Festive Fruit Chicken Salad

fruit1 Festive Fruit Chicken Salad - This chunky, crunchy, fresh fruit and chicken salad recipe is out of this world! A fiesta of fruit flavor comes from the tropical fruit mix of pineapple, canteloupe, and grapes, which makes a very tasty bed to serve the succulent chicken salad on. A very versatile, quick, and easy recipe.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 0 mins
Servings: 2
Main Ingredient: Chicken, Fruit, Cashews
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Festive Fruit Chicken Salad

1 c Chopped cooked chicken
1/4 c Chopped celery
1/4 c Seedless red grapes,halved
1/4 c Canned pineapple tidbits, drained
3 tb Purchased tuna salad dressing
2 Leaves leaf lettuce
1/4 Cantaloupe, seeded, peeled, cut in thin wedges
2 tb Cashews

Directions to make Festive Fruit Chicken Salad

Step 1:In medium bowl, combine chicken, celery, grapes and pineapple. Add dressing; stir gently to coat.
Step 2:Place lettuce leaf on each individual serving plate. Arrange cantaloupe wedges over lettuce, creating fan shape. Spoon chicken salad over bottom of cantaloupe fan. Sprinkle with cashews

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Easy Sweet Salsa

frt_sal Easy Sweet Salsa - This wonderful, sweet and sassy, fruit salsa recipe is so fresh tasting, easy, and speedy, you may never eat the store-bought variety ever again. Big chunks of fresh, colorful garden veggies, paired with a refreshing splash of citrus, and ripe juicy mango. Great with fish and meat, and a great healthy snack, with some tortilla chips.

Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Main Ingredient: Mango, Veggies
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Easy Sweet Salsa

1 large ripe mango, peeled, pitted and diced
1/2 red bell pepper, diced
2 tablespoons minced red onion
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions to make Easy Sweet Salsa

Step 1:Prepare the mango salsa by combining the mango, red bell pepper, red onion, cilantro, and jalapeno pepper in a bowl. Add the lime juice and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, and toss well. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Tropical Fruit and Chicken Salad

tropical_fruit_chicken_salad Tropical Fruit and Chicken Salad - This fresh, fruity salad, is the perfect weeknight meal! What little prep there is can easily be done the night before, so all you do when you get home is toss all that goodness together and serve! A delectable combination of fresh fruit, and chunky chicken, that is low fat, and, low cal. Enjoy!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Main Ingredient: Chicken, Fruit, Rice
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Tropical Fruit and Chicken Salad

3 oz/90 g cooked, long grain rice
1 oz/30 g pineapple in natural juice, drained, chopped
Half medium banana, sliced
15 oz/45 g black grapes, halved
2 ts Lemon juice.
1/4 oz/7 g sultanas
2 ts Desiccated coconut
1 tb Low fat natural yogurt
2 ts Low Cal mayonnaise
pnch Chili powder (optional)
2 oz/60 g cooked chicken, chopped
Salt and pepper.
Lemon slices and fresh Sprigs of parsley to garnish

Directions to make Tropical Fruit and Chicken Salad

Step 1:Mix together the rice, pineapple, banana, grapes and lemon juice.
Step 2:In a small bowl combine the sultanas, coconut yogurt, mayonnaise and chili powder. Add the chicken and rice mixture stirring well to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
Step 3:Serve garnished with lemon slices and parsley sprigs.

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Saucy Summer Lobster Rolls

saucy_summer_lobster_rolls Saucy Summer Lobster Rolls - A delectable, summer fruit sauce, made with fresh, ripe mango, and splash of lime really takes the flavor level up a notch here! The bright sauce is the topping for these luscious lobster meat and mixed fresh greens, rolls. Very easy, yet it tastes like you worked for hours on it.

Prep Time: 60 mins
Servings: 6
Main Ingredient: Lobster
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Saucy Summer Lobster Rolls

For the Mango Sauce:
1 cup chopped ripe mango
2 tablespoons mirin
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/2 cup olive oil
Kosher salt to taste

For the Summer Rolls:
12 (8 inch) Vietnamese spring roll wrappers (rice paper)
1 pound cooked lobster tails, sliced
1 (1/2 pound) avocado, sliced
3 ounces mizuna or similar type peppery salad green
2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint
6 ounces ocean greens, sea vegetables
1 cup hearts of palm, cut into 1/4-inch sticks
2 ounces enoki mushrooms
Kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

Directions to make Saucy Summer Lobster Rolls

Step 1:Prepare the sauce by pureeing the mango, mirin, lime juice, and olive oil until smooth in a blender. Season to taste with salt, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Step 2:Soak a spring roll wrapper in a bowl of warm water until just pliable, about 30 seconds. Gently shake off excess water, and place onto work surface. Place some of the sliced lobster, avocado, mizuna, mint, sea vegetables, heart of palm, and mushrooms in a strip on the bottom edge of the spring roll. Fold once towards the center, then fold in the sides and continue rolling into a cylinder. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Step 3:To serve, slice each roll diagonally, and serve two per person accompanied by mango sauce.

