
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, freshly grated
• Salt to taste
• Ground pepper to taste
• 1/3 cup (about 2 ounces) goat cheese, crumbled
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Dorito crusted tilapia

 

• 6 fish fillets
• 2 handfulls of original doritos or chips of choice
• 1/2 cup of almonds
• salt, pepper, or garlic salt to taste

Tea Glazed Grilled Salmon

Ingredients

• 1 cup brewed Earl of Harlem Ambessa tea or Earl gray tea
• 1 cup sugar
• 8 green cardamon pods
• 2 whole star anise
• 6 salmon fillets (5 to 6 ounces each)

Directions

Make an aromatic simple syrup by boiling the tea with the sugar and spices until the sugar is dissolved. Strain and cool.

Brush some of the syrup over salmon fillets half an hour before grilling, reserving some for serving.

Grill over medium heat until the flesh of the fish just begins to flake, about 7 minutes. It should yield slightly to the touch. Flip over after establishing nice grill marks, about halfway through. Top with some more syrup just before removing from the grill.

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Snow Day Cookie Shovels

Ingredients

• 1 package (16.5 ounces) Nestlé Toll House Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
• 12 pretzel rods, broken in half
• 1 cup (6 ounces) Nestlé Toll House Premier White Morsels, divided
• 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening
• 1/3 cup mini marshmallows
• White decorator sprinkles or sugars, sweetened flakes coconut (optional)

New Orleans Beignets

Ingredients

• 1 whole egg
• 3 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 Enza Jazz apples, cored and sliced into matchsticks
• Oil for deep frying
• Confectioner's sugar for dusting

Family Fiesta Soft Tacos

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1 pound extra-lean ground beef or turkey
• 1 can (4 ounces) diced, mild green chiles
• 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes, no salt added, drained
• 1/2 cup drained canned corn
• 1/2 cup drained and rinsed canned red kidney beans
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Salt, to taste
• Spray oil
• 8 8-inch whole-wheat flour tortillas, warmed according to package directions
• 1/2 cup shredded Monterey
• Jack cheese
• 1 cup finely shredded lettuce
• 1 cup diced avocados

Quinoa With Garlic, Pine Nuts and Raisins

Ingredients

• 1 cup quinoa, rinsed well
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper