BBQ Chicken Salad

After buying Longhorn's BBQ Chicken Salad for the umpteenth time off the menu, I determined there had to be a way to make something that delicious at home.

1 head of green leaf or romaine lettuce
2 on the vine tomatoes
1 cucumber
1-1.5 c. cooked chicken (BBQ rotisserie chicken works well here)
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
a couple T. Almond Accents Honey sliced almonds (sold in the produce section)
a couple T. fried onions
BBQ sauce (about 1 t. per serving-just lightly drizzle it)

Toss together and serve with a loaf of Publix's multigrain Italian bread (yummy with a little butter or even add garlic powder if you're in the mood for garlic bread). This doesn't take long to throw together and it tastes just like a steakhouse salad.

V. ate a plate of finely diced cucumber, tomato, chicken and grated cheese, with a piece of bread torn into little pieces. I love meals that only require an extra minute of dicing to make them toddler-compatible. She's so much happier when she can eat the same things as the rest of us.

Holiday grilling

Steak and salad:

Steak Marinade (for 2lbs of meat):
1 packet or 2 T. McCormick GrillMates Montreal Steak
1/4 c. oil -I use EVOO
1/4 c. water
2 T. red wine vinegar

15 minutes of marination will transform a hunk of meat into utter deliciousness. McCormick is well worth the money.

Salad:
head of green leaf or romaine lettuce
2 on the vine tomatoes
1 English cucumber (my MIL is intolerant of the "normal" variety)
Italian vinaigrette

We also served whole grain Italian bread and watermelon.

We introduced V. to tomatoes today. I finely diced half a tomato and put it on a plate while the rest of us ate salad. She not only ate all the pieces, she tried to lick the plate clean!