Apple and Raisins Light Salad for Christmas

Ingredients:

4 cups shredded lettuce
4 apples, peeled and diced
1 cup cheese, diced
½ cup raisins
½ cup plain yogurt
¼ cup light mayonnaise
2 celery stalks, chopped
6 tbsp granulated diet sugar
½ tsp garlic, minced

Preparing:

Mix the yogurt with the mayonnaise, sugar and garlic.
Refrigerate until serving time.

Combine
the lettuce with apples, raisins, celery and cheese.
Bathe the salad with the yogurt mixture and serve.

Apple, Celery and Nuts Salad for Christmas

Ingredients:

8 red apples, dicedApple, Celery and Nuts Salad for Christmas
3 celery sticks, chopped
1 lettuce
1 cup chopped walnuts

Dressing:
450 g heavy cream
400 g condensed milk
½ cup mayonnaise

Preparing:

Mix the lettuce with apples and celery in a bowl.

Blend dressing ingredients and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Bathe salad with dressing and serve.

Thanksgiving Squash and Ginger Soup

Ingredients:

3 cups chicken brothThanksgiving Squash and Ginger Soup
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
20 ounces frozen cooked winter squash, thawed
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon salt

Preparing:

Simmer broth and squash in a large saucepan.
Add the applesauce, ginger, salt and sugar and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and stir in cream.
Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

*Yield: 6 servings