Curried Chicken Salad

This recipe comes from Carrie- the newest neighbor on our street. This was fresh and delightful!

Curried Chicken Salad:
3 chicken breasts
1 cup Mayo
1½ - 2 tablespoons curry powder
1 celery stalk finely chopped
4 green onions thinly sliced
¼ cup slivered almonds (can omit if nut allergy)
¾ cup seedless red grapes or cherries when available
Lettuce and pita pockets for serving

Parboil chicken. Let cool and chop or shred. In large bowl, combine the Mayo and curry powder. Add chicken, celery, green onions, and almonds. Stir until well combined. Just before serving add grapes or cherries. Serve over a bed of lettuce or in pita pockets. (I do both:)

Cooking Clubs

With the desire to get to know our neighbors better, Our Neighborhood started a cooking club. Although I was unable to attend the first 2 get togethers (first due to a prior engagement and 2nd due to being sick) I am a charter member. I can't begin to tell you all how much fun having something like this going on in your neighborhood. Pick a theme, I chose "salads" for mine and go from there. Sure it can be challenging for people to think outside of the box when it comes to salads but I think that we had a terrific show of "different" dishes. Salads are not just limited to "lettuce", there is so much more out there. That's what the cooking club is all about, trying new to you dishes without the expense of buying all of the ingredients. I dare say that all of the salads were delicious! From appetizers, to sides and main courses to desserts! As the recipes trickle in from the cooking club members I am compiling them. I will post them here look under "recipes" when you are looking for something "different" to try.

I'm getting a blog makeover!

My dear friend Terri is giving me a blog makeover. I hope that it will inspire me (and you) to get creative and get to writing up those recipes!