Cucumber Beet Salad Ingredients: 4 Melissa’s Baby Cucumbers, sliced 1 Pkg Melissa’s Steamed Peeled Red Baby Beets (5 small beets), sliced 2 T Balsamic Vinegar Queso Fresco* Optional – Salt to taste Instructions: Gently toss cucumbers and beets Add balsamic vinegar – gently toss Crumble queso fresco into salad Serve immediately or can be chilled first to allow the […]
Hatch Chile Devil’s Food Cookies
Hatch Chile Devil’s Food Cookies by Chef Tom Fraker of Melissa’s Produce Ingredients: 1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix 2 teaspoons New Mexico Hatch Chile Powder 1 cup Unsalted Butter – melted Instructions: Preheat oven to 350º In a mixing bowl, combine the cake mix and the chile powder. Add the melted butter and mix […]
Lentil, Baby Beet and Edamame Salad
Lentil, Baby Beet and Edamame Salad by Chef Tom Fraker of Melissa’s Produce Ingredients: 2 packages Melissa’s Steamed Lentils 2 packages Melissa’s Edamame – shelled 1 package Melissa’s Peeled Red Baby Beets – diced 1 package Melissa’s Mini Cucumbers – diced 1 bottle Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar Salad Dressing Salt & Pepper to taste […]
Holiday Fruit Rum Cake
Holiday Fruit Rum Cake by Chef Tom Fraker of Melissa’s Produce Chef Tom set out to create a fruit cake that would not be the brunt of jokes. He has succeeded! Instead of artificially colored candied fruit, he uses dried fruit. The texture is more dense than a muffin, but not hard like a brick. […]
Delicious Desserts at Healthy Child Healthy World Date Night 2012
Healthy Child Healthy World Date Night 2012 You can read more about this charitable event on Sweeps4Bloggers. It was held at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. The desserts were especially lovely, so I, naturally, had to photograph (and taste!) them. Desserts were provided by a variety of talented locals including: Kira’s Kiss Desserts Platine Cookies […]