Since I have been on hiatus so long, I had forgotten to even think about posting for "Tasty Tuesday". You know, the day when we provide recipes for helful fare that both you and your children will devour? Over the lenten period Heidi and her family chose to give up meat...for us, we just started eating it ourselves :) My girls constantly asked for it and though I had been a veggie most of my life, my husband had only switched recently...so reluctantly we added meat to our weekly meals. Typically we eat it 2 or 3 times, leaving for veggie meals the remainder of our days!
Lately I am on a "Summer Kick". I am excited to say that this year we'll be planting a garden, and though its been many years since I have helped in one, I am hopeful by summers end we'll be dining on our own fresh goodies! I have also been noted to be the "Super Salad Maker". This started in college when I would cook for friends and enjoy it (oh how I love to cook). My chidren are known do pick "salad" while eating at a friends house over french fries.
My favorite meal of this past week was a salad that I not only ate for dinner but was lucky enough to finish off for lunch 2 days later. My dear friend Liane had noted that her "George Forman" was great for grilling chicken and while I don't own a grill or a "George Forman", I do have a "Cuisinart Griddler" This nifty thing has proved fun for lunches, breakfast for dinner and of course dinners themselves. After grilling 3 breasts of chicken--seasoned a la Ellie--read garlic salt, pepper, paprika and onion powder- (found a great organic, no antibiotic farm here), I simply chopped up the chicken laid it on a fresh bed of mixed greens and spinach and added mango, apple and avocado. Though I adore Bleu Cheese and felt it would be perfect on the salad, I knew the girls would prefer good old fashion Cheddar so we had that ont he side! I also found that the old theory of washing your greens and storing them in your salad spinner for added freshness is in fact true. Three days later, our leafy friends tasted wonderful and looked great as well! So I urge you to try this yummy meal and if you need something more hearty, fresh bread will always do the trick when adding it to any salad meal!
**Side note, we found Quorn to be wonderful in replacing chicken products. Though I have only found it at Wegman's here on the East Coast, the Lansing area has it in great supply. Kroger and The East Lansing Food Co-Op were some of our favorite places to pick it up!
ENJOY!
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