Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Victoria's Secret Salad


As I scroll through entertainment sites, (my daily ritual includes JustJared, Us Mag, E Online, Perez, and People) all I seem to find is how HOT celebrities look in the summer. They are toned and tan, frolicking on the beach somewhere. I fell into a downward spiral of depression when I encountered an article on Victoria Secret models. They talked about how they worked out a lot, and ate right....

The first thing I though was, "What does eating right actually mean?" I did a little more digging and found out these models eat taste-less food, and work out like dogs. I found a less drastic, MORE tasty solution to beat the bulge.

I'm not promising that if you eat this salad you will look like a model, BUT it is delicious and a better choice than a burger and fries. The small changes you make can have a BIG impact!

Victoria's Secret Salad


You will need:
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup toasted pecans
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup feta cheese
1 ripe avocado
1/2 cup mandarin oranges
1/2 cup diced pears
Romain lettuce
Spring mix packaged lettuce
store bought vinaigrette of your choice

Cut lettuce into smaller bite-sized pieces. Add to large serving bowl. Cut avocado into chunks. Drain the can of oranges, and add to the mix. Combine all other ingredients together.

To finish off the dish, toast pecans in a pan with a little brown sugar sprinkled on top. When cooled, sprinkle on top of the salad. Add the dressing of your choice, mix together, and enjoy! Serves 2.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Emmy Nom Cake (nom nom)

What time is it? EMMY TIME. What time is it? EMMY TIME.


This celebration of television kicks off awards for the year, and yes, it's a national holiday for people like me. For those of you who are TV obsessed, I think you get where I am coming from. The show airs September 18th on Fox, hosted by the fabulous NOMINATED Jane Lynch!!

View the full list of nominees here.

Since I can't say congrats to all my favorite nominees, I'll give them a BOMB recipe for cake. Have your nomination and eat it too!!

Emmy Nom Layer Cake

You will need:

FIRST LAYER:
1 Box Vanilla Wafers
1 stick melted butter

Crush wafers in a food processor. Mix crushed cookies and butter and press into a 9 x11 dish, refrigerate. 

SECOND LAYER:
1 stick melted butter
1 pkg 8oz cream cheese
2 cups confectionary sugar

Beat until creamy. Spread on top of the chilled cookie crust.

THIRD LAYER:
1 large can crushed pineapple, drained

Sprinkle over the top of the cream cheese layer.

FOURTH LAYER:
5 ripe banans, cut into chunks

Place in rows on the cake over the pineapple.

FIFTH LAYER:
1 large container of whipped topping

Spread evenly over top.

Use anything to decorate! Some things I have used before are fresh berries, walnuts, chocolate chips, sprinkles, m&ms, jelly beans.....



This no bake cake is cause for an EMMY sized celebration. Happy eating!