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Easy Meals

Hosting Thanksgiving dinner for Tired Moms – 4 Tips to Cut the Effort not the Taste

October 16, 2015 by danawyyc 1 Comment

I love hosting our big family meals. Both my husband and I have fairly small families so we are able to fit both sides comfortably in our small house. I find hosting thanksgiving dinner to be a little overwhelming though, particularly with a baby and two small kids. But over the years I’ve figured out a few things to make everything a little easier and less stressful.

Easy sausage stuffing

1. Instead of cooking one big turkey cook two smaller birds

Getting the timing right is one of the hardest parts of meals like Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. My biggest stress reliever has been to cook two turkeys. I cook one the night before and put the drippings in the fridge. This way even if the day of turkey is late, we can still eat on time. After the drippings have been sitting in the fridge overnight, it is easy to take the fat off the top and you don’t have to wait until the last minute to make the gravy.

2. If you are going to try something new, pick something easy

I have heard over and over again to not try out new recipes for the first time on Thanksgiving. But I do it every single time and more often than not it works out. I highly recommend that everything is not riding on your new recipe though. Try out a new side dish or vegetable. If it doesn’t work out, you can just abandon it and there is no harm done. This year Echelon foods offered me a bacon wrapped turducken to try out. It is a deboned chicken, inside a deboned duck inside a deboned turkey stuffed with sausage. Since I made a turkey the night before, I felt confident in trying something new and looking over the directions, it could hardly be easier. It was a lot of fun to try and all I had to do was defrost and stick it in the oven. The flavour of the stuffing really affects the taste and aroma of the meat so make sure you pick something you like if you want to try it too.

Echelon Foods Bacon Wrapped Turducken

3. Don’t try to do everything yourself

Even though I’m hosting, we share the work. My mother and sister in law take care of the cooked vegetables, my mom handles the salad and pickled vegetables and my brother is always good for a last minute trip to the grocery store or some help in the kitchen right before dinner. I always make sure someone is available to come over early to help me with the kids while I am finishing up in the kitchen.

Echelon Foods Bacon Wrapped Turducken

4. Don’t be afraid to take some short cuts

Not everything you are doing needs to be 100% from scratch every year. Figure out what is important and what isn’t for your family. I have a friend who grabs gravy from KFC and many people will grab a pouch from the grocery store instead of making it from scratch. I had tried many different stuffing recipes but found my husband always like Stove Top Stuffing best. So now I just make that instead of spending time trying to make my own stuffing. Sometimes I make it straight up, but I also like to add things to it so it feels homemade even though it only took a few minutes to make. This year I modified my friend’s family recipe for sausage stuffing – it was super easy, fast and good too! Check out the recipe below.

Easy sausage stuffing

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Super Easy Sausage Stuffing
Recipe type: Stuffing
 
Ingredients
  • 3 Boxes of Stove Top Stuffing
  • 1-2 tubes of sausage meat (Maple Leaf sausage meat is what my friend recommends)
  • a couple stalks of celery
  • an onion or two
  • butter for the Stove Top
Instructions
  1. Cook up the sausage meat, drain and crumble. This can be done the day before.
  2. Chop celery and onion and saute until onion softens.
  3. Cook Stove Top Stuffing according to package directions.
  4. Mix together.
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Those are my best tips! What do you do to keep Thanksgiving manageable?

Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this post but Echelon Foods provided me with a Turducken for review. 

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Buffalo Chicken Wraps – Easy Meals

May 27, 2015 by danawyyc Leave a Comment

I was having one of those days where I had no idea what to make for dinner. I had some left over roasted supermarket chicken but what stuck for what to do with it. I looked around the chicken and threw this together. It’s pretty easy to have the stuff for it on hand and it tastes way better than leftover chicken and whatever you have around the house usually does.

