Garden Salad Boats

Garden Salad Boats
How Beautiful Is This, Healthy Dining At It's Best!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 4-5 minutes

Ingredients

8 Romaine  leaves

2 cups grape tomatoes, halved

1 yellow squash, diced

1 1/2 cups carrots, shredded or swirled

1 corn on the cob, husk removed

2 cups cucumber, diced

1 shallot, sliced thin

1 cup Edamame

1 cup snow pea sprouts

5 small cooked beets, quartered

1 cup Robusto cheese, diced

salad dressing

Cooking Tools

Outdoor grill 

Directions
preheat grill on high and grill corn for 4-5 minutes, rotating occasionally.  Remove kernels from the corn and set aside to cool. Trim the base of the Romaine leaves.  Put each leaf end to end with it's pair, overlapping to create a boat (will yield 4 boats).  Add each remaining ingredients equally in the center among the boats and serve with your favorite dressing.
Serves 4 

Strawberry Cake

Strawberry Cake
The Perfect Dessert For The Summer!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 25 minutes 
Cooking Time: 45-50 minutes
Cooling Time: 2-3 hours 

Ingredients
1 box white cake mix
1 (3 oz.) box strawberry-flavored instant gelatin
1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, pureed
3 cups fresh strawberries, halved for topping
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup butter melted
1/4 cup water
2-4 drops red food coloring (optional)
Fresh whipped cream

Cooking Tools
9 inch spring form pan
Hand mixer
Food processor

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease pan and set aside.  Puree strawberries in the food processor, to yield 1 1/2 cups.  In a large bowl, combine cake mix and gelatin. Add pureed strawberries, vanilla extract, eggs, oil, butter and water.  You can add food coloring to make the cake batter more red. Beat at a medium speed with an electric hand mixer until smooth. Pour into prepared pan, and bake for 45 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Completely cool cake in pan and release sides of pan and remove.  Place fresh whipped cream on top of cooled cake and layer with fresh strawberry halves.  Serve immediately.
Serves 8