Strawberry Cream Trifle

Ingredients:
1/2 C sliced almonds, toasted
1 pkg. frozen pound cake, thawed (10.75 oz)
1 qt. fresh strawberries cut into squared
1 container (16 oz) frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed
2 T lemon juice
3 containers (8 oz each) blended strawberry yogurt
1 pkg (3.4 oz) cheesecake instant pudding and pie filling
1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
powdered sugar

Directions
Cut pound cake into 1 inch cubes. Combine fresh and frozen strawberries. Mix well. In mixing bowl, whisk lemon juice, yogurt, and pudding. Mix until smooth. Immediately fold in 1 cup of whipped topping. To assemble trifle, place 1/3 of pound cake cubes into bottom of trifle bowl. Top pound cake with 1/3 of strawberry mixture. Top with half of the yogurt mixture, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the almonds. repeat layers one time. Top remaining pound cake cubes and remaining strawberry mixture.
To garnish, spread remaining whipped topping over top of trifle, forming a flat surface. Sprinkle remianing almods over whipped topping. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

(from: Pampered Chef Spring?Summer 2008 catalog)

Chicken Lettuce Wrap

Chicken Lettuce Wraps
(from: Janelle)

Ingredients:
head of lettuce and use the large 3-6 outside layers
1 pound chicken breast diced up into small pieces
1 large onion (chopped)
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar or red wine vinegar
dash red pepper
1 can (8 ounce size) sliced water chestnuts (drained, finely chopped)
2 teaspoons Asian sesame oil
Chinese rice noodles

Directions:
Rinse lettuce leaves, keeping them whole. Set aside to drain. Cook chicken in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring often to break up the meat.

Add onion, garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, vinegar and red pepper. Cook until the meat is crumbled and brown. Add water chestnuts. Cook about 2 minutes.
Stir in sesame oil. Arrange lettuce leaves on the outer edge of a platter. Spoon meat mixture in center and top with the rice noodles.