How To Make Balsamic Vinaigrette

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The new year is almost here (gah!) and with the new year comes resolutions and/or goals. Eating more healthy foods (aka loosing a few pounds from the holidays) seems to top most people’s list. Including mine. Salads immediately come to mind. Typically you won’t find me eating many salads. I’m just not a big salad fan. But on the rare occasion I do have one, it has to be dressed with balsamic vinegar. Period.

Panzanella

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If you’re like me, you don’t like wasting any food. Including stale bread. Yes, sometimes it happens, the bread gets stale before we can use it. Normally I would turn it into homemade breadcrumbs but now that spring is here and summer is right on it’s heels, I prefer to make Panzanella out of that stale bread.

Ananas Ripieno {Pineapple filled with Fruit}

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If this doesn’t scream warm weather I don’t know what does! Isn’t she purty? And so festive! Not only can it serve as a stunning centerpiece it’s a juicy, luscious tasty treat! This is NOT your ordinary fruit salad though! Oh no! This perfectly coiffed pineapple is packed with a little punch!

Spinach Salad w/Walnuts & Craisins

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Anybody who knows me knows how I feel about salads. I just don’t like them. NOPE, sure don’t! Every one of them will tell you that I say, “Salad is rabbit food.” Yep, well I might have to change my stance on that now, well at least for this salad anyway. Perhaps it’s the spinach instead of the traditional lettuce that I like, or maybe it’s all of the sweet & sour flavors going on. I’m not sure but there’s just something about this salad that I LOVED!

Insalata Caprese

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Insalata Caprese is simply Caprese Salad (literally translated salad in the style of Capri) It comes from the region of Campania in Italy & it just might be the simplest dish you’ve ever put together. But don’t let the simple fool you, it’s full of flavor & oh so good for you. You don’t have to feel guilty about over indulging in this one.

You can serve them as I have in the picture above, sliced & layered oh so architecturally, or if you prefer a much more rustic version, you can arrange the slices on a platter – equally beautiful and just as tasty.