Recipes for Ya'll

Creamy Orange Citrus Breeze

Ingredients:

1.5 quart (6 cups) of cold orange juice, divided
1 package (4 serving size) Jell-o Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding
1.5 cups thawed Cool Whip Lite Whipped Topping

Pour 3 cups of orange juice into a large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk for 2 minutes. Gently stir in whipped topping.

Add remaining 3 cups orange juice; mix until well blended

Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish with orange slices if desired

I haven't tried this yet but it sounded decent since it seems frothy.


Chicken Almond Salad Sandwich

Ingredients:

2 lb rotisserie chicken
0.5 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
0.5 cup light mayonnaise
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp celery salt
salt and pepper to taste
0.5 cup sliced almonds, toasted**
1/4 cup of golden raisins (optional)
16 slices of pumpernickel or whole wheat bread
8 lettuce leaves

Remove skin and bones from chicken. shred meat into large mixing bowl.

Add celery and red onion; mix to combine. Stir in mayonnaise, lemon juice, celery salt, salt, and pepper.

Add almonds and if desired, golden raisins. Mix to combine.

Spoon chicken salad onto 8 of the bread slices. top with the lettuce leaves and the remaining bread slices.

**To toast almonds, heat dry skillet over medium heat, add almonds to the pan and toss until golden brown.

I actually tried this at Hy-Vee as it was one of the samples. The actually used little french bread type slices that were toasted. It was a small portion but very filling since the bread was whole wheat. I'm usually turned off by chicken salad but the celery, red onion, and the almonds added great texture to the meat. The amount of mayo was appropriate too and wasn't overwhelming.