I know the stars say we’re not there yet, but by my personal gauge, summer is here. It’s hot. It’s dry. The days are long. And did I say hot?
So, we’ve adjusted our menu: summer chicken salad, with grapes and apples, and with the mayo cut with some plain yoghurt. Mmmm!
18 June 2006 at 10:15 pm
jcburns says:
For those playing at home, the chicken salad works great with turkey, too!
18 June 2006 at 10:58 pm
kayak woman says:
Can you post the recipe? Or are the ingredients basically the recipe. Sounds like something Whole Foods sells.
19 June 2006 at 6:47 am
Sammy says:
Hmmm. I started from a recipe, but I can’t find it any more, so it’s the ingredients & your own sense of proportion.
I baked/roasted some de-fatted turkey thigh pieces that had been salted & peppered, then put them in the fridge to chill. More flavor than breast meat, but your choice. I don’t like celery much, so I didn’t include that, although some would have been okay. Seedless grapes (maybe a scant half-pound). Red pepper (1 good-sized pepper). Green onion. Cubed poultry (bought about 3 lbs). Apple chunks, Granny Smith this time (2 apples). Could add a bit of fresh herbs, basil, thyme, parsley, your choice (I didn’t). Mix about 1/3 plain yoghurt & 2/3 mayonnaise (to cut the mayo), added salt and pepper (perhaps a total of 2/3 cup this time). Stir together and compose a portion on a plate over a bed of lettuce torn into bite-sized chunks—or skip the lettuce and dig in! Keep the dressing amount light and it’s like eating a fruit salad with protein, not gummy or heavy, and lovely when chilled. Could add nuts, I suppose, toasted would be best, but I didn’t.
Lemme know if you try it!
19 June 2006 at 2:24 pm
frooogy says:
grok grok grok. even sounds good to me ‘n’ Green Guy. Speakin’ o’ which, I better go wake ‘im up! grok grok. Goin’ off-line now. Seeya later.