Strawberry Chicken Salad

First of all, HAPPY EASTER! Here's a little recipe that's perfect for today. Strawberry Chicken Salad...it's our go-to spring/summer salad and is seriously so yummy!

Start by making the dressing. Homemade dressings are the best!

This dressing is really easy because you just throw everything in a blender :) Add 2 cups of oil, 1 cup of sugar, 2/3 cup white vinegar, 1 1/4 cup chopped red onion, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 2 tsp. dijon to your blender and mix. It makes a pretty pink dressing that you'll set aside for later. This makes enough dressing for a very large salad. 

Next you'll want to make your candied pecans. Some people buy the pecans already candied, but they're so easy to make yourself!

Just put the nuts in a pan, add some sugar (no measurements needed) and stir over medium heat until the sugar is melted and the pecans are coated. Be sure to keep a close eye on them because they will burn fast! Once they're done lay them out on a pan or plate to cool before breaking them apart.

Now it's time to put together your salad! Add your lettuce, sliced strawberries, feta cheese, pecans, and chicken (our Perfect Chicken goes great in this salad, but this time we just shredded a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken to save time). 

Pour your dressing over the salad and serve!

We promise you'll get lots of compliments on this delicious summer salad :)

Strawberry Chicken Salad Printable Recipe

Salad Bowl found HERE.

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The PERFECT Chicken

This is a recipe we've been planning on sharing with you for a while now. We first came across this chicken recipe on Pinterest, and it was literally called "The Perfect Chicken". We can no longer find it ANYWHERE online, and our pin won't take us to it anymore, but luckily it's so simple and we make it so often that we have the recipe memorized :)...and we wanted to #sharethegoodness and get it back out there in the Pinterest world!

This chicken tastes so good just by itself, served with our famous salad, or with corn on the cob and watermelon in the summer (mouth.watering). But we also love making this whenever a recipe calls for chicken - in pastas, soups, enchiladas - you name it! The flavoring from the spices is just perfect, and this chicken, when cooked correctly, is so juicy and yummy, and can pretty much go in/with anything. This is also a super low calorie way of cooking chicken...win-win!

Ingredients:

1 tsp. of each spice below (if you like spicy things, you can add in 1/4 tsp. of cayenne too!)

Mix spices together in a small bowl

Coat chicken evenly

Cook chicken in a pan or dutch oven on the stove in a couple tablespoons of olive oil. Cook about two minutes on each side.

Next, put all the chicken back in an oven safe pan (this is where our Le Creuset dutch ovens come in handy), and cook in the oven at 350 for twenty minutes. 

Perfect Chicken Printable Recipe

If you try this recipe, we'd love to hear how you liked it/any changes you made! Your comments make our day :)

Enjoy!

Most DELICIOUS and HEALTHY Salad Dressing…Ever :)

Our mom and grandma have been famous for their salads for as long as we can remember.

 It's all about the dressing...and today, we're sharing the recipe! It's SO simple and easy, not to mention completely healthy! Every time we serve this salad we get tons of compliments.

All you need is olive oil, seasoned rice vinegar, Mrs. Dash seasoning (you can either use original or table blend), and half of a lemon, or a whole lemon if you're making a larger salad.

Really, the options are endless for what you're putting in the salad. This dressing tastes great with any combination of vegetables or fruit. For this one we used tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, and feta cheese. It's also great with cucumbers, green onions, or really anything! One of our favorite ways to use this dressing is to make the salad with apples, feta cheese, and candied pecans! When making the salad with fruit, we like to use the table blend Mrs. Dash, but the original works great too!

And here's a little video tutorial of how to do the dressing. There are no measurements, just drizzle and sprinkle everything on. Don't forget to squeeze in your lemon juice! So delish :)

Enjoy :)