A Desert Rose Garden Party

The Desert Rose Garden Party Wild Rice SaladSeared Scallops NicoiseStrawberry Spinach TossPork With Pineapple SalsaSophia's StrawberriesChocolate Strawberry Fruit TartCoconut Pound Cake4 Lemonades by Heidi SwansonBlueberry Yogurt Fool (Fool for LOVE)R.W. Knudsen Wine Spritzers
This is a great menu for warm weather when people would love to eat more salads and vegetable but I always offer some meat for people who find themselves really hungry on that day. It's also heavy on Strawberries because the are tangy and versatile in cooking as well as desserts. The pound cake can be attractively garnished with fruit and whipped cream or people can eat it plain and still enjoy it quite a lot.

From The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook:
1. Wild Rice Salad (p.259)2. Seared Scallops Nicoise (p.355)

From The Betty Crocker 40th Anniversary Edition Cookbook (Prentice Hall):
3. Strawberry Spinach Toss (p.306)
From Taste of Home 06/26/07
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4. Pork With Pineapple Salsa

From Anthony's in The Italian Market (Philadelphia) by mail
www.italiancoffeehouse.com5. Sophia's Strawberries (dipped in chocolate and other fun things).

From The Baking Bible (2005 Publications International Ltd.)
www.fbnr.com6. Chocolate Strawberry Fruit Tart (p.296-297)7. Coconut Pound Cake (p. 190)

From Body and Soul Magazine #19 July/August 2007
8. Blueberry Yogurt Fool (Fool for Love) with creme fraiche and pistachios. Shop www.wymans.com for blueberries.9. 4 Lemonades by Heidi Swanson (her web site is 101cookbooks.com) Her recipes include green tea lemonade and 3 other unusual blends.10. R.W. Knudsen Wine Spritzers: find natural juice spritzers (www.knudsenjuices.com) and add a heavyish-sweet or full bodied white wine and ice for those who want a refreshing drink with wine in the afternoon sun. Choose something you'd use to make sangria for example. Or they may just want the fruit spritzers!