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About mid-January, everyone starts thinking about
Spring - warm breezes, flowers beginning to
blossom and scents of nature coming to life.
Surprise your table with this "springtime"
basket when your salad course comes to your
mealtime:
Fit two lettuce cups together. Fill with tossed salad
and use split green pepper rings for the handles.
Top with dressing and some crumbled cheese.
Trim with some "marigolds" (just notch thin slices
of carrots) and you have a really wonderful
"salad basket."
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Sunshine Fruit:
Slice top froma large orange. With paring knife,
remove orange sections and any white membranes.
Combine orange sections with banana slices,
strawberry halves, blueberries, raspberries, or
whatever you like. Refill orange shell and
sprinkle some chilled ginger ale over fruit.
Trim with mint sprigs and thoughts of springtime
will grace your table.
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Springtime Dessert:
1 pkg. (8 ozs.) cream cheese, softened,
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar, 1/2 tsp. vanilla
extract, 1 cup whipped cream, 2 quarts
fresh strawberries, blueberries, or
raspberries, 1 carton (8 ozs.) frozen whipped
topping, thawed
In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and
vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add the cream;
beating until thick.
Spoon mixture into 10 mounds on a waxed
paper-lined baking pan. Using the back of a
spoon, shape ito 3" cups. Freeze overnight.
To serve: fill each cup with fruit and garnish
with whipped topping and chocolate curls.
Aw, the beauty of the season!
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Each season brings with it a very special
appeal -
ENJOY!
About The Author: ©Arleen M. Kaptur 2003 January
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