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I put it in the box, but it seems hard to read so I thought I would paste here as well just incase any­one wants to try it.

Here are two of my favorites. One is the kids favorite and the other is just a great spring/summer salad.

Fruit Pizza (kids love this)

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:

Crust

1 Ready to bake pie crust

Fill­ing

1/2 cup soft spread fat-free or low-fat cream cheese

1 table­spoon sugar

1/4 tea­spoon vanilla extract

1 table­spoon

1% milk Toppings

A selec­tion of berries and sliced fruits (blue­ber­ries, straw­ber­ries, bananas, kiwis, –what­ever fruit you like or want to use really) shred­ded coconut (optional)

1. Let the piecrust come to room tem­per­a­ture then unfold it onto a large cookie sheet or pizza pan.

2. Roll up edges of the crust, crimp­ing them slightly so that they’ll stay rolled up. Prick the crust lightly with a fork in about 20 places (allow­ing air to escape).

3. Bake the crust in a pre­heated 450 degree oven for about 9 min­utes or until it’s lightly browned. Remove from the oven and let cool.

4. As the crust bakes, whisk together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract, adding just enough milk to make it spread­able. When the crust has cooled, spread on the cream-cheese mix­ture with a rub­ber spat­ula, bring­ing it to the edge of the pizza.

5. Arrange the fruit on the pizza and don’t stint on the cre­ativ­ity. Your kids can make a wild mosaic or a fruit face. If they like, sprin­kle the pizza with shred­ded coconut. Slice with a sharp knife and serve, or refrigerate.

In the words of Rachel Ray.…YUM-O!

Now my favorite (easy peasy) salad: Straw­berry, Kiwi, And Spinach Salad

INGREDIENTS

2 table­spoons rasp­berry vinegar

2 1/2 table­spoons rasp­berry jam (****i use sugar free jam)

1/3 cup veg­etable oil

8 cups spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

8 straw­ber­ries, quartered

2 kiwis, peeled and sliced

DIRECTIONS: 1. Mix together rasp­berry vine­gar, rasp­berry jam, and veg­etable oil in a small container.

2. Com­bine spinach, nuts, straw­ber­ries, and kiwi in a salad bowl. Toss with rasp­berry dressing.

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Fresh baby spring peas with but­ter and mint. Mmmmmmmm!

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So excited to win a con­test! I never win stuff. Thanks for putting on this con­test. I will post my “win­ning” recipe on my blog soon.