Summery Salad and To Good to Be True Dessert

I've become addicted to Pinterest.  It's a cool site (http://pinterest.com/) to find things that interest you. You can 'pin' them and put them into your boards (kind of like online files).  Of course I've been pinning recipes left and right.  Today I made a Martha Stewart dessert and a nice salad for dinner.

Martha Stewart has this recipe on her website so here is the link for you.  They are called Chocolate Coconut Bars. Super easy and delicious!http://www.marthastewart.com/313038/chocolate-coconut-bars#slide_17 


Next up was a nice summery salad.  If you want to make this, remember that the beans need to be marinaded for 6-8 hours to put them in the fridge before bed time.  Here is the link from Kalyn's Kitchen.  http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2006/06/weekend-herb-blogging-35-oregano.html
I did change a few things in the recipe (of course).  I didn't add any extra balsamic vinegar.  I chopped up fresh basil as I have it growing on my deck right now.  Instead of feta, I threw in some mozzarella balls that I had soaking in oregano basil infused olive oil.

Served over a quinoa cake.

Here is the recipe for the quinoa cakes.  I think they lacked flavor and will work on them in the future. They did work well with the cucumber tomato salad.  http://www.handletheheat.com/2011/06/quinoa-cakes.html
Enjoy!  And don't forget to check out Pinterest:)