Curried Chicken Salad

Delicious chicken salad with curry powder, for sandwiches, rolls, or luncheon salad. Serve this flavorful salad on buns or bread, or mound it on lettuce leaves for a wonderful luncheon salad.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
•2 chicken breast halves, cooked and chopped or shredded
•1/4 cup finely chopped celery
•4 green onions, thinly sliced
•2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
•2 tablespoons chopped dried cranberries
•1 Granny Smith apple, shredded
•5 to 7 tablespoons mayonnaise, or to taste
•1 teaspoon curry powder, or to taste
•1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, optional
•salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation:

In a bowl, combine the chopped chicken, chopped celery, green onion, walnuts, cranberries, and apple. Toss to blend. Stir in the mayonnaise, curry powder, and parsley, if using. Add more mayonnaise, as needed, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Serves 3 to 4.

Southern Style Chicken Salad

Serve this delicious chicken salad in sandwiches with lettuce, pickle, and tomato slices, or pile it on lettuce for a delicious lunch.


Ingredients:
•8 to 12 ounces chopped cooked chicken
•3 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
•2 to 3 tablespoons finely chopped celery
•1 large egg, hard boiled, chopped
•1 tablespoon dill pickle relish
•1/3 to 1/2 cup mayonnaise, or as needed
•1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
•1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preparation:

In a bowl, combine the chicken, onion, celery, and egg; toss to blend. Add the relish, 1/3 cup of mayonnaise, salt, and pepper, blend well. Add more mayonnaise, if desired.

Serves 4.

Sweet n' Sour Coleslaw

3/4 cup of mayonnaise
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 tablespoon sugar (or less to taste)
1 tablespoon celery seed
1/2 small head of cabbage
1 carrot grated or chopped in mini processor
salt and pepper to taste
3/4 c. slivered almonds

1/4 c. sunflower seeds
1/4 c. chopped onion
 
This is best prepared by chopping the cabbage in the food processor.

Next, just put the remaining ingredients on top and mix together.
Place in fridge for about an hour before serving.

Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins

1 1/2 c. oatmeal
1 1/4 c. flour
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 c. applesauce (or grated apple)
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. brown sugar
3 tbsp. oil
1 egg

Blend and sprinkle on top:

1/4 c. oatmeal
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. melted butter

Bake at 400 degrees for 20-22 minutes.

I made mine with the Motts Fruitsations applesauce cups, and they were YUMMY! Since the kids wanted icing on top of them, there is no topping on mine either...still tasty.

Lemonade from Lemon Juice

This is very easy, and kid friendly.

1 c water
1 c sugar
heat this until the sugar dissolves.

1 c lemon juice
3-4 c water(depending on your taste)
mix these two together. add the sugar water and stir. put in the fridge for 30-40 minutes, then serve.

Nutty Granola

• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup hot water
• 2/3 cup honey
• 6 cups rolled oats
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 cups golden raisins
• 1/2 cup dried cherries

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, hot water and honey. In a large bowl, stir together the oats, almonds, pecans, and walnuts. Pour the honey mixture into the oat mixture and stir until the oats and nuts are evenly coated. Spread out the granola onto 2 baking sheets.
3. Bake for 10 minutes, stir, and bake 10 more minutes, or until toasted. Allow granola to cool completely before stirring in the raisins, golden raisins and dried cherries. Granola will harden as it cools. Break apart any large lumps, and store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Chewy Granola Bars

4 1/2 cups rolled oats

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch pan.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the oats, flour, baking soda, vanilla, butter or margarine, honey and brown sugar. Stir in the 2 cups assorted chocolate chips, raisins, nuts etc.
3. Lightly press mixture into the prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes then cut into bars. Let bars cool completely in pan before removing or serving.

I found this on All Recipes and LOVED IT! Made mine with mini Marshmallows, mini chips, and small chunks of graham Wafers...YUM!