Radish Appetizer

Radish Appetizer

• 2 bunches large radishes
• 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 teaspoon light cream

1. Clean radishes and cut in half. Cut a thin slice from radish to make level, if necessary.
2. Mix cream cheese, celery seed and light cream.
3. Top radishes with the cream cheese mixture.

Cucumber Appetizer

Cucumber Appetizer

• 4 oz soft cream cheese
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 or 2 thickly sliced cucumbers

1. Mix cream cheese, mayonnaise, and Parmesan until smooth. Top cucumber slices with the mixture.

Pavlova

Pavlova

• 4 large egg whites at room temperature
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp of white vinegar
• 1/2 Tbsp of cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 3/4 cups of whipping cream
• Fresh fruit such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, bananas, kiwi, peaches, etc.

1. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Line a baking tray with either foil, parchment paper or a silpat.
2. Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Continue beating, adding sugar slowly, until egg whites are glossy stiff peaks.
3. Sprinkle cornstarch and vinegar on mixture and gently fold in.
4. Add vanilla and fold again.
5. Spread meringue in pan in a circular shape with the outside edges higher than the middle. You also make make individual circular meringues.
6. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Meringue should be crisp on outside.
7. Turn off oven and leave oven door slightly open until meringue is cool.
8. Whip cream, add a couple tablespoons of sugar if desired.
9. Spread cream on pavlova and top with fresh fruit.

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Dressing

• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon minced onion

Salad

• 10 ounces fresh spinach
• 1 package strawberries - sliced
• 1/4 cup almonds

1. Mix dressing ingredients together. Put in covered container and chill for one hour.
2. Tear spinach into bite size pieces.
3. Put spinach, strawberries and almonds into a large salad bowl. Top with dressing and toss together.

Honey Glazed Ham

Honey Glazed Ham

• 8 pound ready-to-eat ham
• 1/4 cup whole cloves
• 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 2 cups honey
• 2/3 cup butter

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees .
2. Stud with the whole cloves. Put ham in roasting pan
3. Heat corn syrup, honey and butter over low heat and keep warm.
4. Bake ham for 1 hour.
5. Ladle honey mixture over ham and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes more. Ladle more honey glaze over ham every 15 minutes.
6. After removing from oven, let ham rest for a few minutes before serving.