Buffalo Chicken Wraps

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Buffalo Chicken Wraps - Easy Meals
 
Ingredients
  • soft tortillas
  • chopped carrots
  • leftover chicken
  • chopped celery
  • handful of spinach
  • ranch dressing
  • Frank's Buffalo Wing Sauce
Instructions
  1. Mix ranch dressing and the Frank's Buffalo Wing Sauce 1 to 1.
  2. Put chicken, carrots, celery and spinach on the tortilla.
  3. Drizzle the Ranch-Frank's dressing on top and roll the wrap closed.
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12 Easy Meals That are Great for One or Two (or more!)

December 15, 2014 by danawyyc 1 Comment

I love cooking but when I’m sleep deprived it’s the last thing I feel like doing. With two small kids and another one on the way, that hasn’t been an inconsequential amount of time over the last 6 years. A couple of months ago when I was feeling particularly exhausted, I reached out to my network of friends and bloggers to ask for recipe suggestions. Not for amazing jaw dropping but time consuming recipes but for recipes that are barely a recipe at all. The kind of thing you throw together for your family when you’re almost too tired too cook.

I’ve been working through their suggestions and along with a few of my own, here is the first installment. These recipes (and the ones still to come) have saved my family from many days of subsisting on only ichiban and macaroni and cheese. The recipes below are easily scalable so whether you need to make yourself a quick lunch or feed the whole family dinner you’ll be done making dinner in  snap.

1. Sriracha Tomato Soup

This is one of my personal favorites. Heat up a can of condensed tomato soup with an equal amount of water. Pour into two oven safe mugs and add a squeeze of lime juice, a drizzle of sriracha and crushed saltines. Top with shredded cheese and broil until the cheese is melted. Sriracha tomato soup - easy meals - talkinginallcaps.com

2. Pita sandwiches

Although it isn’t much to look at, I could eat this over and over again for lunch. Although you could do endless variations, my favorite is whole wheat pita with hummus, ham and feta cheese. Hummus Pita Sandwich - easy meal ideas - talkinginallcaps.com

3.  Quesadillas

Kim from Truth and Tonic recommends Quesadillas. They are great for lazy meals because you can use whatever you happen to have in the fridge. I made a pizza inspired one with salsa, pepperoni, red peppers and mozzarella cheese. You don’t need anything special to make them, you can just heat up a non-stick pan (dry is fine) and place the quesadilla on top until the cheese starts melting and the tortilla gets crispy.  Quesadillas - easy meal ideas - talkinginallcaps.com

4. Baked Sweet Potato with Salsa and Chicken

This takes a little extra time but very little effort. Make a few holes with a fork and bake a whole sweet potato in the oven at 350F for something between 30-60 minutes depending on the size of your sweet potato. You’ll really want it soft in the middle so it’s better to over cook it a bit than under cook it. You should be seeing sugar start to bubble through the fork holes. When it’s cooked, cut it in half and top with green (tomatillo) salsa followed by shredded chicken and then red salsa. You can put greek yogurt, sour cream or cheese on top of that if you want.  Chicken and Salsa Sweet Potatoes - Easy Meals - talkinginallcaps.com

5. Cheesy Baked Chicken

This works best with partially thawed chicken. Split a chicken breast open layer with cream cheese, a slice of ham and cheese. Sprinkle with seasoning – cajun or ranch are both nice. Bake at 350F for about 30 minutes. Use a meat thermometer to make sure your chicken is cooked thoroughly to 165F.  Baked Chicken - Easy Meals - talkinginallcaps.com

6. Throw Together Wraps

My friend Danielle likes making wraps. She says “ The kids love it. We buy tortillas and then use any veggies & left over meat in it with a bit of creamy dressing. I made some with leftover pulled pork, lettuce, red peppers, avocado and creamy cucumber dressing.  Wraps - easy meal ideas - talkinginallcaps.com

7. Egg Scramble

Merry from Merry About Town recommends a messy egg scramble. She has a recipe up on her blog that looks delicious, but you can also just throw together whatever you have in the fridge. I used green onions, tomatoes, red pepper and a little bit of cheese. Egg scramble - easy meals - talkinginallcaps.com

8. Omelettes

Raj from the Primal Desire and Melissa from Food Bloggers of Canada both recommend scrambled eggs or omelettes. They both like using whatever leftovers and veggies are in the fridge. Melissa likes adding some sweet thai chili or hoisin sauce. I made my omlette with red and yellow peppers, ham, cheese and shredded leafy greens.

