Reminder: If you want to participate in the side challenge going on right now, see last Friday's post & create your own little message to yourself that you read each morning. Call it a manifesto, a vision, a mantra, whatever you want. It's for your eyes, to uplift you, to remind you of how incredible you are, to change your mood, to invoke a spirit of love, gratitude, confidence, and peace. Do it soon so that you can have a day or two to read through it and share with us all on Friday the effect that this writing you did had on you. Email me or comment on this Friday's post with your experience, share a line or two with us if you feel like it (you don't have to), etc. At the end of the day Friday I'll do the drawing to see which of the participants won the prize of the dishwasher-safe, re-usable snack baggies!
For today's foodie post, share with us what yummies you've been enjoying. Any good & healthy grill recipes now that the weather is gorgeous? Any good cold salads now that it's warming up outside? Even if it's the same ol' same ol' go ahead and share with us!
On Saturday I enjoyed this Strawberry Chicken Salad recipe that is a modification of a less-healthy version from a dear friend of mine about 10 years ago. I had literally been craving it for weeks. Totally hit the spot :) Super simple, too.
Strawberry Chicken Salad:
- Bed of lettuce, baby spinach, spring mix, green leaf, romaine, whatever you want (I prefer spinach)
- Strawberries, washed, de-stemmed, & sliced (I used frozen ones thawed out b/c it's just what I had on hand)
- Chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into bite-size cubes
Dressing (makes TONS- I quartered it for just the 2 of us):
- 1 cup olive oil
- 3/4 cup truvia (original recipe calls for sugar, so let conscience be your guide :) )
- 1 small minced onion
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon dry mustard
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
Directions:
- Cook the chicken thoroughly in a skillet
- Mix all the dressing ingredients together
- Put lettuce on plates, put chicken on top of lettuce, put strawberries on top, drizzle on dressing (a little goes a long way)
Just have to tell you what WE ate last night: Sarah's yummy stuffed baked potato soup. OH. MY. GOODNESS! Yum! Sarah was kind enough to bring us dinner AND hang out at our house until MIDNIGHT while the kids slept and we painted at the new house. Sarah really does it ALL - a healthy and fit HOTTIE, a great new job, and a GREAT friend!
ReplyDeleteAnd what's MORE, another Ten-in-Sixer, Carla, helped me paint all morning. We were burning some FANTASTIC CALORIES! Ask her about my nudie wallpaper in the master bath... fun times! THANKS Carla.
Several others of you are helping us this week as well and I am so so grateful! 10-in-6 women ROCK! What an amazing collection of powerful, giving, generous, wonderful women!
I have been MIA for a few days, but I'm still here! I really don't have any new recipe ideas... cooking is hard for me, so I rely on everyone else's ideas.... although, I get a good one every once in a while! ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's 74 degrees today and I'm loving it! Makes me feel so good when that warm sun hits my skin! Probably going to go for a walk with my boys when they all get home from school.