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Sweet Citrus Lobster Salad

  Sweet Citrus Lobster Salad - The big chunks of fresh, colorful citrus in this fruit salad give this wonderful salad so much zest, your tastebuds will go into shock. Combined with creamy yogurt and sensational lobster meat, this is an extremely hearty salad recipe, a meal all by itself.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 5-10 mins
Main Ingredient: Lobster
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Sweet Citrus Lobster Salad

3 8 oz lobster tails; fresh or frozen
1 md Pink grapefruit; peeled, sectioned
1 md Orange; peeled and sectioned
1/4 c Orange yogurt
3 tb Orange juice
1 tb Fresh lemon juice
1 ts Grated orange rind
1 ts Grated lime rind
1/8 ts White pepper
4 c Fresh spinach leaves; torn
2 ts Fresh chives; chopped

Directions to make Sweet Citrus Lobster Salad

Step 1:Cook lobster tails in boiling water 6-8 minutes or until done; drain. Rinse with cold water. Split and clean tails. Cut lobster meat into bite-sized pieces. Combine lobster, grapefruit sections and orange sections.
Step 2:Combine yogurt, juices and rinds with white pepper in a small bowl; stir with a wire whisk until well blended. Pour over lobster mix.
Step 3:Arrange spinach on individual serving plates. Top each serving with 1 cup of the lobster mix. Sprinkle with chives.

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Fresh Citrus Pie

June 12, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Baked, Dessert, Easy, Easy Fruit Recipes, Fruit, Snack

  Fresh Citrus Pie - The fresh light taste of fruity lemon, baked into a light, flaky crust, and then topped with rich, thick meringue! Everyone knows lemon and meringue have always been a simple combo of two favorite flavors, so here they are, in this easy pie recipe just for you!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Servings: 6-8
Main Ingredient: Lemon, Meringue
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Fresh Citrus Pie

4 ea Egg Whites
1/4 ts Cream of Tartar
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Sugar
3 tb Lemon Juice
1 ea Lemon,grated rind from
4 ea Egg yolks

Directions to make Fresh Citrus Pie

Step 1:MERINGUE: Beat egg whites until foamy. Add Cream of Tartar then beat until the whites stand in peaks. Add sugar a little at a time, beating well after. Beat for a minute or two after adding all the sugar. Butter & flour pyrex pie plate. Spread the meringue in the plate. Bake 1 hr & 10-15 minutes in a 275 degree oven, then raise temp to 300 degrees and bake for additional 20 minutes.
Step 2:FILLING: Beat egg yolks well. Add sugar, juice and rind. Cook in double boiler until thickened. Cool. Whip 3/4 cup of whipping cream and sweeten with 2 T powdered sugar. Cover meringue with half of cream then lemon filling and then the rest of the cream. Leave in refrigerator overnight.

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Cranberry Cream Salad

  Cranberry Cream Salad - This “chilly”, fruit cream salad is great in the summer. It is also ideal for Christmas and Thanksgiving. due to the marvelous combination of turkey and cranberries. Even kids love it for the jello.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 0 mins
Main Ingredient: Cranberry, Jello
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Cranberry Cream Salad

1 pk Cherry flavored gelatin
1 Can whole cranberry sauce
1/4 c Pecans
1 c Hot water
1/2 c Diced celery
1 c sour cream

Directions to make Cranberry Cream Salad

Step 1:Dissolve gelatin in hot water and chill until thickened, but not firm.
Step 2:Break cranberry sauce into small pieces with fork. Add to gelatin with celery and nuts. Fold in sour cream and chill until firm.

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Sweet Coleslaw with Apples

June 4, 2009 by Firehouse Chef  
Filed under Easy, Fruit, Salad, Side Dish, Videos

Sweet Coleslaw with Apples - This creamy coleslaw with fruit recipe is so very good! We suggest you go ahead and make a double batch, as anytime I have brought this salad to a potluck, it is the first thing gone. The sweetness of the apples highlights the cabbage perfectly.


 

How To Make Sweet Coleslaw with Apples Video

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