Recipe of the Week: Baked Fruit and Cheese Dip

Remember that time (about a week ago) when we were complaining about - uh, observing - the miserable, unbearably oppressive brain-melting heat?
Well, it appears Mother Nature heard our cries and decided to go overboard in the opposite direction, making with the sheets of rain, blustery winds and chilly temps... you know, the stort of stuff that makes you want to snuggle up in a ball under your favorite blanky, never to emerge.
Of course, we're in New England so tomorrow it likely will be 102 degrees, but for now we're proposing that you un-snuggle just long enough to warm your belly with this recipe focusing on two of our favorite things - fruit and cheese!
If you must, you can bring the bowl back with you under the blanky.

Baked Fruit and Cheese Dip

You need:

• 1 (16 oz.) package of soft cream cheese with pineapple
• 3/4 pound shredded Swiss cheese
• 2 cups dried cranberries
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• For dipping: silced apples, sliced pears and/or crackers

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
2. In a medium bowl, blend the cream cheese, Swiss cheese, cranberries, orange juice and apple juice
3. Scoop mixture into 9-inch pie pan
4. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until bubbly and lightly browned

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Recipe of the Week: Fiddlehead Salad

In honor of the dwindling days of this year's fiddlehead fern season (sniff) this week we bring you a fresh, summer-y salad that will provide a delicious start to any outdoor dining experience from backyard barbeques to picnics in the park!

Fiddlehead and Shrimp Salad

You need:

• 1 pound cooked shrimp
• 1 15-ounce can of white beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup fiddleheads, trimmed and cleaned
• 1 cup diced red onion
• 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 3 cups water
• 1 loaf French bread

Directions:

1. In a large pot, bring water to a boil
2. Add fiddleheads and blanch until tender
3. Combine all ingredients except parsley in a medium sized bowl
4. Refrigerate for one hour
5. Toss in the parsley
6. Serve with French bread

Makes 4 servings

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Recipe of the Week: Summer Sweetness

This one is refreshing, fast and easy - not to mention tasty! A great thing about this recipe is that any combination of fruit may be used and it still will be delicious.







Summer Fruit Parfait

You need:

• A 10-inch prepared angel food cake, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container vanilla yogurt
• 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 2 cups fresh blueberries

Directions:

1. Cover the bottom of a large bowl with 1/3 of the angel food cake cubes
2. Generously cover the cake with 1 1/3 cups of the yogurt
3. Spread 1 1/3 cups of the strawberry slices and blueberries on top of the yogurt
4. Repeat the first three steps two more times
5. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve

Makes 10 servings

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