Showing posts with label Walnuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walnuts. Show all posts

May 8, 2020

Strawberry Chicken Salad

Bob's Strawberry Chicken Salad

1 marinated cooked chicken breast (or salmon or steak)
1/2 cup fresh strawberries
1/3 cup Gorgonzola or Blue Cheese
1 cup of toasted walnuts
2 or 3 cups of spring mix or your favorite greens
1 cup diced cucumber
5 Cherry tomatoes halved or a similar type
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon seedless preserves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Place the salad greens, chicken,berries in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, preserves, salt, onion powder and pepper. Drizzle over salad; toss gently to coat. Top with toasted walnuts.

March 15, 2013

Chicken Gone Nuts

To make 4 servings of Chicken Gone Nuts:

3 and 1/2 tablespoons shelled pecans or walnuts
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (or 1 and 1/4 pound boneless thighs)
2 tablespoons oil
nonfat cooking spray
milk

Preheat broiler or grill. combine nuts and breadcrumbs and grind in blender or food processor until fine. put nuts/breading mix in plastic baggie.

Separately, dip each piece of chicken into milk, then place into plastic bag and shake until well covered with mixture.

Heat oil in skillet, brown chicken over medium heat a few minutes on each side. Transfer chcken to spray coated broiler pan, or grill. cook another 4 minutes or so on each side, until chicken is done all the way through.






May 3, 2012

Whiskey Cake

Ingredients for Whiskey Cake

Cake:
1 package of yellow cake mix (not the pudding kind)
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup  oil
1 cup milk
1 and 1/2 ounce whiskey
1 cup walnuts

Topping:
4 ounces of butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup whiskey

Mix all cake ingredients together.  Bake  in a greased and floured bundt cake pan for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees. Then start the topping by melting the butter  over low heat and adding sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add whiskey to the topping mix and take off heat. poke holes in warm cake in pan and pour 1/2 toppinginto holes. remove cake from pan in 10-15 minutes. Add remaining topping over cake.