August Recipes & Friday Five

I am so happy! I made the Friday Five on Heart 2 Heart Challenges for my Splendor Recipe Box. I am teaching a workshop for it this month so I decided to post some recent recipes I have tried out this summer. If you recall in my original post I mentioned Frog Eye Salad. I was just introduced to this yummy salad this summer on a trip to Utah. I guess it's a big thing there and you can actually pick up a container of it right in the deli section. I found one version of the recipe online at allrecipes.com. Scroll down for a pic.


I am familiar with the pistachio pudding dessert, but this frog eye stuff was all new to me. I was thrilled when I found the specialty pasta at my local grocery store. It's called Acini di pepe and it is a teeny tiny round pasta. After boiling, it swells to double it's size and gives the dessert the texture of tapioca pudding. It's a very cool, light, fruity tasting salad that is just perfect on a hot summer day. It has pineapples, mandarin oranges, whipped topping, mini marshmallows and shredded coconut. Now, I just happened to find the 'all recipes' version, but if you make this salad and have a different variation or tips, please leave a comment I would love to know your secrets!

Splendor Recipe Box

Next month I am hosting a workshop to create this recipe box. Close To My Heart introduced the box in the summer Idea Book and instantly I knew this would be a fabulous project. My customers and friends know that I usually have something yummy to eat when they come over for a class. Now they can create this super cute box to file those recipes of toffee or frog eye salad!

I ultimately chose the splendor papers for my box because the greens and oranges match my kitchen, but also because I absolutely love this paper pack. All the products I used are CTMH except that big fat orange ribbon. {oh, how I wish we sold more ribbon}

Check out the H2H blog for more fabulous ideas with a "recipe" theme!

Cherries & Blueberries

I hosted a Cherry-O Workshop yesterday. The projects in this kit are so much fun! Here are some pics of the projects and kit contents. And don't forget the "bowl" of cherries which are perfectly in season right now, YUM!! You can see the workshop flyer here.








I love when all the fresh summer berries are in season. Here is one of my favorite breakfast pastries with a new twist. I found the recipe in a Kraft magazine years ago which requires the simplest ingredients.






Ingredients:

1 package of crescent rolls

cream cheese (I use the 1/3 less fat)

sugar (I use Splenda)

fresh blueberries



The surprise new twist this time was a tablespoon of Pampered Chef Lemon Sprinkle instead of one tablespoon of sugar. It was so yummy, what a great way to start the morning!



Speaking of recipes... I have a fabulous workshop coming in August for the new Close To My Heart Recipe Box. Here's a peek!