My pot luck go-to recipe!

We have one, that go-to recipe that we pull out for every new baby, pot luck and sick friend. Mine is this Asian Chicken Salad! I must say, I haven't been a very good friend lately. Know how I can tell? I haven't made this salad in ages. No parties, and no friendly food drop-offs in far too long.

As stated earlier this year, my goal is to cut back on Modern June/Oilcloth Addict. To spend more time with my family and friends. Less is more, right? Right! Well last week I started putting that to work on a social level.

My dear friend, Christi, recently injured her thumb in a horrific manner (eek) and needed a little TLC! I was pleased as punch when she asked if I could bring up my Asian Chicken Salad and to stay for a visit. This is the salad I brought her when her second son was born nearly 14 years ago (YIKES). It's the same salad that I have taken to many a pot luck as well.

This is my pot luck quantity, cut in half for dinner time.

Asian Chicken Salad

• 6  boneless chicken breasts, marinated S & P, olive oil and a dash of sesame seed oil
• 8 oz of thin rice noodles
• 2 tbs sesame seeds, toasted
• 1/4 cup of slivered almonds, toasted
• 4 small heads of romaine lettuce, cut into strips
• 8 stalks of green onions, chopped

Make rice noodles according to the instructions on package and chill. A quick ice bath is handy if you are running low on time, drain excess water and chop noodles into 2 inch pieces. Grill or pan sear marinated chicken and cut into strips. Toast almonds and sesame seeds in skillet without oil to toast.

Arrange salad into big bowl and top with noodles, chicken, almonds, seeds and onion. Pour on the dressing and toss.

Dressing:

• 4 tbs of sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
• 2 tbs of sesame oil 
• 6 tbs of rice wine vinegar

Here's a handy gadget that I picked up at Sur la Table, the ZipStrip Herb Stripper from Chef'n! OMG, this thing is worth all 800 pennies I spent on it. Check out my son's demo on Instagram!


I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!

xoxo,
Kelly

Round Up: Oilcloth Covered Tables

I spend a lot of time searching my own blog for information so I know you must get really frustrated. So in an attempt to fix this I am creating Project Round Ups for the top projects I've featured on my blog. There are Show and Tell, Great Idea,  Q and A, I spy Oilcloth features along with my own projects all corralled by subject.

I'll start with the oilcloth covered table's that I've featured.

Here's the lovely oilcloth cover table project from Farm Chicks book, Farm Chicks in the Kitchen. You can find the How To here.  Serena used a heavy duty hand held stapler to attach the oilcloth to the table, much like I covered this bench.

Elyse's oilcloth covered kitchen tablecloth is applied to the table with painters tape. She's a mom with two active boys and this technique lasted two years, when she switched from red polka dotted to white dots on red. Elyse also has a very lovely Etsy shop called Tinkered Treasures  

Elyse's oilcloth covered kitchen tablecloth and her lovely home are  were featured in Fresh Cottage magazine.  

 Elyse's done it again, this time she's got a bit bolder with the dots on red print.

 This one comes from a fellow homeschooling mom, Jessica has saved an abused table by covering it with black and white gingham oilcloth.  How great is her at home school?

 I spied this oilcloth covered table on an episode of Top Chef!!!

Sandy, from 521 Lake Street, has done a great job making over a old thrift table into a wonderful craft table. And she used my favorite oilcloth print, I just love those perky cherries.

I spy oilcloth...

Photo Credit: The Top Chef Blog

One of my favorite shows, Top Chef, hit the beach in episode 6 and what did I spy? OILCLOTH!!! Nothing is more fun or easier to clean then oilcloth! Check out the show, "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" on Hulu and see how darn fun the cook station looked.

Photo Credit: The Top Chef Blog