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9. BBQ Chicken Melts

Anna from Hidden Ponies‘ favorite quick meal is BBQ Chicken Melts. I made a variation on her recipe on toasted English muffins. I just tossed the leftover chicken with barbecue sauce, topped with cheese and put it in the toaster oven to melt the cheese.

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10. Eggs in Sauce

Another great egg option is to cook eggs in tomato sauce or salsa. You can either bake them in individual ramekins or in  small casserole dish in the oven or poach them in a skillet on the stove.
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11. Huevos Rancheros

The thing I love about Huevos Rancheros is that it feels like you’ve put in a lot of effort but really you haven’t. There are a million different ways to make it so don’t be afraid to modify it for your tastes and what you have on hand. I took a toasted tortilla and topped it with a fried egg with salsa, black beans and avocado on the side. You can also add refried beans, tomatoes, cheese or whatever else you’d like.
Huevos Rancheros - easy meals - talkinginallcaps.com

12. Hot Tuna Melt

Elizabeth at Rolling Spoon made a delicious looking Hot Tuna Melt. I simplified the recipe a little, mixing the tuna with a tiny bit of mayo a squeeze of sriracha and chopped celery topped with cheddar cheese on toast.
Tuna Melts - easy meals - talkinginallcaps.com
What do you like to make when you barely feel like cooking?

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Kid Approved Enchiladas – Cooking With Kids

October 10, 2014 by danawyyc Leave a Comment

Kid Approved Enchiladas - Cooking with Kids

I think my kids are generally pretty good eaters, but they are not the most adventurous. I was going to make enchiladas for my husband and myself but knew there was no way the kids were going to eat them. Gordie doesn’t like anything spicy and the kids are both suspicious about food where the ingredients seem hidden and mysterious. 

So I decided to see if I could make enchiladas that the kids would eat and to let them help me make them so they would know exactly what was in them.

Although the pictures look fairly serene, I find cooking with two young kids to be a little chaotic and often just on the edge of disaster. This is more problematic with baking, if you end up spilling your bowl of ingredients on the floor, all your measurements are off. With cooking, aside from a mess and some lost food, the risks are low.

Enchiladas are perfect for little hands to help make because all of the cooking is done in the oven. You can prepare them where ever works best for you. In our house we do a lot of floor cooking. Our kitchen is fairly small and has very little counter space. It’s just not conducive to having extra help. The other benefit of floor cooking is that I just need to clean the floor afterwards – not the floor and the counters and maybe the cupboards too.

Kid Approved Enchiladas - Cooking with Kids

Gordie (5 years 0ld) grated the cheese and Nicky (2.5 years) and Gordie both helped fill the enchiladas and drizzle the ‘sauce’. In the end, I wasn’t totally sure it would work, but both kids happily ate an enchilada for dinner and then other for lunch the next day. I am definitely calling it a success.

Although these enchiladas are pretty different from what you would get at a mexican restaurant, it’s still a step in the right direction. Sometimes expanding the ‘acceptable’ for little kids can take a few compromises. Now that the kids have decided that this presentation of food is okay, at some point we can start experimenting with different kinds of sauce, different kinds of meat and adding some veggies they like.

Kid Approved Enchiladas - Cooking with Kids

 

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Kid Approved Enchiladas - Cooking With Kids
 
Ingredients
  • 1 package small whole wheat tortillas
  • Cheese
  • Ketchup
  • Cooked ground beef
Instructions
  1. Line a casserole dish with ketchup.
  2. Lay a tortilla on a flat surface and top with a small scoop of cooked ground beef and shredded cheese.
  3. Squeeze a little ketchup on top.
  4. Roll the tortilla keeping the ingredients inside and lay in the casserole dish seam side down.
  5. Repeat for as many tortillas as you want to make.
  6. Squeeze ketchup on top of the rolled tortillas and sprinkle with cheese.
  7. Bake at 350F until the cheese is melted and the edges of the tortillas are crispy for 20-35 minutes.
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Filed Under: connecting kids with food, Easy Meals, Food, Recipes Tagged With: cooking with kids, enchiladas, mexican, tex-mex

Salad #52 – Healthy Taco Salad

September 21, 2014 by danawyyc Leave a Comment

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I’m a big fan of taco salads. I find the ones that you can get at a restaurant tend to be really high in calories though. Taco Salads don’t have to be in order to be filling and delicious.

