Friday, July 15, 2016

Chicken Salad with Couscous ....... minus oranges

Everyone is tired of hearing about the heat of summer. So I am not going to mention it, other than to say I have sought out cooler meals to put on the table in effort to keep the kitchen from heating up. Nigel Slater has a good recipe for using up leftover chicken, making a healthy salad type meal that's easy on the prep. That's a winner in my book.

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Looking over this recipe earlier in the week I decided to make it, knowing there is always leftover chicken in our home. Pity I didn't write down the ingredients in my ever present pink notebook. Thinking I could remember it, I neglected to buy pea shoots and small oranges. That's fine as I usually take a recipe more like a guideline and omit or add as I think fit for our personal tastes.

couscoue

Substituting skinny asparagus spears (roasted in the oven) gave this the green veg needed. Almost like the photo on BBC Recipes page. Almost.

I was able to make a dressing of orange and lemon as we had orange juice in the fridge. Served with a yellow squash casserole, the two lone leftover wings and Sugar Kiss Melon rounded out the meal. This was satisfying and after a lunch of salad, I was fairly ravenous.

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The recipe may be found at BBC under the Food and Recipes link. HERE is the direct link for this meal. Since Nigel calls this a salad I will link up to Deb's Kahakai Kitchen for her Souper Sunday event. {It seems cheating in a way as this is chopped chicken over couscous, but salad it is named so there it is!}

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If anyone else made soup, sandwiches or salads don't forget Deb in Hawaii has a linkup for her Souper Sunday. HERE is this week's link, you don't have to post on Sunday.

Also linking up to I ♥ Cooking Club.

12 comments:

  1. Works for me! With the couscous, it's like a pasta salad! ;-) Although I can't claim the heat you guys have there, it has certainly been muggy here and quick and easy meals are most welcome.

    Thanks for sharing with Souper Sundays this week!

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  2. Thanks Deb! When I saw the title in the BBC recipes I thought , perfect, I wanted to make salad as a main course. I love love love your Souoer Sunday and Nigel Slater too 😘

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  3. Recipes are more like guidelines around here too. Lovely salad.

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  4. Jtnanks, Debra. I think you have to tweak a recipe for personal taste.

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  5. Can't agree more with the notion that recipe is only the guideline. I do that more and more the longer I've cooking. Sage advice.

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  6. Way to substitute on the fly! Sounds like it tasted great, too :)

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  7. Chicken in a salad, with couscous too! It sounds and looks delicious!

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  12. Oh, the heat and humidity is just plain stifiling! Makes a person not want to eat at all!

    This is a great recipe to have on hand for using up the leftover chicken. I love the way the asparagus really fancies it up!

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