Mixed green salad/4 recipes

Thumbprint Kiss Cookies recipe

This decadent brownie recipe was recently clipped from my local newspaper.

A light and tasty salad takes no time to prepare. All the flavors are just nicely balanced.

This quick and easy salad is made with fresh arugula, sliced strawberries, and tossed with olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette, then sprinkled with freshly shaved Parmesan cheese and toasted walnuts right before serving.

This colorful low fat salad can be enjoyed warm or cold.

Warm crepes with juicy and fruity strawberry sauce drizzled on top. A delicious and satisfying breakfast that is easy to get you out of the bed.

This is one of my favorites, and is always a hit when I bring it to potlucks.

A quick, easy and tasty dish, and it's a perfect week-day supper.

Tostadas always make a nice alternative to a salad. Love the crunch, I used beef that was cooked with some taco seasoning instead of chicken.

If your recipe calls for Pumpkin Pie Spice and your pantry is well stocked with spices here's how to make it yourself using discrete spices. This recipe makes 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.

If you can't find orange cake mix, use white or golden---just use orange juice in place of the water when preparing the mix, and add 1 tsp. of orange extract/flavoring. To the topping I also add 3/4 tsp. each of vanilla and orange extract. Garnish, if desired, with Mandarin orange segments.

This is not your classic bundt cake that's packed with not-so-good-for-you ingredients. The cake is made with 100% whole wheat flour, grapeseed oil, Greek yogurt, low-fat cream cheese, and fresh raspberries. The ganache doesn't have any butter or cream, it contains cocoa powder, honey, grapeseed oil and Greek yogurt. Super chocolaty, fudgy, moist and packed with goodness.

For cooking this risotto, we use slow cooker, so even no stir, the risotto is cooked wonderfully, and you can choose barly or brown rice, add more fibre.

Very moist and fluffy inside, golden brown outside; sour cream added the extra moist and tangy flavor, I used 3/4 cup of brown sugar, and I thought it was the right sweetness. If you have some ripe bananas on hand or you love banana bread, I will definitely recommend this recipe.

This purple potato salad is a great side dish. we boiled potatoes with garlic and vinegar, which made potatoes super tasty!

When President-elect Barack Obama made tuna salad with his family on “60 Minutes” last year, he used this recipe, specifying troll-caught albacore.