Chicken
salad sandwiches seem boring after awhile.
For
your next luncheon or anytime you want a light meal that stands out
from the rest. Try one of these fun ideas. They are just made for
relaxing in the shade when you escape from the daytime heat. Have
some summer time salad wraps & finger food. Forget the same old
soup & sandwiches. Surprise your special someone with an Avocado
Chicken salad wrap, or perhaps a Pina Colada Chicken salad, or a
Mustard-Lemon whip egg salad. The secret is to use non-fat Greek
style yogurt instead of mayonnaise. Try that and the possibilities
are nearly as endless as the different flavors of yogurt.
Shake
things up once in awhile. Serve them wraps or tiny open faced finger
food. Best of all Don't forget to freeze the grapes! These make a
fantastic, low-cal side. They are also a great late night TV snack.
Ingredients
are varied so gather the basics:
For
wraps: a package of flour tortillas warmed
Lemon Avocado Salad
2
cups chopped deli-roasted chicken
1
5oz. container of lemon flavored Greek Style Yogurt
¼
cup thinly sliced green onion tops
¼
cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
¼
teaspoon ground black pepper
chopped
small avocado
Directions:
Do
your cutting. The chicken, onions, any garlic, celery, even the
avocado.
(Cut
them lengthwise down to the seed. Pull apart and scoop the seed out.
With a table knife draw down lines to but not through the skins then
peal the skin backwards. The little squares of avocado will pop up.)
In
a large bowl: mix together the cut up chicken, celery, onion, and
avocado.
Spoon
in the yogurt, Parmesan cheese, and garlic. Toss gently to combine
and cover. Set in the refrigerator for a couple of hours for flavors
to blend. Then make your wraps.
NOTE:
there are several videos on Youtube that show you how to “wrap a
burrito”. Most of them show the very same thing. Let slave only
add that you should keep a small bowl of water with 1 teaspoon of
cornstarch mixed in. As you finish rolling, take a pastry brush and
brush that mixture. It will act like a glue to keep it rolled. When
ready to serve: make a diagonal cut in the center, giving two half's
that are easy to hold.
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Pina
Colada Chicken salad
Ingredients:
2
cups shredded cooked chicken (about 1 pound)
½
cup finely chopped red onion (1 medium)
¼
cup shredded coconut
1
5 ounce carton “pina colada” or “pineapple flavored Greek
style yogurt
½
cup pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped
Directions:
In
a large bowl combine chicken, cranberries, red onion, and coconut;
set aside.
Stir
yogurt and remaining ingredients into chicken mixture. If desired,
cover and chill for up to 24 hours.
Roll
up your wraps and cover in refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Mustard-Lemon
whip egg salad
Ingredients:
4
hard cooked eggs
1
Tbs mustard
1
Tbs sweet pickle relish
1
5 oz. Carton of “Lemon Meringue” flavored Greek style yogurt.
Party
rye bread (these are the 2 inch square stacks of rye or whole wheat
bread)
Directions:
Use
your favored method of hard boiling the eggs and shell. Allow to
completely cool, it helps to cut them open and even go head and chop
them up into small (¼ inch) dices.
When
cool, mix in the mustard, pickle relish and fold in the yogurt.
Spoon on the rye squares. Cover the platter and keep cold until
serving.
As
a side:
Wash
a bunch of seedless grapes (chose your favorite: red or green or even
both.) Dry them while still on their tiny branch and put in the
freezer.
Serve
these as a side in place of greasy chips. OK, serve chips too if you
like. But they will LOVE the grapes!
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For
this particular get together, slave had some left over browned ground
beef. So that was mixed with BBQ sauce, spooned on the squares and
slipped under the broiler for a minute or two. This was the one HOT
food served to make a compliment of tastes, textures and
temperatures!
Feeling
so lucky that I am allowed to serve my Master Indy!
socialslave
To
satisfy and restore.
To
nourish, support and maintain.
To
gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to
nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I
cook!
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