The Menu for tonight:
- Orange Marmalade Chicken Fruit Salad
- Blueberry Crescent Rolls
- Olive Oil & Sea Salted Asparagus
I am a really good cook, but I don’t like to cook. I really don’t. I wish I did, but I just don’t. Sigh. I’m lazy. However, I do love to eat, and therefore I am all about easy tasty recipes! This is one of my all-time favorite warm weather meals. Yeah. Today it was 50 degrees here and rainy and so not warm, but good grief it should be warm by now… So I decided to pretend it was Springy and cheer myself up with my favorite meal! It worked :). In case you like tasty, super easy food too, I’ll share my meal with you!
Orange Marmalade Chicken Fruit Salad
This is a variation of my mom’s recipe and doesn’t have any official measurements so feel free to add or subtract as you see fit.
Marmalade Sauce (mix together in separate bowl)
- 1/4 C mayo
- 2 T orange marmalade
- 1/4 t ground mustard
Chicken Salad
- Cubed cooked chicken (left over rotisserie chicken, or grill up a few boneless chicken breasts)
- Cut up grapes
- Small can of drained mandarin orange slices
- Diced celery stalk (oops, I forgot this.)
- Toasted almonds (put butter in a frying pan, add almost slices, and stir constantly over medium heat until they are golden.)
Mix together your salad and then pour over your dressing and mix until just coated. (Don’t pour in all of your dressing until you are sure you want that much dressing.) Top with toasted almonds and enjoy! This is also fantastic over greens or in the middle of a croissant.
Blueberry Crescent Rolls
My fail safe food “accessory” hands down has to be crescent rolls. You can stick almost anything inside a crescent roll and make it fantastic! Put chocolate chips inside to make mini chocolate croissants. Put brie and craisins inside for a gourmet hors d’oeuvre. For these rolls, I stuck 4 fresh blueberries in each, rolled them up, baked them according to the directions, and then topped with some powdered sugar. Bliss!
Olive Oil & Sea Salted Asparagus
Place about a tablespoon of olive oil in your pan and toss in your asparagus. Coat with coarse sea salt, some fresh garlic or garlic powder and a dash of pepper. Cook for 3 minutes over medium heat. They will come out crisp but not overly crisp and incredibly tasty.
Tip: When you bring asparagus home from the market or store, cut the ends off your asparagus and place in a vase or cup of water in fridge to have them remain fresher longer.
Yum! I love this meal and you might too. Let me know if you try it!
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Reading you most recent post, I had the impression you were so, so busy in all you acheieve and were worried meals werent as good as they should be…….then BAM next post down amazing food!! If that is you avoiding 'proper' meals then you put me to shame, I was thinking you were feeding hubby beans on toast !! lol ! what a superstar you are xx
We have a restaurant here that serves a chicken salad very similar. They serve it with chunked melons and strawberries on the side. They croissant had a light orange glaze on it. It's delicious!
Mmm, looks absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Blessings, Grace
I DO love to cook but nobody says you have to slave over it. This looks like a good fast dinner. It's beautiful on the plate.
This looks and sounds really really good. I love to cook and am always looking for new ideas..this one I am going to try..thanks!
substituting non-fat greek yogurt is also a great way to make recipes like this. It's waaaay better for you than mayo (not just lower fat, but high protein and other good things).
YUM YUM YUMMERS! Thank you for sharing! Your blog is a favorite of mine and the inspiration you give is awesome. Happy Wednesday! http://vandoss.blogspot.com
That sounds delicious and so refreshing for a spring or summer meal. I'm definitely going to try it!
Hi Beth,
YES it should be warm here in dreary PA! I'm so sick of this freaky weather…..hot one day and cold the next!
I love anything with mandarin oranges and your salad looks delish. It would be a great summer meal and I'll be trying it soon! 🙂