Can the Burnetts be fixed?

Last week's post asked the question, "What recipe can you use to mend a broken family? What recipe, indeed?" That is the major question to be answered in my new release, just out this month from Covenant Communications. It's a good question, but just asking it made me feel like the lead-in to an afternoon soap opera, or the old skit from Sesame Street that ends by asking, "And what about Naomi?" Ah, they just don't make TV like they used to!  ;-)

Last week also introduced the recipe for Emily's Zippy Zucchini Pie, the recipe from which the book derives its title: ZUCCHINI PIE: GRANNY'S RECIPE FOR LIFE. Today I'm sharing the recipe from the beginning of Chapter 12, appropriate for the produce available now. Enjoy!

BERRY GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

INGREDIENTS:

Bibb lettuce
watercress
2 avocados; seeded, peeled, and sliced
2 C. grapefruit sections
1 C. fresh raspberries

½ C. fresh blackberries or blueberries
Prepared sweet vinegar and oil dressing*

DIRECTIONS:

Line serving platter or individual salad plates with lettuce and watercress. Arrange avocado and grapefruit over greens in a tight pattern. Scatter berries over the top and sprinkle with dressing.

 

* SWEET VINEGAR AND OIL DRESSING

INGREDIENTS:

2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
¼ C. cooking oil (olive oil does not work as well)

2 Tbsp. brown sugar
4 drops Tabasco sauce

½ tsp. salt
Dash of black pepper

 DIRECTIONS:

Mix oil, vinegar, and sugar thoroughly. Add remaining ingredients and mix again. Chill. Mix once more before using. Drizzle while still well mixed.

http://www.covenant-lds.com/ZucchiniPieGrannysRecipeforLifeSoftCover

 

Susan Aylworth is the author of nine published novels, all currently available in digital form for various e-readers. Her newest book, ZUCCHINI PIE: GRANNY'S RECIPE FOR LIFE, is out this month from Covenant Communications. Her tenth novel, RETURN TO RAINBOW ROCK, will soon be available as an original e-book, the seventh in the Rainbow Rock series. Find Susan at www.susanaylworth.com or follow her @SusanAylworth.