Tasty and Easy Recipes

Serves 4
Ingredients:
Dressing:
1/4 cup vinegar, red wine
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp apple juice concentrate, frozen, thawed
1 1/2 tsp thyme, dried
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Salad:
8 oz pasta, fusilli, uncooked
3 apples, mcintosh, cored and diced
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 lb fennel, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 small lettuce head, boston

Method:
Dressing: In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients. Mix well.
Salad: Boil pasta in salted water until cooked al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a medium bowl, toss apples and lemon juice. Stir in fennel and toss well.Combine pasta and apple fennel mixture in a medium serving bowl. Add dressing and toss well.
Serve on a bed of lettuce.

Ingredients:
1 cup long grain brown rice
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp curry powder
3 cup water
3 boneless turkey breasts
1/2 lemon, juice of
1/8 tsp pepper
1 large apple, peeled, cored and sliced
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup defatted chicken stock
1/4 cup sesame seeds
2 tbsp fresh dill for garnish
1 lettuce leaves

Method:
Combine rice,1/4t salt, 1/4t curry powder, and water in saucepan.
Cover and cook over low heat 35 minutes. Sprinkle turkey with lemon juice and pepper. Lay turkey on top of rice during last 20 minutes of cooking time, turning after 10 minutes. Drain rice.
Cut turkey into strips. Set a few apple slices aside and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Chop remaining slices and combine with rice, turkey, sesame oil, lemon juice, stock, remaining salt and curry powder. Heat dry frying pan. Toast sesame seeds until browned.
To serve, arrange rice salad on serving plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds and garnish with dill, lettuce, and reserved fruit slices.

Ingredients:
1 cauliflower,small in small floweretes
3 carrots, large, thinly sliced
1 green pepper, diced
1 cup black olives
2 1/2 cup pasta, rotini
1 1/4 cup oil, vegetable or corn
3/4 cup vinegar, cider
2 garlic cloves, peeled & min
1 tbsp sugar
1 salt & pepper

Method:
In large bowl, toss together cauliflower, carrots, green pepper and olives. Cook rotini in large pot of boiling salted water till tender but firm about 8 to 10 minutes, drain and rinse in cold water.
Dressing: Combine oil, vinegar, garlic and sugar, adding salt and pepper to taste; mix well. Pour all but 1/3 cup dressing over salad,tossing to mix, reserve remaining dressing.
Cover and refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, taste and readjust seasonings and add remaining dressing if necessary.