Apple & Pecan Salad

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Apple & Pecan Salad

Salad Ingredients:

* 2-3 Apples, cut in bite size pieces, I used Red Delicious Apples
* 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice

In a bowl of water put in Lemon Juice and Apple Pieces and set aside while cutting up the rest of Salad.

* 2-3 Celery Stalks, diced
* 1/8 cup Dried Cranberries
* 1/2 cup Grapes, cut in half
* 1/2 cup Pecans, roasted in a cast iron pan just until you can smell them
*2 tablespoons Flat-leaf Parsley, chopped

Drain Apples and add to the above ingredients adding the pecans just before serving.

Dressing:

*1/2 cup Greek Yogurt
* 1/4 cup Olive Oil Mayonnaise
* Zest from a 1/2 Lemon
*1 tablespoon of Honey
*Fresh Ground Pepper to taste

Mix together and add to the prepared Salad ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Serve on a Layer of Iceberg Lettuce.

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Dressing

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Roasting Pecans

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Enjoy!

Lindy

Pasta & Black Olive Salad

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Pasta & Black Olive Salad

*1 package Ditalini Pasta, cook as directed on package
*1 can of Black Olives, sliced
*1/2 Red Onion, minced
*5 Mozzarella String Cheese, sliced
*4 Eggs, Hard Boiled and diced
*1/2 cup Sweet Pickle Relish
* 1 tablespoon chopped Parsley

Dressing

2 Cups Olive Oil Mayonnaise or **I like to use 1 1/2 cups Greek Plain yogurt with a teaspoon of Vanilla and two packets of Splenda or you can add 1 tablespoon of sugar instead and 1/2 cup Olive Oil Mayonnaise

Salt and Pepper to taste

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Enjoy!

Lindy