Asian Chicken Pasta Salad

I got this reciepe from no biggie.net. It's delicious! Enjoy!

Asian Chicken Pasta Salad

1 box bowtie (farfalle) pasta
4 chicken breasts cooked & shredded or all the breast meat of one rotisserie chicken
1/4 Cup green onions (sliced & diced into oblivion)
1/2 pack sliced almonds - toasted
1 bag spinach (stems removed)
1 sm. bag peapods
1 can Mandarin Oranges (drained)

The Dressing (double this into two batches)
1/4 Cup Sesame seeds (toasted)
1/3 Cup Soy Sauce
1/3 Cup Red Wind Vinegar
1/3 Cup Veg. Oil *or Sesame Oil is great here too
2 TBS. Sugar
1/2 tsp. S & P

Marinate chicken & pasta in the dressing in the fridge overnight.

* It's helpful to under cook the pasta a bit. Al dente would be perfect.

Toss altogether right before serving with round two of the dressing.

Frontier Pies Cornbread

Aubrey shared this recipe with me, it's some of the best cornbread I have ever had!

Ingredients:

3/4 c. margarine or butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
2 2/3 c. milk
2 2/3 c. flour
1 T. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
1 1/16 c. cornmeal (3 tsp. weird I know!)


Directions:
Cream together the butter, eggs, sugar. Add remaining ingredients, mix well. Bake in a 9X13 greased and floured pan.
Bake 350 for 40 min

Cari's Rockin' Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cari made these and they were FANTASTIC, I had to recreate them -yum!

Ingredients:

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. shortening
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 bag chocolate chips (12 oz I think, I use part butterscotch chips)

Directions:

Combine butter, shortening and sugars and mix briefly, don't over-mix. Then add vanilla and egg, stir just until mixed in and wet. Add all dry ingredients (except chips) mix until flour is completely mixed in, don't over-mix or your butter and shortening will get too soft. Stir in chips. Best if refrigerated before baking. Bake for 8-10 minutes in 350 degree oven.

Bourbon Chicken

I got this recipe from My Kitchen Cafe sometime ago. It is easy, fast, and super yummy!

Ingredients:
2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces
cornstarch (for dusting chicken- optional)
4 Tb oil

Sauce:
1 garlic clove (minced)
1 tsp ginger (ground ginger or you can use fresh)
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/4C apple juice
1/3C light brown sugar
2 Tb ketchup
1 Tb apple cider vinegar
1/2C water
1/3C soy sauce

Dust chicken lightly with cornstarch. Heat oil in frying pan or wok and lightly brown chicken pieces. Drain on paper towels and set aside.

In a bowl combine all the sauce ingredients. Pour into wok and bring to a boil. Add chicken back into the pan, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Done!

SNICKERS Apple Salad

OK this one takes forever to make good luck!

3-5 apples (different varieties for fun.)
1 large container of cool whip thawed
3 frozen snickers

Cut apples into bit size pieces, smashed frozen snicker with a rolling pin and add 3/4 of it to the mix. Next add all the cool whip until desired texture. Last add remaining snickers for garnish. YUMMY!!!

Lemon Spinach Salad

I thought this salad was very refreshing. It was my first time making it and I would definitely make it again. Enjoy!!!

3T fresh lemon juice
3T sugar
1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tbsp grated lemon rind
1/4 cup canola or light olive oil ( I used extra virgin olive oil)

3 cups fresh spinach ( I used a mix of spring greens and spinach)
1 cup fresh strawberries ,sliced
1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
Feta cheese to taste
In blender combine lemon juice, sugar, mustard, grated lemon rind and oil. Pulse until mixture is combined , thickened and sugar is dissolved.In a large bowl, toss together spinach, strawberries, nuts and feta. Toss with enough dressing to coat.

Citrus Slaw

Slaw Ingredients:

1 head Napa cabbage (shredded)
2 large Sunkist® navel oranges, segmented
1 medium Sunkist® grapefruit, segmented
1 small green papaya (shredded) I used fresh pineapple instead
1 medium carrot (julienne)
1 medium red onion (julienne)
2 Poblano chilies (julienne


Dressing Ingredients:

2 Ancho – chilies (roasted and rehydrated) I'd leave these out
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
¼ cup fresh lime juice
½ cup Sunkist® freshly squeezed lemon juice
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp. ground cumin I'd leave this out too


Directions:

I used my mandolin slicer, set with julienne blade, to cut almost everything, to make the carrots, onions, peppers small enough. The cutting was pretty simple, a bit time consuming.

I used all my left over juices to add to the dressing, some grapfruit and pineapple juice, I personally really disliked the flavor of the cumin, so I would suggest adding it to just a little bit of dressing, and trying it before you use it in the whole thing. Also, I think it would have been better without the ancho chilies, they were kind of pasty in the dressing, never really mixed in, and smelled kinda funky!