Feed Your Tummy

This week recipe comes from the Food Newtwork. It A nice spring salad with my favorite thing Chicken

Fried Chicken Salad
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee, 2007

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Picnic Time


Ingredients
1 (12-ounce) box popcorn chicken (recommended: Tyson)

Directions
For dressing:

1/2 cup ranch dressing (recommended: Hidden Valley)
2 teaspoons BBQ seasoning (recommended: McCormick Grillmates)
For Salad:

8 cups romaine or iceberg lettuce, chopped
2 tomatoes
1 cucumber
16 baby carrots
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Line baking sheet with aluminum foil and place popcorn chicken on baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

For dressing:

Mix together ranch dressing and BBQ seasoning in small bowl and set aside.

For salad:

Place lettuce in large bowl. Add dressing and toss with tongs until lettuce is coated. Set aside. Cut each tomato into 8 wedges and the cucumber into 16 slices. Divide lettuce onto 4 cold plates. Arrange each salad with 4 tomato wedges, 4 cucumbers, and 4 baby carrots. Top each salad with 1/4 of the chicken pieces.

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Romans 15:4 (NIV Bible)
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Feed Your Tummy

Picnic Potato and Chicken SaladRecipe courtesy Sunny Anderson, 2008

Show: Cooking for RealEpisode: Sunday in the Park With Sunny
Cook Time30 min
Level
Easy
6 to 8 servings


Ingredients
4 Idaho potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 (6-ounce) skinless chicken breast
3 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
1/4 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons mustard
1 tablespoon paprika
2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
2 sage leaves, chopped
2 heads Bibb lettuce

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Place potatoes on a sheet tray, toss with oil, season with salt and pepper, and roast until golden and tender, about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan cover chicken with water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Poach until cooked through, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from poaching liquid, let cool for a bit, and cut chicken into cubes.

In a large bowl, toss together potatoes, chicken and bacon with the celery, onions, and garlic. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, paprika, herbs, salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Mix until well combined.

Serve salad in Bibb lettuce cups. Roll up and eat.

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Feed Your Tummy

This week recipe comes from the website Cook.com

MICHIGAN SECRET POT ROAST

1 large pot roast (approx 4-5 lbs)
1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup
Mix salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder to taste beef bouillon powder (optional)

Sprinkle pot roast with seasonings and beef boullion if you have some available.
Open envelope and pour entire onion soup mix into the center of two long sheets (double thickness) of aluminum foil wrap. Roll the beef in the soup mix to coat. Wrap tightly with the foil, sealing well. Place package in a large open roaster in oven and set on low heat (275-300 degrees F) for 4-5 hours. If meat is frozen when you start, set oven to 225-250 degrees F for 8-10 hours instead.
During the last hour or so of cooking, add foil-wrapped potatoes to the pan for a side dish. Scrub potatoes well, rub with olive oil and wrap in foil. During last 10 minutes of cooking, unwrap top of potato, make a large X with knife, squeeze potato to soften and drop in butter or cheese to melt. Cook 10 more minutes under broiler. Season with salt and pepper and top with gravy from roast.
Serve.
This is an easy to prepare meal for those days when you're busy elsewhere than the kitchen as it takes very little preparation and basically cooks itself. An added bonus is that the cleanup is easy - everything is cooked in foil!
You can also make this in a Slow cooker (or even in your barbecue or smoker if you plan to have it going most of the day.)
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