I made these two recipes for dinner tonight and I agree with Leslee, the salad was absolutely delicious. But, I must add it was very time consuming even though I used the julienned carrots and sliced red/yellow peppers from the salad bar at the grocery store and a rotisserie chicken from Costco for the meat. I also omitted the red cabbage even though I bought it but after cooking the pasta, making the salad dressing and prepping the other veggies I was just plain tired (and hungry) so I just omitted it to save time. I used just romaine lettuce. Next time I will cook the pasta, make the salad dressing, and prep some of the veggies ahead of time. The salad was well worth all the work though so I hope all of you get a chance to make it.
For the Strawberry-Lime Shortcakes I made the Sour Cream Pound Cake on pg 42 of the book. It was good but watch the cooking time – it says 50 to 60 minutes and I checked mine after 45 and it was already a little over done but nothing the juices from the strawberries couldn’t moisten:). I liked the tang of the lime mixed with the strawberries and the coconut was a nice change with the whipped cream. It was fun to try something just a little bit different. These recipes made for a really good meal.
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Lovely looking dishes. The salad was a bit of work but I guess I lot could be done a head of time. Makes me want to make it again.
Oh, everything looks so pretty! I am making the salad Sunday. I am excited to make it, especially since reading all of the positive reviews.
Wow, everything looked very good. I've made the salad & we really liked it also. I agree that it takes some work, but very healthy with all those veggies. We are eating the shortcake tonight, so I will post my review then. Glad to know that it is good also :)
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