Over The Rainbow Café’s Famous Fruit Salad

Over The Rainbow Café’s Famous Fruit Salad

Ingredients:
1 can fruit cocktail - drained
1 can pineapple chunks - drained
1 can mandarin orange segments - drained
1 cup seedless grapes
1 cup peeled apple chunks
1 cup mini marshmallows

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges, grapes, and
apple chunks. Mix well and cool for 45 minutes. Add marshmallows prior to serving.
Author’s Bio:
Karen Mueller Bryson is a published, produced and award winning playwright.
She is currently a student in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing
at Warnborough University in England. Prior to becoming a playwright and novelist,
Karen Mueller Bryson earned a Master’s Degree in Human Development Counseling
and worked for a number of years as a counselor and educator. HEY DOROTHY
YOU’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE () is Karen Mueller
Bryson’s first novel. The book is published by Booklocker.com and is available from the
publisher or at most major bookstores.
For additional information about the book, please visit the website at:
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NO BANANA BANANA PUDDING
Setting the Scene:
In TO LOVE THROUGH TIME, Jessica, a simple school teacher, finds herself
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fascinated by her rich and sexy neighbor, Clay. Little does she know how fascinated he is
by her, or how much of a “past” they share.
Excerpt from To Love Through Time:
Jessica rang the doorbell and waited nervously until Clay appeared. “Right on
time,” he said with a smile. That smile caused her pulse to accelerate. “Don’t look so
worried. I’m a good cook.”
Jessica followed him to the kitchen where he took the plastic dish she had
brought. “It’s no banana banana pudding...the only recipe I’ve mastered.” She didn’t add
how many disasters it had taken for her to come up with pudding that any human would
care to consume.
“I bet it’s delicious.” He showed her to the elegant dining room and helped her be seated at
the table.
The food he had prepared waited in lovely china bowls. Once they began to eat, Jessica tired
not to pick over her food, no matter how nervous she felt. Why did the thought of sharing a meal
seem like something so intimate all of a sudden? His hamburger steaks with onion gravy and rice
were delicious. So were the green beans and rolls he served on the side.
Jessica had half expected some fancy dish she wouldn’t be able to pronounce, much less stand
the taste of. Her family was simple, middle-class people. She felt out of place in Clay’s exorbitant
home, but tried her best not to let it show. They ate slowly, making small talk. Mostly she talked
and Clay listened. He carried on so about how great her pudding was, that she felt herself blush
with pride. He even ate a second helping as if to prove it.
No Banana Banana Pudding