  • Increase the nutritional content by swapping the traditional iceberg for romaine lettuce.
  • Reduce the meat but none of the taste by making it into a dry chili with salsa, tomatoes, red kidney beans and spices.
  • Or swap the ground beef for lean ground turkey.
  • For creaminess, add avocado or just a tsp of mayo or sour cream to the chili.
  • Use a small amount of a strong cheese like old cheddar.
  • Crush just a tortilla chip or two for crunch.

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Salad #52 - Healthy Taco Salad
Recipe type: Salad
 
Ingredients
  • Romaine lettuce, ripped into bite sized pieces
  • Cooked ground beef
  • Chopped tomatoes
  • Red kidney beans
  • Salsa
  • Taco Seasoning
  • Avocado
  • Old Cheddar, shredded
  • a tsp of mayo or sour cream (optional)
  • A couple of tortilla chips (optional)
Instructions
  1. Mix up the ground beef, chopped tomatoes, red kidney beans, salsa and taco seasoning. Heat in a frying pan until cooked through or just mix cold.
  2. Layer your salad starting with the lettuce then add the dry chili and top with avocado, cheese, and optional ingredients.
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Healthy Taco Salad - talkinginallcaps.com

Did They Eat It?

Stephen: It was good.
Nicky (2 years old): Liked the meat, beans and peppers.
Gordie (5 years old): “Too spicy!”
Dana: I love this salad. I like adding just a little bit of mayo for some creaminess.

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Salad #51 – Pizza Salad

August 28, 2014 by danawyyc 4 Comments

Pizza Salad

When I told one of my friends that I wanted to make a pizza salad, she thought it sounded like the grossest thing she had ever heard. I have no idea what she had been imagining because when I told her what I was thinking she actually thought it sounded pretty good. This salad in no way will make you feel like you are eating a pizza. It’s definitely a salad. But a good salad. It’s easy to put together and you can mix it up by trying different dressings on the salad (maybe salsa or pesto?) or adding in different ingredients like mushrooms or olives. It would make a great salad for a light lunch.

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Salad #51 - Pizza Salad
Recipe type: Salad
 
Ingredients
  • Pizza Salad Ingredients
  • Leafy Greens, ripped into bite sized pieces
  • Tomatoes, diced
  • Pepperoni slices
  • Shredded Cheese
  • Green Pepper, diced
  • Croutons (optional)
  • Catalina Dressing
  • 2 TBSP ketchup
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 TBSP red wine vinegar
  • 4 TBSP canola oil
  • a few drops of worchestershire sauce
  • sprinkle of paprika
  • sprinkle of onion power or a tbsp of minced onion
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Mix dressing ingredients in a small bowl.
  2. Toss the salad ingredients with the dressing.
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Pizza Salad

Did They Eat it?

Dana: I didn’t actually share this salad either. But I liked it. The catalina was my favorite, but I also tried it with thousand island and zesty Italian.


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Salad #47 – Buffalo Shrimp Salad

May 22, 2014 by danawyyc 1 Comment

Buffalo Shrimp Salad

This salad is filling, spicy and delicious. You can put it together in just a few minutes and you will be glad you did. Feel free to play around with it. Mix up the veggies, try different greens or a different kind of hot sauce.

