Chicken Salad

Once again, I have Sams Club to thank. Wife brought home these extra yummy chicken salad wraps and by golly, you know me. I just HAVE to see if I can make it myself. As it turns out, I can. Four chicken cutlets (which we have a lot more of frozen in a bag) got cooked and made friends with the food processor. So did four stalks of celery, which I did for Wife's sake. I don't mind big chunks of crunch at all though. Next, because I'm so daring, in went a packet of onion soup mix. Mayo next obviously but I eye-balled it as I so often do. If I had to guess.... maybe a third of a jar? Quarter? I dunno. Looked like a cup or so. And, now this was Wife's idea, finally went in ranch dressing. Added a tang and a zip I greatly appreciated.

All this made its way into a wrap again. Wife is skilled with tortilla wrapping. I added lettuce to mine. Yum.

This is also lap band friendly, kiddies. So go nuts. I think I'll have some now.

More alchemy

On sale, Wife got this big ole hung of turkey sausage. Yay! I didn't know what to do with it. Not yay. Time for research and time to BS. After skimming around in some cookbooks at my store for research, I stumbled upon this one casserole book that thankfully contained some stews. They got chopped and charred a little, as did a nice platter of peppers we got for two bucks. Contained all the colors of the traffic light. Added were my typical onions cooked soft and sweet in margarine. One can of about 30 oz diced tomatoes. None of the liquid though. Finally, some secret ingredients. First was a chicken broth mixed with white wine and herbs, made by College Inn. Damn good. Next, my sole spice was curry powder. I used a fair amount, wanting to experiment. Wife enjoyed and so do I, now that it's cool enough to eat. Wife also says it's Lap Band friendly so enjoy.

Sonic

There are none in New York. There are, however, some in New Jersey. About 40 minutes away. Worth the drive. VERY worth it. Juicy patties mix well with mayonazed burgers, as well it should. Chili cheese fries were heaven, but the portions could maybe have been bigger. However, the large cherry slush with grape.

ULTIMATE FLAVOR.

I now have a reason to not hate New Jersey.