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Rainbow Dinner
By Polly | May 12, 2007
Try this Rainbow Family Dinner Game at your next meal. It’s a great way to develop creative and critical thinking skills and is available in the brand new Beginner Dinner Games.
Rainbow Dinner
You can find this fun game as well as many more in Family Time Fun’s Beginner Family Dinner Games and Activities.
Mixed Spring Salad with Grilled Pork, Apples, and Pecans
I originally found this recipe in an old Williams-Sonoma recipe book, but have modified it to better fit our family tastes. It’s a great dish for spring and summer.
Ingredients
Marinated Pork Tenderloin (you can find the recipe in our April Newsletter)
1/2 Cup Pecans
1 tblsp Peanut Oil
Salt & Pepper
6 tblsp Olive Oil
2 tblsp Red Wine Vinegar
1 tblsp Hazelnut Oil (many grocery stores will carry this)
2 Apples - Choose your family’s favorite kind
6 - 8 Cups of Mixed Spring Salad - Washed and Dried
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the pecans, peanut oil, and salt & pepper in a small bowl. Place the pecans on a baking sheet and bake 5-7 minutes in the oven until lightly golden. Let cool.
For the dressing, mix the olive oil, hazelnut oil, and vinegar in the same bowl you used for the pecans and set aside.
Grill the marinated pork tenderloin according to the recipe and let sit 5 minutes before slicing.
While the tenderloin is cooling, in a large salad bowl, mix the mixed spring salad and dressing. Top off the salad with the sliced tenderloin, apples, and pecans. Serve!
Quick Tips
Here is a simple trick to make working with marinades easier. While using your family meal planner to create your grocery list, quickly add a note to your family calendar to remind yourself to marinate the meat the night BEFORE you plan on serving it. For example, if you plan on serving a dish that requires marinating on Tuesday, add a reminder to your calendar for Monday, to marinate the meat. This will give the meat an entire day to marinate and enhance the flavor greatly. Don’t worry if the meat is still frozen. Simply place it in the marinade and let it marinate and defrost in the refrigerator.
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