Homemade chicken salad on greens

Randomness prevails!

Considering all the rain we've had this spring, the sun is always a welcome sight. And with the sun comes warmer weather. Like most folks, the last thing I want to do is sit down and eat a big meal. Exercise (bleh) and salad call out to me. So today, after a hatless run, I dug into my fridge to see what I could pull together for dinner.

Cue leftover boiled chicken (thanks, Mom), some condiments, spices, greens and sweet red pepper, and 10 minutes later...homemade chicken salad on greens. I love it when randomness turns into yumminess.

(Note: I didn't add any salt because the chicken was already salted)

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of cold cooked chicken (sliced, diced or in chunks)

- 1/2 teaspoon of dijon mustard

- 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise (I used Hellman's light olive oil mayo)

- 1/2 teaspoon of ketchup

- dash of pepper

- dash of parsley

- romaine lettuce (cleaned and cut)

- 1 red pepper (cleaned and sliced)

Instructions

- Plate greens and pepper

- Beyond this...mix all the other ingredients together

- Done!

Curry makes feta taste better...

...or maybe it doesn't. I admit that I'm a little tipsy as I post this, but I had such an amazing dinner that I wanted to talk about it. Tonight is the first night of the Olympics, so the booze, sweets and yummy foods are aplenty.



I had the most amazing cucumber salad and deep fried/baked drumsticks. Add a bottle of pinot grigio and wow. Me, being super inquisitive, I wanted to know how everything was made. Here is an approximate recap of the recipes. I haven't tried these yet, but I will soon.

Cucumber salad ingredients
- Dill
- Cucumbers
- Lemon / lime juice (freshly squeezed)
- Feta cheese
- Olive oil
- Red peppers (if desired)
- Salt (to draw out the sweetness)
- White/Red onions


Double beer battered drumsticks
- Chicken drum sticks
- Beer + buttermilk mixture
- Flour
- Oil (for deepfrying)

After deep frying, bake.

I swear, it was really good. I'll most likely try these dishes in my own kitchen.

And, for those who are taking part. Happy Olympics. Go Canada, go!