Something exciting happened today...
I decided to submit an idea for a food article to a local newspaper, and today, she emailed me back and sounded really interested AND talked about making it a regular part of the paper!! She is going to talk to her editor and get back with me. I'm really excited. It is a small local paper, but I have to start somewhere, right? And again it is mostly recipes. I'm sure some of you were like... "You are going to... write... for a paper??"
For lunch, I was looking through the refrigerator, and found spinach, orange, strawberries, and goat cheese.... SCORE!!!
I decided to submit an idea for a food article to a local newspaper, and today, she emailed me back and sounded really interested AND talked about making it a regular part of the paper!! She is going to talk to her editor and get back with me. I'm really excited. It is a small local paper, but I have to start somewhere, right? And again it is mostly recipes. I'm sure some of you were like... "You are going to... write... for a paper??"
For lunch, I was looking through the refrigerator, and found spinach, orange, strawberries, and goat cheese.... SCORE!!!
Strawberry
and Spinach Salad
Makes 2 meal servings or 4 side salad servings.
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12 oz bag of prewashed Baby Spinach
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1 cup sliced Strawberries
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2 oz crumbled Goat Cheese
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½ cup Mandarin or fresh navel Orange
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½ cup Candied Pecans (recipe to follow)
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½ cup Strawberry and Orange Dressing (recipe to
follow)
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Lay spinach on plate
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Top with strawberries, goat cheese, oranges, and
candied pecans.
o
Top with desired amount of dressing.
Strawberry
and Orange Dressing
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½ cup chopped Strawberries
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¼ cup fresh squeezed Orange Juice
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1 Tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
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Salt and pepper to taste
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Combined all ingredients in a blended.
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Blend until smooth.
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You can use a strainer to remove seeds from the
strawberries for a smooth sauce.
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Extra dressing will keep in the refrigerator for
up to one week.
Candied
Pecans
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½ cup Pecans
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1 Tablespoon
Honey
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½- 1 Tablespoon Granulated Sugar
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
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Place pecans on a cookie sheet in an even layer.
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Bake for 5 minutes or until toasted.
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Combine warm pecans with honey until they are
fully coated.
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Coat with sugar and serve with salad or alone as
a snack.
The doggies went for a car ride today too.
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| I made a cupcake sandwich for a snack by placing the icing on the inside of the cupcake. This way every bite had icing and it didn't get all over my face. WIN WIN :)
Dinner is the the slow cooker right now and it smells amazing!! BBQ Pulled Pork! We maybe eating dinner really early tonight!!
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