I call it POTLUCK SURPISE!
1 lb penne pasta cooked perfectly cooled
half a cucumber in bite size chunks
half a yellow pepper in chunks
half a red pepper in chunks
about 10 -15 cherry tomatoes cut into halves
feta cheese to your liking
about 1/3 cup olive oil
3 tblspoons red wine vinegar
pepper to taste and mix it all up in nice bowl
**If you have broccoli or any other vegetable throw it in too!
For dessert since dinner was SOOO healthy how about this deliciously rich carrot cake!
From Alton Brown:
Before you start you need a FOOD PROCESSOR!
butter and flour 9in round by 3in deep pan set aside
2 1/2 cups flour
about 6 medium carrots grated
1 teasp baking powder
1 teasp baking soda
1/4 teasp of the following: allspice, cinnamon nutmeg
1/2 teasp salt
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 large eggs
6 ounces plain yogurt
6 ounces veg oil
put flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt in food processor for 5 sec.
Add to grated carrots in another bowel and toss. Now add to food processor the sugars, eggs and yogurt..process while adding oil. Add all this to the carrot mixture. Pour in prepared cake pan and bake at 325 for 45 minutes. Check the center and reduce heat if not cooked thru..
The best part..the CREAM CHEESE frosting!
8 ounces cream cheese
2 ounces unsalted butter
1 teas vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
In mixing bowl first combine cream cheese and butter on low speed, then vanilla, then the sugar. place in refridge for 5 to ten minutes then frost cooled cake!
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