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.

Rice with Candied Walnuts and Parsley for Christmas

Ingredients:

2 cups white riceRice with Candied Walnuts and Parsley for Christmas
½ cup nuts
½ cup almonds
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp butter

Preparing:

Cook rice normally and set aside.

Place walnuts and sugar in a skillet over medium heat.
Stir constantly with wooden spoon until the sugar candy is made.
Remove from heat and spread the caramelized nuts on a tray.
Let cool and chop.

Brown
the almonds in the oven at 180ºC (270ºF), placing them on a tray.

Mix the rice with candied walnuts, toasted almonds, butter and parsley and serve.