Pesto Chicken Salad
Ingredients:Servings:
10 Servings
1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1/3 cup pesto sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 cups cubed rotisserie- cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup diced celery
walnuts, to your taste
1 (1 lb) focaccia bread, cut in half horizontally, toasted, and cut into 20 slices
1 (12 ounce) bottled roasted red peppers, drained & chopped
10 romaine lettuce leaves
Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Stir in chicken, celery and walnuts.
Spread 1/2 C of salad onto each of 10 bread slices. Top each serving with about 2 tablespoons bell pepper, 1 lettuce leaf, and one bread slice.
never made this, but am looking forward to trying it.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Cinnamon Scones
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, separated
3 tablespoons honey
1/3 cup buttermilk*
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* I didn’t have this on hand, but easily made do with 1/3 cup milk and a squeeze of lemon juice for acid.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Then mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the butter and mix until crumbly. In another bowl, mix the egg yolk (save the white for later) with honey and buttermilk until blended. Then, add to the dry mixture. Stir until just combined.
Using floured hands, form the dough into a ball on a floured surface, or parchment paper.
Roll or pat it out until it’s roughly a half an inch thick and 8 inches in diameter. Cut pizza style into equally sized pieces.
Put onto a greased baking pan, or again, use the parchment paper. Then, whisk the egg white until frothy and coat the tops of the scones. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes.
According to the recipe, these are done. But you can add something special - glaze!
To make the glaze, mix a bunch of powdered sugar (or sucanat with honey ground in your blender to mimic the powdered sugar) with a touch of milk until nice and thick. Then, drizzle. Top with a dash of more cinnamon. Perfection!
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 egg, separated
3 tablespoons honey
1/3 cup buttermilk*
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* I didn’t have this on hand, but easily made do with 1/3 cup milk and a squeeze of lemon juice for acid.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Then mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the butter and mix until crumbly. In another bowl, mix the egg yolk (save the white for later) with honey and buttermilk until blended. Then, add to the dry mixture. Stir until just combined.
Using floured hands, form the dough into a ball on a floured surface, or parchment paper.
Roll or pat it out until it’s roughly a half an inch thick and 8 inches in diameter. Cut pizza style into equally sized pieces.
Put onto a greased baking pan, or again, use the parchment paper. Then, whisk the egg white until frothy and coat the tops of the scones. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes.
According to the recipe, these are done. But you can add something special - glaze!
To make the glaze, mix a bunch of powdered sugar (or sucanat with honey ground in your blender to mimic the powdered sugar) with a touch of milk until nice and thick. Then, drizzle. Top with a dash of more cinnamon. Perfection!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Excellent Whole Wheat Biscuits
this recipe was given to me by my friend Betsy Character. For some reason, I did not try making it until today. All I can say is WOW! They were super simple to make, the dough was perfect (not too dry, not too sticky) and they taste fabulous!
3 c soft or hard white whole wheat flour
1 T baking powder
3/4 t salt
3/4 t baking soda
1 stick room temp butter
1-1 1/4 c buttermilk ( I used whole milk soured with lemon juice)
mix dry ingredients well. cut in butter to resemble cornmeal. Pour in buttermilk and mix well. Place dough on parchment paper and roll to 1/2-3/4" thickness. cut out biscuits and place on parchment lined cookie sheet or biscuit pan. Bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes. yum!
this recipe was given to me by my friend Betsy Character. For some reason, I did not try making it until today. All I can say is WOW! They were super simple to make, the dough was perfect (not too dry, not too sticky) and they taste fabulous!
3 c soft or hard white whole wheat flour
1 T baking powder
3/4 t salt
3/4 t baking soda
1 stick room temp butter
1-1 1/4 c buttermilk ( I used whole milk soured with lemon juice)
mix dry ingredients well. cut in butter to resemble cornmeal. Pour in buttermilk and mix well. Place dough on parchment paper and roll to 1/2-3/4" thickness. cut out biscuits and place on parchment lined cookie sheet or biscuit pan. Bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes. yum!
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