(NAPSI)-Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables every day can be a "berry" good idea, especially when you find a way to combine fruits such as berries and flavorful vegetables into one delicious and nutritious salad.
Enjoying a salad a day can help increase your energy level, fill you up and provide essential vitamins and minerals found in a variety of produce. Including a variety of foods helps to keep you on track to eating better and avoids the boredom that comes with some diets. And, when tossing together, the ingredients are limited only by your imagination. Think of flavors you like and try them together; the results could be surprisingly tasty.
For recipes that showcase the many imaginative ways to toss a salad, visit 30salads30days.com. The site offers a salad for every day of the month.
One of the featured recipes is a mouthwatering Berry, Walnut and Avocado Salad. Sweet berries and smooth avocados are the heroes in this fresh salad, while the berry flavors of the Litehouse salad dressings flavorfully echo the fruit found in this crunchy-sweet salad.
Berry, Walnut and Avocado Salad
Serves 4-6
1 pkg (6 oz.) spring mix salad
¾ cup fresh strawberries, quartered
⅓ cup glazed walnuts
⅓ cup golden raisins
1 large avocado, sliced
⅓ cup Litehouse Idaho Bleu cheese crumbles
¼ -½ cup Litehouse Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, Litehouse Organic Raspberry Lime Vinaigrette or Litehouse Pomegranate Blueberry Vinaigrette
In a medium bowl, toss together the spring mix, strawberries, walnuts and golden raisins. Top with avocado and bleu cheese crumbles. Drizzle lightly with Litehouse dressing just prior to serving and pass dressing with salad.
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Tips For Holiday Decorating And Entertaining
(NAPSI)-Time-honored traditions such as baking family recipes, cracking nuts by the fire, and decorating with handmade crafts help make the holiday season merry. Some items, such as in--shell nuts, are naturally associated with the holidays and appear year after year during the season.
Over the last 96 years, the experts at leading nut brand Diamond of California have discovered many uses for inshell nuts. Tina Salter, culinary producer and cookbook author, offers the following ideas for using this heritage product at the holidays.
Roasting: All nuts, even in their shell, taste better freshly toasted. Bake inshell nuts at 375° F for 20 minutes (smaller nuts may toast faster). Crack one nut in a towel to check for doneness. The "meat" should be toasted and aromatic. If it still looks pale, roast a few minutes longer. Let the nuts cool before serving with a nutcracker and nutpick. Children and guests will delight in shelling them by the fire.
Entertaining: Finish a holiday dinner with an elegant course of port, soft blue cheese and freshly toasted inshell walnuts. Serve with slices of a crusty baguette. Guests will linger at the table to crack nuts, sip port and tell stories.
Decorating: Nuts add a touch of nature to holiday decor. For a chic table, lay a garland around the base of a large glass hurricane vase. Place a pillar candle securely in the center and fill space between candle and glass with inshell nuts to about one-third of the height of the candle. For added sparkle, paint some nuts gold and silver before filling.
Get Creative at the Holidays!
A great idea that uses Diamond inshell nuts could win you a trip to New York City for another memorable holiday tradition: "The Nutcracker" ballet. The person who submits the best idea for entertaining with Diamond inshell nuts will win a trip for four to see a performance of New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker." The winning idea will also be published on millions of bags of nuts in 2009 and featured on Diamond's Web site. For contest details, information on second- and third-place prizes and holiday recipes, visit www.diamondnuts.com.
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Over the last 96 years, the experts at leading nut brand Diamond of California have discovered many uses for inshell nuts. Tina Salter, culinary producer and cookbook author, offers the following ideas for using this heritage product at the holidays.
Roasting: All nuts, even in their shell, taste better freshly toasted. Bake inshell nuts at 375° F for 20 minutes (smaller nuts may toast faster). Crack one nut in a towel to check for doneness. The "meat" should be toasted and aromatic. If it still looks pale, roast a few minutes longer. Let the nuts cool before serving with a nutcracker and nutpick. Children and guests will delight in shelling them by the fire.
Entertaining: Finish a holiday dinner with an elegant course of port, soft blue cheese and freshly toasted inshell walnuts. Serve with slices of a crusty baguette. Guests will linger at the table to crack nuts, sip port and tell stories.
Decorating: Nuts add a touch of nature to holiday decor. For a chic table, lay a garland around the base of a large glass hurricane vase. Place a pillar candle securely in the center and fill space between candle and glass with inshell nuts to about one-third of the height of the candle. For added sparkle, paint some nuts gold and silver before filling.
Get Creative at the Holidays!
A great idea that uses Diamond inshell nuts could win you a trip to New York City for another memorable holiday tradition: "The Nutcracker" ballet. The person who submits the best idea for entertaining with Diamond inshell nuts will win a trip for four to see a performance of New York City Ballet's production of George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker." The winning idea will also be published on millions of bags of nuts in 2009 and featured on Diamond's Web site. For contest details, information on second- and third-place prizes and holiday recipes, visit www.diamondnuts.com.
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