Ingredient: Sliced Almonds

Mango and Peach Crisp

This is a quick and light dessert that will serve four conservatively. If you have a sweet freak in your house figure on two servings.

Asian Chicken Salad

Chinese chicken salad has become a classic in all of its incarnations.  Recipes have included Ramen noodles, cole slaw mix, and crispy fried chicken. This doesn’t have any of those. It was inspired by a recipe in Fine Cooking Magazine, but I took it in quite a different direction. And I made it lighter and… Continue reading Asian Chicken Salad

Apricot Almond Bars

For a tasty fruit dessert any time of the year, combine dried apricots and almonds with light brown sugar and eggs. Bake it atop a sweet pastry crust and cut it into bars as big as you dare. This is so easy and so incredibly good, that it will become your go to all occasion… Continue reading Apricot Almond Bars