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Buffalo Shrimp Salad
Author: Dana
Recipe type: Salad
 
Ingredients
  • shrimp devained - take off the tails (fresh or defrosted)
  • greens - I used baby kale
  • yellow pepper, diced
  • baby cucumber, sliced
  • Frank's Red Hot Buffalo sauce
  • feta or blue cheese
  • Oil
  • Garlic (optional)
Instructions
  1. Heat some olive oil in a large pan.
  2. If you are using garlic, add it and saute until fragrant. Otherwise just add the shrimp. Saute until pink, it should only take a few minutes.
  3. Add Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Sauce to coat and cook for another couple minutes until heated through.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. Put the greens, cucumber and bell pepper in a bowl. Add the shrimp and top with the cheese.
Notes
http://addapinch.com/cooking/2014/01/13/buffalo-shrimp-salad-recipe/
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Buffalo Shrimp Salad

Did They Eat It?

Dana: I actually didn’t share this salad. Only I ate it. Ask my husband he will tell you all about it. It is totally delicious.

Buffalo Shrimp Salad

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Salad #44 – Chicken Caesar Salad with Easy Homemade Dressing

May 1, 2014 by danawyyc 2 Comments

Chicken Caesar Salad with Easy Homemade Caesar Dressing

Even though I write about food a fair bit, I still find myself stuck with the “What should I make for dinner?” question a lot. The other day, I had a roasted chicken from the grocery store and so inspiration so I asked my friends for suggestions for what to do with it. I ended up making – wait for it – roasted chicken, with rice and steamed broccoli. And it was delicious. One of the other things my friends suggested was a Chicken Caesar Salad.

Chicken Caesar Salad

I’ve always been a little intimidated by Caesar dressing – raw eggs and anchovies? My friend Merry was raving about her Nana’s recipe for Caesar Dressing so I checked it out – no anchovies or raw eggs to be found. Instead, it uses mayo and worchestershire sauce. The deliciousness of the eggs is found in the mayo and did you know that worchestershire sauce is made with anchovies? I am not sure what I thought it was made of, but until recently I had no idea. With those two easy ingredients, you get the same flavors, but without the hassle. This recipe could not be easier. I toned the garlic down a little for my garlic sensitive family and added some red wine vinegar so it wouldn’t be missing any zip.

Chicken Caesar Salad

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Chicken Caesar Salad
Author: Dana
 
Ingredients
  • 1 or up to 3 garlic cloves minced
  • ¾ cup mayo
  • 2 Tbsp Grated Parmesan
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 TBSP red wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp lemon (about ½ a lemon squeezed)
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Salad:
  • Leftover rotisserie chicken (or any kind of chicken breast pieces).
  • a couple slices of cooked bacon crumbled
  • a bowl full of romaine lettuce
  • a lemon
  • grated parmesan
  • croutons
Instructions
  1. Mix dressing ingredients well.
  2. Put the lettuce in a large bowl and add a tablespoon or so of the dressing. Toss the lettuce with the dressing with your fingers making sure you get it all over the leaves. Add more if necessary.
  3. On top of the lettuce layer the chicken, croutons, bacon, parmesan and serve with a slice of lemon.
Notes
Adapted from http://merryabouttown.com/garlicky-caesar-salad-dressing/
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 Did They Eat It?

Anne: Really good. Really really good.

Stephen: It was good.

Dana: Everything you want in a caesar dressing.

Chicken Caesar Salad

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Thai Fried Rice- Khao Phat – Around the World in 30 Dishes – Thailand

April 24, 2014 by danawyyc 7 Comments

Come along with me as I explore the world through my kitchen. For each region, I’ll be trying about 5 dishes, drawing inspiration from authentic dishes, ingredients or techniques from that region but adapting them for a North American home cook. All the ingredients in this series will be ones I can find in my local (Calgary, Alberta) grocery store and use cooking tools I already have at home. 

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I’ve always quite liked fried rice, but I’d never heard of Thai fried rice before. It’s not too different from the fried rice that you might get at a chinese food restaurant in many ways. The There are many variations on the dish and it is a perfect dish for using up whatever you have on hand – don’t be afraid to improvise. I really love this dish. I’ve is now my go-to recipe if I have leftover rice. If you would like to try out some Thai flavors but are a little nervous, this dish would be a perfect recipe to start with.

