I had to order the cookbook from Amazon just to get the recipe, so here I go sharing again with you! I love this on top of lettuce as a salad or on a roll as a sandwich. I never knew the secret ingredient was APRICOT PRESERVES!
If you have the ward cookbook, substitute this one for the one I put in there! That was only a substitute until I found the "REAL" thing, and this is it!
Cucina's Curried Chicken Salad
2 pounds boneless, skinless, cold poached chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch dice
4 ribs celery, thinly sliced on diagonal
2 cups red grapes
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
1/2 cup golden raisins
In a large mixing bowl, combine the poached chicken, sliced celery, red grapes, walnuts, and raisins.
Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup apricot preserves
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients for dressing. Gently fold the dressing into the salad. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
The author of the cookbook says the apricot preserves gives the salad a sweet, tangy edge, and I agree. It also always sells out at the Deli. If you want to try it out Cucina's is located in the Avenues in Salt Lake City.
The cookbook is called Savor the Memories by Marguerite Marceau Henderson with several other recipes from her deli and cooking classes. Gourmet cooking made easy! You can find the book on amazon.com
Friday, May 08, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
NYC
I said I would never do a day trip again, and for Ken's birthday, we did it again! It was much better this time without the kids. Tip #1: Don't sleep before the trip. Last time I took a nap before hand, thinking I would need the extra sleep. Then I couldn't sleep on the plane, not good! Tip #2: Don't go on a rainy day!
So, it was all about trying the pizza this time around. We also went to Central Park, which was cold and wet. Had to buy umbrellas just to walk around there. OF course, Ken gave his away to some lady he saw that needed one, so he ended up more soaked than I did.
We went to the World Trade Center Museum. I didn't see the sign until I was on my way out NOT to take pictures inside there. No wonder I was the only one snapping pictures! They should have told me upon entering, lol! So, you get to see some of the pictures I posted, why not share them?
First off, Trinity Church, from the back side:
Images from the museum:
This last one was my favorite, the buildings were made of hearts!
Ken eating some gelato, notice how wet he is!
Me, in the car, at the airport in SLC, happy to be WARM again! And going home, even though it was 1 am in the morning!
I'm going back again this weekend with Keilani for her birthday!Places to hit: Metropolitan Museum, and maybe Central Park and World Trade Center for her too. She didn't get pizza there before, so we'll make sure to get some of that too!
My father doesn't understand why I would want to go to NYC for just a day! Well, because it's cheap! No hotel, so just the cost of transportation and food once you get there. Plus, even though I'm NOT a city girl, there's so much history there, and to have been there and seen the city in person, there is no substitute!
At the end of the museum visit, they had these postcards that visitors could journal their feelings of how Sept. 11th has affected them. I still remember I was up at 6 am that morning, helping Ken get ready for work. We didn't turn on the tv, but if we had, we would have seen the planes hit the towers. Later, a few hours later my father called to ask if I was watching the tv. Um....sort of, I was watching the movie An Affair to Remember. You know, the old one where they meet on top of the Empire State Building?
I turned the channel to the News, and there witnessed both of the towers falling down. Keilani didn't go to school that day. I still remember watching a woman news anchor talking with a mother that had her baby in the stroller. The towers started to fall, and the reporter yelled to the mother, "RUN!" Get to safey. You could see the dust clouds coming, and I've always wondered what happened to that mother and child. Where did they find safety?
My heart broke as I realized all the people that had been taken in an instant, and then hearing the firemens alarms ringing and ringing afterwards, buried under the rubble, the men who tried to save the people inside, and gave their own lives in return.
The days later...the posters of missing people everywhere. I wanted everyone one of them to be found. For the pain in their families eyes to go away. But that wasn't to happen. I remember the feeling that the end of the world was coming for us here too. I had a dream that night that helicopters were hovering over Utah Lake, about to attack us, and we were trying to find a safe place to hide. I know.....I know....crazy, but it felt real at the time. I remember reading the obituaries every day, and thinking lucky them, they don't have to live in this world today, and how it is. It took a good 6 months to a year to feel like life was normal again, and we would truly survive this.
Now it's been 7 years now....let us not forget....Where were you? What was going through your heart?
So, it was all about trying the pizza this time around. We also went to Central Park, which was cold and wet. Had to buy umbrellas just to walk around there. OF course, Ken gave his away to some lady he saw that needed one, so he ended up more soaked than I did.
We went to the World Trade Center Museum. I didn't see the sign until I was on my way out NOT to take pictures inside there. No wonder I was the only one snapping pictures! They should have told me upon entering, lol! So, you get to see some of the pictures I posted, why not share them?
First off, Trinity Church, from the back side:
Images from the museum:
This last one was my favorite, the buildings were made of hearts!
Ken eating some gelato, notice how wet he is!
