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Chicken and Wild Rice Salad with Almonds

Chicken and rice in any combination is usually a standard meal in my house. This recipe for Chicken and Wild Rice Salad with Almonds will be a new favorite that I will make again. I couldn’t find wild rice in my grocery store so I bought packaged long grain and wild rice and prepared it according to the box directions (substituting chicken broth for water). The preparation of the rice takes the longest but substituting pre-cooked rice (the kind that cooks for 90 seconds in the microwave) for the long-cooking wild rice will make this recipe a quick and easy dinner after a long work day. The light dressing adds a tangy accent and the celery and toasted almonds provide a welcome crunch. What I love about this salad is that you could easily use other ingredients like apples, pears, walnuts, brown rice, or dried cherries (which I used) and that it can be eaten warm or cold.

Additions: None

Omissions:

Red onion

Substitutions:

Dried cherries for dried cranberries (because I already had them)

Overall Rating: Love It

Source: Cooking Light Magazine

Buffalo Chicken Eggrolls

For some people, Labor Day is depressing because it marks the end of summer. But not for me. Labor Day means the beginning of football season! Since college football started last weekend (Go Illini!) and the NFL starts tonight (Go Eagles! Go Bears!), I figured what a perfect opportunity to make these Buffalo Chicken Eggrolls. These could easily be an appetizer, a snack, a lunch or a dinner – perfect for whatever time your game starts. These cute little spicy eggrolls contain shreaded chicken (I used thin chicken breasts which cook faster than regular chicken breasts), buffalo sauce, light cream cheese and ranch seasoning. I prefer my buffalo chicken with ranch instead of blue cheese so the cream cheese/ranch combination was right up my alley. And they are baked, not fried so there is no reason to feel too guilty. There isn’t a set recipe for these so you can add as little or as much buffalo sauce as you want (just make sure to roll them up tightly so the sauce doesn’t ooze out as they bake). They pack up easily too which will make you the hit of the tailgate! Try them. Like now.

Additions: None

Omissions: None

Substitutions: None

Overall Rating: Love It

Source: Iowa Girl Eats Blog – Thanks, Kristin! 🙂

Chicken and Cherry Sandwich

I have my own recipe for chicken salad that I love so much, I don’t usually stray from it (I’ll share it one of these days!). But this Chicken and Cherry Sandwich recipe was in my recipe collection and is similar to my recipe so I had to try it. This sauce includes fresh taragon which, if you’ve never tried it (like I hadn’t), tastes slightly black licorice-y like anise or fennel. The dried cherries add a chewiness and slight tartness while the celery and walnuts provide crunch. To save time, I used precooked grilled chicken strips (like this) which makes this sandwich a quick and easy lunchtime bite.