Healthy Tips, Diet Tips And Recipes

Caprese Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
2 large tomatoes
¼ c good olive oil
1 T dried crushed oregano
1 large bunch basil
½ red onion, finely chopped
1 ½ C fresh mozzarella cheese
¼ C balsamic vinegar
Fresh ground black pepper

Directions:
in a bowl Cut the mozzarella into ¼ inch slices,spread  and smother with vinegar.
Set aside.
The tomato slice ¼ inch thick slices. Arrange on plates.
Take a slice of mozzarella and rub both sides of the vinegar.
Place on top of a slice of tomato. Repeat with the remaining cheese.
Remove the basil stalks, and then arrange the tomato basil cheese-piles.
cut the first slice or basil.
Sprinkle the diced onion in the caprese.
Sprinkle with olive oil
Sprinkle with oregano and pepper.
Enjoy!

Autumn Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
6 T orange juice
2 navel oranges, peeled and broken into segments
2 bunches watercress, washed and stemmed
2 T balsamic vinegar
½ medium bulb fennel, cored and thinly sliced
¼ c pomegranate seeds
¼ C olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
In a bowl combine fennel, pomegranate and oranges.
Whisk juice, vinegar, oil, salt, and pepper in another bowl, pour over the fruit, pull, and let marinate in the counter 30 minutes.
Strain through sieve in original dress. Add watercress to the dressing, add, arrange on plate, top with fruit / fennel and serve.
Enjoy!

Ribbon Salad Recipe
Ingredients:
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple
2 (3 ounce) lemon gelatin
2 (3 ounce) cherry gelatin
1 (8 ounce)cream cheese
1 (3 onz) package lemon gelatin
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup whipped cream
1 cup mayonnaise
5 cups hot water
4 cups cold water

Directions:
Dissolve lemon gelatin in 2 cups hot water. Add 2 cups of cold water.
Pour into 14 x 10 “pan.
Chill until set. Dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup hot water in top of double boiler.
Add and stir until marshmallows melted.Remove heat.
Add 1 cup of pineapple juice and cream cheese.
Whisk until well blended. Stir in pineapple.
Cool slightly. Fold in cream and mayonnaise.
Chill until thickened. Pour over lime gelatin.
Chill until almost set.
Dissolve cherry gelatin in 2 cups hot water.
Add 2 cups of cold water.
Chill until syrupy. Pour over pineapple layer.
Chill until firm.