Me, in the car, at the airport in SLC, happy to be WARM again! And going home, even though it was 1 am in the morning!
I'm going back again this weekend with Keilani for her birthday!Places to hit: Metropolitan Museum, and maybe Central Park and World Trade Center for her too. She didn't get pizza there before, so we'll make sure to get some of that too!
My father doesn't understand why I would want to go to NYC for just a day! Well, because it's cheap! No hotel, so just the cost of transportation and food once you get there. Plus, even though I'm NOT a city girl, there's so much history there, and to have been there and seen the city in person, there is no substitute!
At the end of the museum visit, they had these postcards that visitors could journal their feelings of how Sept. 11th has affected them. I still remember I was up at 6 am that morning, helping Ken get ready for work. We didn't turn on the tv, but if we had, we would have seen the planes hit the towers. Later, a few hours later my father called to ask if I was watching the tv. Um....sort of, I was watching the movie An Affair to Remember. You know, the old one where they meet on top of the Empire State Building?
I turned the channel to the News, and there witnessed both of the towers falling down. Keilani didn't go to school that day. I still remember watching a woman news anchor talking with a mother that had her baby in the stroller. The towers started to fall, and the reporter yelled to the mother, "RUN!" Get to safey. You could see the dust clouds coming, and I've always wondered what happened to that mother and child. Where did they find safety?
My heart broke as I realized all the people that had been taken in an instant, and then hearing the firemens alarms ringing and ringing afterwards, buried under the rubble, the men who tried to save the people inside, and gave their own lives in return.
The days later...the posters of missing people everywhere. I wanted everyone one of them to be found. For the pain in their families eyes to go away. But that wasn't to happen. I remember the feeling that the end of the world was coming for us here too. I had a dream that night that helicopters were hovering over Utah Lake, about to attack us, and we were trying to find a safe place to hide. I know.....I know....crazy, but it felt real at the time. I remember reading the obituaries every day, and thinking lucky them, they don't have to live in this world today, and how it is. It took a good 6 months to a year to feel like life was normal again, and we would truly survive this.
Now it's been 7 years now....let us not forget....Where were you? What was going through your heart?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Saddest movie ever.....
Off to read the book next, I'm like #20 in line at the library, that's why I watched the movie first!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
We had some birthdays!
First: Zane turned 3! And I tell you, he's definitely turned into a little rascal. He was always our little monkey but now the monkey has decided he should be able to do whatever his little heart pleases. If that means running outside of the house naked in boots, then so be it! Even if Mommy told him in NO WAY can he go outside, because he is not dressed yet!
So, for his birthday he recieved a new bike, thanks to my sister! Grandma made him a fun cake. Pictures below:
Then who else had a birthday? Yours truly! I turned 33! Now I REALLY feel OLD. Before, 32 can be rounded down to 30, which is close to those in their 20's. Now 33 rounds up to 35, and that's half of my life right there! We had cheesecake as a family, (note the jar candle since we didn't have any regular candles to put on top of the "cake") Ken and I went to the movies (saw the movie Knowing), and for my gift we cleaned out the garage! FUN day, lol!
Then we had another birthday too, will post pictures later of that one :)
So, for his birthday he recieved a new bike, thanks to my sister! Grandma made him a fun cake. Pictures below:
Then who else had a birthday? Yours truly! I turned 33! Now I REALLY feel OLD. Before, 32 can be rounded down to 30, which is close to those in their 20's. Now 33 rounds up to 35, and that's half of my life right there! We had cheesecake as a family, (note the jar candle since we didn't have any regular candles to put on top of the "cake") Ken and I went to the movies (saw the movie Knowing), and for my gift we cleaned out the garage! FUN day, lol!
Then we had another birthday too, will post pictures later of that one :)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The move....
Just a few pictures of the move:
My fave is of the boys sleeping. We slept out on the mattresses in the living room for a few days while we loaded everything else up.
Of course Vivian finds fun wherever she is:
Another fave moment is when we had the kids rooms cleaned out and the boys had space to run their remote control cars!
And a last look at our neighborhood, yes it snowed on the day we moved, and it's snowing again today, CRAZY!
And we're almost done setting everything up and unpacking boxes. Just got the last 2 out of my bedroom today, then on to tackle the downstairs and the girls rooms! Fun times!
My fave is of the boys sleeping. We slept out on the mattresses in the living room for a few days while we loaded everything else up.
Of course Vivian finds fun wherever she is:
Another fave moment is when we had the kids rooms cleaned out and the boys had space to run their remote control cars!
And a last look at our neighborhood, yes it snowed on the day we moved, and it's snowing again today, CRAZY!
And we're almost done setting everything up and unpacking boxes. Just got the last 2 out of my bedroom today, then on to tackle the downstairs and the girls rooms! Fun times!
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