Berry & Feta Salad

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I love feta… mmm! Because it’s salty, dry, and crumbly, I love pairing it with fruit.  This is by far my favorite fruit salad.

Young Wifey’s Berry Feta Salad

Berry & Feta Salad Ingredients:
2 c. diced strawberries, 1 c. blueberries, 1 c. red raspberries, 1 c. crumbled feta, 10 mint leaves chopped

Berry & Feta Salad Directions:
Gently toss together ingredients.

*Add walnuts or pecans for a tasty crunch.
*Try this lightly drizzled with balsamic vinegar.

Also try my:
Watermelon, Black Bean & Feta Salad

XOXO,
Young Wifey

How do you like your feta?

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Flag Day Fruit Pizza

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Happy Flag Day Everyone!

Flag Day Fruit Pizza

Get fruit pizza recipe here.

Weekend Brunch

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Strawberry Almond Pancakes with Nutella
Hubster loves loves loves breakfast food… (but only in the morning) so I was pushing it with brunch yesterday. Strawberries are extremely plentiful currently… so of course I had to incorporate them. Paired with strawberries, Nutella is always an obvious choice. With my, almond extract is always my go to ingredient, so whole almonds had to be incorporated.  I usually make this recipe with sweet crêpes, but the batter needs to rest before making them. I thought about making a puff pancake, but it’s been too hot to turn the oven on. So, traditional pancakes it was!

Strawberry Almond Pancakes with Nutella Drizzle

How To:
I made pancakes using my favorite pancake batter, adding a few Tbsp. almond extract and brown sugar. Then I layered with almonds, strawberries and drizzled with Nutella.

Hubster was in Brunch Heaven…

What’s for breakfast/brunch today?

Strawberry Pizza

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This weekend we had picnics on Saturday, Sunday and Monday… and yesterday was the picnic for my classes! What did I plan it the day after a full 3 day weekend? Each marking period I have a competition between my three classes, and one section has won every single marking period this year! Their final prize? They wanted me to make them some of my fruit pizza. I’m not sure how the word of mouth reached my students, but I willingly agreed. So yesterday, they gobbled down this delicious Strawberry Pizza.  I used my trusted fruit pizza recipe, appropriate since I was harassed this weekend for not bringing this dessert to our family & friends’ picnics.

Strawberry Fruit Pizza

What is your go to summer dessert recipe?

The Cliché Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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brunch, candy making, chocolate, dark chocolate, dessert, food, foodie, fruit, postaday2011, strawberry, Valentine's Day

I love chocolate covered strawberries… I know they’re very cliché around Valentine’s Day, but with the berries on sale and dark chocolate at home, who can resist? So Hubster, Pumpkin & I indulged in this perfect ending to our day.

The Cliché Chocolate Covered Strawberries

I like my chocolate covered strawberries simple & classic; no sprinkles or multiple types of chocolate drizzled overtop. The photo isn’t the best, but I didn’t have time to retake it before hands were getting in the way.

What cliché food items do you still indulge in?

 

Fruit Pizza

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Happy Memorial Day! This post goes out to Uncle Tony who paid the ultimate price for our country.

Yesterday, I made fruit pizza for our family get together at Uncle Tony’s memorial pavilion. Hubster’s aunt pointed out that I am always designated to bring the dessert. Hmm. Either they don’t like my food, or they really like my desserts. I’m going with the latter of the two. As his aunt told her friends, “She makes those things in cookbooks that you look at and think ‘Wow, who would ever make that?’ She would, that’s who.” Before we were even there an hour, three people already asked for the recipe, one even wrote it down. Maybe they were just being nice, but I didn’t mind the flattery. So here it is…

Fruit pizza is a yummy dessert that your kids can help make.

Fruit Pizza

Crust Directions:
Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe or a package of ready to use sugar cookie dough. Spread out on a large round or rectangle baking tray and bake until set. Cool before adding frosting.

Frosting Ingredients:
1 – 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, 3/4 c. sugar, zest of 2 lemons, 2 tsp. almond extract

Frosting Directions:
Soften cream cheese, mix ingredients until smooth. Spread on cooled sugar cookie.

Topping Ingredients:
Today I chose strawberries and blackberries. Choose any combination of you favorite fruits, Strawberries, kiwis, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, chocolate syrup or melted chocolate.

Topping Directions:
Layer fruit on the frosting. Drizzle with chocolate syrup or melted chocolate and garnish with chocolate curls.

*Double up the batch of sugar cookie dough, make it twice as thick and have a “Sicilian” Fruit Pizza.

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What are your Memorial Day plans? Who are you honoring?

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Almond Biscuits & Strawberry Ricotta Spread

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This recipe is inspired by my holiday to Scotland last summer. I created this recipe by modifying several different recipes.

Almond Scones with Strawberry Ricotta Spread

Almond Scone Ingredients:
1 c. almonds, 1 1/4 c. flour, 1/3 c. light brown sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 c. butter, 1/4. tsp cinnamon, 1 c. milk, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 Tbsp. ice water, 1 Tbsp. almond extract

Almond Scone Directions:
Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Roast almonds in oven for 10 minutes then chop almond in food processor until coarsely ground. Mix in flour mixture and almonds together. Cut in softened butter and milk. Mix in ice water and extract. Cover and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.  Preheat oven 350°F. Roll dough out, 1/4″ thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut scones using a biscuit cutter. Bake on a parchment lined baking tray. Bake about 20-25 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

Strawberry Ricotta Spread Ingredients:
12 oz. ricotta cheese, 1/8 c. sour cream, 1/8 c. heavy cream, 1/2 c. sugar, 2 c. strawberries hulled and halved, 1 tsp. almond extract

Strawberry Ricotta Spread Directions:
Mash strawberries with sugar, allow to stand for 30 minutes. Use cheese cloth to squeeze extra liquid from ricotta*. Whip heavy cream until light and fluffy.  Mix all ingredients together, keep chilled.

*I forgot to do this, so mine turned out a little runny, but still tasted delicious.

Garnish with fresh slice strawberries or almonds.

Yum! This would be really good with a glass of champagne!