Thai Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients and Substitutions:

    • Fish Sauce – is a condiment made from anchovies. That may not sound awesome, but it actually is. You can usually substitute soy sauce with good results. You will probably lose a little of the uniqueness in this particular dish. If you are hesitant because it says ‘fish sauce’, give it a try anyway. It doesn’t seem fishy at all. Worchestershire sauce is also made from anchovies.

Thai Chicken Fried Rice

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Thai Fried Rice
Author: Dana
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Thailand
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups cooked rice (I used brown basmati, jasmine would be traditional) - using cold rice from the day before is best
  • 2 cups cooked rice (I used brown basmati, jasmine would be traditional) - using cold rice from the day before is best
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 cloves minced garlic
  • 2 green onions
  • 2 green onions
  • pinch ground pepper
  • pinch ground pepper
  • 1 lime
  • 1 lime
  • 1 chicken breast chopped
  • 1 chicken breast chopped
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1 thinly sliced tomato
  • 1 thinly sliced tomato
  • 3 tablespoon cooking oil
Instructions
  1. Prep all your ingredients before you start.
  2. Heat oil in a large pan or wok on high heat.
  3. Add garlic and stir then add meat if uncooked and continue to stir.
  4. When the meat is cooked, add the rice. Break up any clumps and coat with the oil. If you are using cooked meat, add it now.
  5. Stir in the fish sauce and soy sauce.
  6. Add the white parts of the green onion and the tomato slices.
  7. Push the rice mixture to the side of the pan and turn down the heat.
  8. Cook the scrambled eggs on the open side of the pan.
  9. Once the eggs are dry, break them up and mix them in with the rice.
  10. Remove the pan from heat. Top the rice or individual bowls of rice with fresh lime juice, pepper and green onions.
  11. It is often served with cucumber slices, tomato slices, lime, chili fish sauce, and cilantro.
Notes
Adapted from Thai Table's Thai Fried Rice - http://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/fried-rice
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Thai Chicken Fried Rice

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Salad #41 – Thai Chicken Salad with a Spicy Peanut Dressing

March 15, 2014 by danawyyc 7 Comments

thai chicken salad

One of my favorite things in the world are those bags of pre-shredded cabbage. They keep well so you don’t have to use them right away, save time and effort and are really versatile. They are great in soups, stir frys, make an easy vegetable side dish or a perfect salad base. I had picked up a bag of cabbage (or coleslaw mix) and  a rotisserie chicken while we were at the grocery store and decided to make a meal salad with them. This salad keeps well in the fridge for a couple days too so you don’t have it eat it all at once – the cashews will get a bit mushy though so you may want to put them on at the last minute.

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Thai Chicken Salad
Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: Thai
 
Ingredients
  • Salad:

  • chicken - I used 2 breasts from a rotisserie chicken
  • ½ bag coleslaw cabbage mix
  • 1 mango sliced
  • fresh cilantro (optional)
  • 2 green onions
  • ½ cup chopped peanuts or cashews

  • Dressing:

  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 squirt hot sauce (sriracha is nice)
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar (I used rice wine)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 tablespoon oil (I used canola oil)
  • ½ teaspoon fish sauce
  • ¼ cup peanut butter (if you are using natural peanut butter you may want to add some sugar)
  • approx. ¼ cup water
Instructions
  1. Shred the chicken into long strips.
  2. Add the chicken, coleslaw, mango slices and most of the green onions together in a large bowl.
  3. Whisk the dressing ingredients together.
  4. Toss the salad ingredients with the dressing.
  5. Serve topped with peanuts or cashews and a little green onion.
Notes
Adapted from http://pinchofyum.com/chopped-thai-chicken-salad
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thai chicken salad

Did They Eat It?

Gordie: refused to try. no no no.

Nicky: liked the chicken

Stephen: It’s good.

Anne: Really good.

Dana: This is a kind of salad that makes me go back for seconds.

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