Recipes - Poppy Seed Dressing

POPPY SEED Biscuit Muffins

10 (1 package) ready-to-cook biscuits

2 1/2 tsp. melted butter

2 Tbls prepared Backyard Patch Poppy Seed Dressing

Split each biscuit in half.  Bush each half with melted butter. Drizzle with Poppy Seed Dressing.  Place each split biscuit back together and bake on ungreased baking sheet according to package directions for 10 to 12 minutes.

Banana Poppy Seed Dressing 

1 ripe banana

1 cup sour cream

3/8 cup Backyard Patch Poppy Seed Dressing Mix

1 Tbls lemon juice

In a small bowl, finely mash banana.  Add sour cream, dressing mix, and lemon juice.  Chill for at least 30 minutes.  Arrange salad greens and fruit on a platter or individual salad plates,  Serve with dressing. Makes 1 ¾ cups.

Quinoa Apple Salad

1/4 cup sliced almonds
2 cups water
1 cup quinoa
2 cups spinach leaves
1 cup granny smith apples, chopped
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
1 (15 oz) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup prepared Backyard Patch Poppy Seed Dressing

In a 3-quart sauce pan, bring water to a boil. Stir in quinoa, cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 12 minutes or until quinoa has absorbed all the water.  Remove from heat, fluff, cover and let stand another 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350.Spread almonds on baking sheet, and toast 7 to 10 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally.

Lay 10 to 15 spinach leaves flat on top of one another on cutting board. Roll tightly into cylinder, then slice into slivers. Repeat with remaining spinach.

Toss together almonds, quinoa, spinach, apples, cucumber, chickpeas and red onion.Pour Dressing over quinoa salad and toss to coat. Chill 30 minutes to allow flavors to develop.