7.23.2009

A Friendly Lunch

My friend, Jill, lives right near by and happens to be a wonderful cook. I stopped over to visit with her for a while the other day and we collaborated to make quite a fun lunch.

I brought along my homemade peach jam and suggested we eat it with a French baguette and some nice sharp cheddar cheese. I also brought the rest of my apricot pie for us to indulge in after lunch.

Jill made a curry chicken salad that we ate over lettuce. I was delighted with this recipe and amazed at how simple and delicious it was. She said that her mom made up the recipe and taught her how to make it. I told her I would need to post it on my blog ASAP. She graciously gave me permission:

Curry Chicken Salad
~This is great on a sandwich or on its own over lettuce~
  • The white meat of 1 rotisserie chicken, shredded
  • 1 carrot, sliced into thin ribbons (I used a vegetable peeler)
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • approx. 1/2 cup of light mayonnaise (it was about two good scoops out of the jar)
  • the juice from 1/2 of a lemon
  • 1/2 cup golden raisins (I love these, so I put a lot in)
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds (I actually didn't have these on hand when I made it today, so I left them out...but they taste great in it, if you have some)
  1. Combine the shredded chicken, carrot, honey, mayonnaise, lemon juice, golden raisins, curry powder, and almonds in a medium sized bowl. Stir until well combined. Serve over lettuce or on a sandwich. Store in the refrigerator.
It comes together so easily and tastes so great...I'm sure that I am going to be making this recipe quite a bit for my packed lunches when school starts up. Thank you, Jill!

4 comments:

  1. I'm not a mayo fan, what would you think of using yogurt instead of mayo? Would it work?

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  2. That's an interesting idea...I think the best thing to do would be to try it. It seems to me that plain yogurt would work as it has a similar texture and very little flavor. If you try it, please let me know how it turns out!

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  3. I think I remember that in Indian cooking (curry) there is frequent use of yogurt-plain yogurt- for the creamy-base-hold it all together goo. :) I'll let you know how it turns out!
    (By the way, I only posted anonymous becuase I have no clue what all those other options are... I couldn't find one that would let me just put my email address of name-I'm so behind in the tech/blogosphere)

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  4. Anonymous,
    I believe all you do is pick the option "Name/URL" and you can put in your name and email address. If you'd like, you can email me at cookingwithaplan@gmail.com

    Thanks for stopping by!

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