Avocado & Lime Salsa

• 1 packet of Italian salad dressing, made according to package directions
• 2 avocados, peeled and diced
• 4-5 roma tomatoes, diced
• 1 can white corn, drained
• 1 can black-eyed peas, drained
• ½ of a bunch of cilantro, washed and chopped
• 2-3 limes squeezed
• 7 green onions
Mix Salad dressing in a large glass bowl. Place all remaining ingredients in salad dressing and toss. Serve with whole grain tortilla chips.

Aloha Pie

Coconut crust
Coconut ice cream (4 C ish…depends on the size of your pan)
Mango sauce
Tropical fruits 2-3 C, or desired amount
1) Scoop and spread lightly softened coconut ice cream into crust. Freeze until fully set, at least one hour.
2) Slice desired tropical fruits. (pineapple, mango, kiwi, papaya, star fruit etc) If desired, in a small bowl combine zest and juice of 1 large lime and 1 Tbs honey. Toss with fruit.
3) Just before serving, drizzle a small amount of mango sauce atop ice cream pie. Top with fruit in desired design. Slice and serve with more mango sauce. Enjoy and Aloha!

Coconut Crust
• 14 oz sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
• 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1) Place toasted coconut in a food processor and lightly grind. Place in a bowl and stir in lightly beaten egg whites. Press into desired pan and bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool completely.

Mango Sauce
• 2 mangos, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 3 Tbs lemon juice
• 4 Tbs sugar
1) Combine chopped mangos, lemon juice and sugar in a bowl and puree with a stick blender. Chill until ready to use.

Peanut Butter Brownie Pie

Ingredients:
• 2 Cups Crushed Nutter Butter Cookies
• ½ Cup Butter - Melted
• 1 ½ Cups Brownies - broken apart
• 1 Cup Peanut Butter
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 - 8oz Cool Whip
• 1 - 8 oz Cream Cheese (room temperature)
• 2 T Vanilla
• Chocolate Shavings
Method:

In a mixing bowl combine crushed Nutter Butter cookies and melted butter. Pour into a pie dish and press into place to form a crust.

Create a brownie lawyer on top of the Nutter Butter crust.

In a large mixing bowl combine peanut butter, sugar, cool whip, cream cheese and vanilla. Beat together to a smooth consistence. Pour into pie pan.

Sprinkle chocolate shavings over pie.

Place in the freezer for at least 3 hours before serving.

Remove pie from freezer a few minutes before slicing. ENJOY!

Strawberry Banana Bread with Lemon Glaze

4 Ripe Bananas
2 cups Sliced Strawberries
4Eggs
1/3 cup Applesauce
¾ cup Butter – melted
2 cups Sugar
2 t Vanilla
4 cups Flour
2 t Baking Soda
½ t Baking Powder
1 t Salt
2 cups Powdered Sugar
1/3 cup Lemon Juice

Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl combine bananas and strawberry’s; smash together. Add eggs, applesauce, butter, sugar and vanilla; cream entire mixture together.

Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; stir lightly.

Add dry ingredients to banana mixture and stir.

Pour batter into 3 well-greased loaf pans. Bake for 45-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Allow finished strawberry banana loaves to cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and place on a cooling rack; cool completely.

While bread is cooling, combine powdered sugar and lemon juice in a mixing bowl and stir well to create a smooth glaze.

When bread is completely cooled, place loaves on a wax paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle lemon glaze over each strawberry banana loaf. Allow glaze to set.
Slice bread, arrange on a serving plate and ENJOY!

Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle

• 2 qt. Strawberries sliced
• 1 C. sugar divided
• 2 8oz. pkgs. cream cheese softened
• 3 T. orange juice or lime juice (I prefer lime squeezed fresh)
• 3 C. whipped Whipping Cream
• 1 loaf (10 oz.) pound cake cubed (Sara Lee in the freezer section works great)
• 1 large chocolate bars grated
• chocolate swirls and strawberries to garnish

1. Toss strawberries with ½ C. sugar. Allow to chill in refrigerator until juicy. (About an hour)

2. Cream together the citrus juice, cream cheese and the remainder of the sugar. Add whip cream and blend until creamy. (Make sure you blend the cream cheese, citrus juice and sugar first, or the acid will curdle the whipped cream.)

3. Drain juice off the strawberries and drizzle onto the cake cubes.

4. Layer in trifle bowl as follows:
½ cake cubes on bottom
1/3 cream cheese mixture
½ strawberry mixture
chocolate shavings
the rest of the cake cubes
1/3 cream cheese mixture
the rest of the strawberry mixture
chocolate shavings
the rest of the cream cheese mixture
chocolate shavings
Strawberries to Garnish

Chocolate Blueberry Cake

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 Tb unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For Cake- Mix dry ingredients in medium sized bowl. In blender combine water, egg, and blueberries. Blend until smooth. Add liquid mixture to flour mixture. Beat with mixer, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Pour into greased 8x 8 square pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Ganache
• 1 cup reduced fat whipped topping, like Cool Whip lite
• ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• For Blueberry Sauce
• ½ cup blueberries
• ½ cup reduced fat whipped topping

Meanwhile for Ganache- in small microwave safe bowl combine chocolate chips and whipped topping. Microwave for 30-60 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Set aside. When cake is cool, cover with Ganache. For blueberry sauce- blend thawed blueberries and whipped topping in blender until smooth and liquid. Drizzle over cake.

Peanut Trix Squares

1 cups sugar 1 cup corn syrup
1 stick butter
2 cups roasted salted peanuts
1 cup chocolate chips
4 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup roasted and salted peanuts 6 cups Trix cereal or similar favorite


1. Place cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
2. Butter a large 9x12 pan or similar and set aside.
3. In a 5 quart sauce pan bring sugar, corn syrup and butter to a boil.
4. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
5. Once the marshmallow mixture has melted, add the peanuts and chocolate chips.
6. Pour marshmallow mixture over the cereal..
7. Press mixture into a prepared pan, cool and cut into squares. Enjoy!