Quick & Easy Recipes #2

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Quick & Easy Recipes #2

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This Strawberry Bibb Salad couldn't be easier! Cradle sliced strawberries, julienned sweet onions and Chevre cheese in crisp bibb lettuce. Drizzle Vidalia salad dressing over it all. To make this even more special, coat the slices of chevre in finely chopped pecans and toast lightly in a non-stick skillet just before serving. I love Vidalia onions and strongly suggest that you buy the salad dressing this time! I don't even try to duplicate the recipe!

A pretty crystal bowl of juicy sweet strawberries, a round of Gouda cheese, a loaf of apricot cream cheese, Balsamic vinegar and a small dish of fig preserves ... makes a fantastic dessert tray. Dip the strawberries in the Balsamic; spread the fig preserves over a tiny wedge of Gouda and your taste buds will go razzle dazzle!This is great served with a dry red wine. We love it with an Australian Shiraz or a local Chamborcin. We enjoy our southern Illinois wines, but we keep a huge selections of wines from around the world. We don't want to limit ourselves!

This beautiful Asparagus Salad is easily made by blanching the asparagus and chilling it. Place it over mixed greens, add slices of boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes and crumbles of bleu cheese. Your favorite vinaigrette tops it off. I love to make mine from equal parts of orange infused olive oil, white wine vinegar, water and sugar.

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Don't forget how easy it is to whip up shrimp cocktail! These are big fat prawns grown on a farm in southern Illinois. They have to be lightly poached and chilled, peeled and deveined ... but you can skip the work and buy frozen prepared shrimp. All you have to do is thaw them and serve them!

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From simple to elegant ... Top homemade fries with a drizzle of white truffle oil! The rich flavor of the truffle oil turns the lowly potato into a sophisticated spud!

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