quinoa & apple salad with curry dressing

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This is actually the second time I have made this salad. The first time I deleted the photos by mistake thus no story until now. Right off the bat this should tell you something about this salad . . . it is worth making again!

This recipe comes from Martha Stewart's endless website. Quinoa is such a trendy ingredient these days. Healthy too. So to find a great salad recipe using it is a nice bonus. This salad is very pretty besides. I love the crunch of the toasted almonds, the fresh mint and the hint of curry. Yum! The recipe calls for two tablespoons of dried currants which I used the first time, but didn't have on hand the second time. I wonder why? Instead I substituted dried cranberries and they worked perfectly! I diced them into finer pieces.

I took this salad to a function and wanted the apples to stay fresh-looking so after slicing them thin, I soaked them briefly in a lemon juice-water mixture to keep them from turning brown too quickly.

The red pin award, of course! This recipe is a keeper! Very fresh and delicious and a beauty to behold!






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easy recipe card holder

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When I originally pinned this I thought it a clever idea and would make a great wedding shower gift.

This pin comes from the blog, Make and Takes. Of course, the jumbo-sized clothespin the blog used in their tutorial is no where to be found, unless you buy a 100 of them with your company logo printed on them. I did eventually find this jumbo 6-inch clothespin at JoAnn's mega store. It isn't as hefty as the the blog's, but it will do the job.

I am not a stamp book person, so I didn't add all the 'fluff' to my recipe holder like they did. I kept it pretty simply decorated. Most of the stamp booking papers are reversible with two coordinating prints, thus I got two images to play with - a front and a backside.

While searching the internet, I found a whole bunch of free downloadable recipe card templates. My favorite are these Keepsake Recipe Cards from Martha Stewart. In addition, I found this cute blog, Skip to My Lou, with a fun recipe card maker that creates a card with the actual recipe typed on it, see below. You have the option to print the card in two sizes: 3 x 5 and 4 x 6. For fun, I entered my all-time favorite chicken salad recipe. I get LOTS of requests for this recipe. Enjoy!

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The red pin award for I sure had fun playing with this one!





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