Nikita I chose salad this week because good golly Miss Molly! We ate some cookies for Christmas! I found a wonderfully simple salad that was packed with flavor and nutrients. Emerald Salad has broccolini (baby broccoli), spinach, flat leaf parsley, almonds & feta! The dressing is simple with olive oil and lemon juice. Yum! Georgia Nikita's timing for a healthy winter salad was perfect. FYI.. So many tasty winter salad options. I ended up choosing this one because the husband is not a fan of most winterish foods. Sweet potatoes, pomegranate, squash of any kind. But great news. he tells me he isn'y picky.. yeah.. right So I found this recipe because it seemed innocent enough. I was wrong. It had too much fruit on it. So if you are the kind of person like my husband or married to the kind of person like my husband this may not be for you. But if you are like me you will LOVE it!! I loved the flavors, the textures, the crunch.. Delish Side note. I added roasted chickpeas for the protein. I could eat like this every night Jen This week I made a “Spinach Pear Pomegranate Salad”, and I’m the only one in the house that would eat it! Sigh. My girls decided they don’t like pomegranate seeds. 😊 The salad was actually really good with ranch dressing instead of the vinaigrette. And I used croutons instead of walnuts because of an allergy. Amy Once again it's time for that whole "New Year, New me" bullshit. But we love you just the way you are. My contribution to this week's challenge will go down as the stuff of controversy for two reasons(well three): 1) But that is a SPRING salad! 2) This isn't how it's made! 3) People are too emotionally constipated to move outside of their comfort zone. This controversial object is, of course, Ambrosia. For years I couldn't stand Ambrosia. Mini marshmallows, raisins, maraschino cherries...it was a hot mess. But then someone changed my mind. A true Southern Belle, a mover, a shaker, major influencer and the worst speller in the history of Match Game. I'm talking about, of course, Fannie Flagg. Terrible speller who also happens to be a cracking good writer and an authority on Southern cuisine. How do I know this? I've read her books. Food is always mentioned throughout. Several books offer recipes in the back (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe being Fannie's best known). In 2004 Fannie published A Red Bird Christmas. A charming novel that gave me all the warm feels. This book, too, contains recipes. When I perused the back of the book I saw Ambrosia and thought," Not this crap!". But I read the ingredients and realized that Ambrosia wasn't always crap and not always served at Easter. That year I added Ambrosia to our Christmas menu and it was a hit. Sadly, I no longer possess a copy of A Red Bird Christmas and I've done a lot of drinking since 2004. I don't remember Fannie's recipe. I've yelled "OKAY GOOGS" to find it and I've scoured my current cookbook collection to no avail. If anyone has A Red Bird Christmas or remains sober and does a better job with the internet please share the recipe. Maybe we can hashtag Fannie Flagg and someone somewhere will share the Ambrosia recipe. For now I shall offer my own version: I LOVED Amy's comment about new year, new you. The reality is we should treat every day as a new opportunity to make our lives better
And this challenge was another way of doing just that. Until next week when I ruin everything by challenging everyone to make Beef Wellington
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