Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing - Easy

Fruit salad is very easy to make ... especially if you have someone else make it. But to really make it easy, especially if you don't have any spare friends of the bride to delegate to, just omit the cantaloupe that you bought because only 3 fruits didn't seem like enough at the time while you were at the local try-n-save stocking up on picnic produce but after assembling the salad it looked like you would have plenty enough to serve everyone who showed up at the local park the same time you did instead of just the 8 people invited, so you left said cantaloupe in the very lovely sterling fruit basket given as a wedding gift earlier by said spare friend. Strawberries are rather perishable, so this is not a recipe that can be made too far in advance. Make this salad the same day you plan to serve it. To be honest, I prefer grapes with seeds. Leave out the dressing if you wish, but you will be missing out on its sweet-citrus flavor that enhances the taste of the fruit.

Healthy Breakfast Yummy Healthy Pins and blogs Snacks Yummy Healthy Almond Roca for Purim and Valentine's Day Psssst! Can I interest you in some crack? I made a ton of different candies so far, but my favorite is this most awesome bit of heaven called Almond Roca, which I found at Mel's Kitchen Cafe. Light and crunchy. Totally drool-worthy. I'm gaining weight just thinking about this stuff. When I first stumbled over this recipe, I thought it very similar to chocolate-coated English toffee, and wasn't sure what the difference was. Almond Roca is a little more difficult to make than yesterday's Almond Gedillas, because you need a thermometer to assure success every time. The only thing I changed was to sprinkle chopped almonds over the melted chocolate instead of sliced, because I didn't have sliced on hand. Almond RocaVery Slightly Adapted from: Mel's Kitchen Cafe Yield: Not nearly enough as far as I'm concerned Line a large rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking sheet or with aluminum foil. Heat a small saute pan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat; stir in the slivered almonds.

Cinnamon and Sugar Almonds Time to go nuts ... for candied almonds. Or as we call it, almond crack. Be forewarned -- you will need to make two batches, one for gift-giving, and one for you if you make the "mistake" of testing a few before packing them up. In the out-of-focus background is one of the gift trays I made. Candied almonds are (is?) Cinnamon and Sugar Almonds slightly adapted from melskitchencafe Yield: about 2 cups of candied almonds 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 egg white, room temperature 1 tsp. cold water 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 2 (6 oz.) bags unsalted whole almonds Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, use electric mixer (preferably with a whisk attachment) to beat egg white until a stiff peak forms. Add the water and vanilla; beat again until a stiff peak again forms. Use a rubber spatula to gently fold in almonds. After almonds are evenly coated with egg whites, fold in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Cool completely.