Bringing Springtime to Your Table
About mid-February, everyone starts thinking about Spring - warm
breezes, flowers beginning to blossom and scents of nature
coming to life. Surprise your table with this "springtime"
basket when your salad course comes to your mealtime: Fit two
lettuce cups together. Fill with tossed salad and use split
green pepper rings for the handles. Top with dressing and some
crumbled cheese. Trim with some "marigolds" (just notch thin
slices of carrots) and you have a really wonderful "salad
basket." ************************************* Sunshine Fruit:
Slice top from a large orange. With paring knife, remove orange
sections and any white membranes. Combine orange sections with
banana slices, strawberry halves, blueberries, raspberries, or
whatever you like. Refill orange shell and sprinkle some chilled
ginger ale over fruit. Trim with mint sprigs and thoughts of
springtime will grace your table.
************************************* Springtime Dessert: 1 pkg.
(8 ozs.) cream cheese, softened, 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar,
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 cup whipped cream, 2 quarts fresh
strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries, 1 carton (8 ozs.)
frozen whipped topping, thawed In a bowl, beat the cream cheese,
sugar, and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add the cream;
beating until thick. Spoon mixture into 10 mounds on a waxed
paper-lined baking pan. Using the back of a spoon, shape into 3"
cups. Freeze overnight. To serve: fill each cup with fruit and
garnish with whipped topping and chocolate curls. Aw, the beauty
of the season. ************************************ Each Season
brings with it a very special appeal ENJOY!