To Do: Greek Chicken Salad

• 2 cups cubed, cooked chicken 
• 1/2 cup sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup sliced cucumber
  • 1/4 cup sliced black olives
  • 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 1/4 cup Italian-style salad dressing
    1. In a large bowl combine the chicken, carrots, cucumber, olives and cheese. Gently mix together. Add the salad dressing and mix well.
    2. Cover and refrigerate. Let flavors marinate for at least 1 hour. Serve on a bed of lettuce if desired.

Recipe courtesy http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Greek-Chicken-Salad/Detail.aspx. Merci!

To Do: Feta Avocado Chicken Salad

SALAD:

8 cups romain lettuce
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup corn
1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 large avocado, sliced
1/2 cup crumbled goat or feta cheese
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

DRESSING:
3 Tbsp. white wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
 

Place chopped Romain in a large salad bowl. Add remaining salad ingredients.
In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
When ready to eat, pour dressing over the salad, a little at a time until desired amount has been reached.
Toss salad to coat evenly.

Recipe courtesy chef-in-training.com. Merci!

Dissatisfactorily

While this blog may be perfectly serviceable as a journal of my successes, I do actually need a calendar for weekly menu & a book for recipes. My current method is not gonna cut it.

Thankfully I already have that big orange post-it pad to write out the recipes.

Time to head upstairs to the supply closet.

Meals I Know III

DEVILED EGGS

This one I can't use so often because only Dad & I would eat them and Mom & Orch would whine about the smell. Too bad.
Similarly, any omelette or frittata recipes are out. DAMN!

Meals I know II

MEAL IN THE HOPPER:

Perennial classic, taco in a bag!
Perhaps Friday?

Meals I know I

MADE: Last night
Chicken tortellini w/ chopped grilled chicken & garlic bread

• Level of difficulty: zero
• Time: 18 mins

Store-bought garlic bread (start 1st, 18 mins to bake)

One big bag of chz tortellini

Olive oil & minced garlic

Store-bought pre-sliced grilled chicken

I love tortellini bc you can do anything to it. Variations include: alfredo sauce, vodka sauce, chicken lemon, chicken della dea (Kathy Wakile-style)...

Always a go-to.

Congratulatories

Here we go! That wasn't so hard. An online meal planner! It provides recipes, and price-matches for me. Neato torpedo!

http://www.foodonthetable.com/
http://www.foodonthetable.com/
http://www.foodonthetable.com/

Exploratories.

One of the ideas I've heard bandied about is the notion of a weekly food menu. I could do this on Sundays & grocery shop then. It's my tried and true day off, the Jewel is always open (don't need to get up early) and I'll be orgo for the week-o.

I will need to compare prices of grocerias but this is a can do. Again, got nothing but time here.

Proclamatories

GOALZ:

• To make dinner for the fam at least once a week
• To make a new recipe at least twice a month
• Gain confidence in my culinary prowess
• Learn new things!
• Understand grocery shopping better.

& here we go...