Easiest Chicken Salad Ever

As many chicken breasts as will fit your needs, grilled with steak seasoning (leftovers!)

Mayonnaise (however creamy you want it)

Grapes, halved (again, no specific measurements)

Celery seed, to taste

Salt and pepper, to taste

Cut the chicken up into little pieces, mix it all together, and chill. Grilled chicken one day, delicious chicken salad the next. This is the only kind I make- the steak seasoning (I use KC Masterpiece, it's pretty darn good) makes it more savory than sweet, whichi s what chicken salad really needs. Then the grapes....Mmmmm.

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. ~Henry David Thoreau

Tomato, Basil, Mozzarella Salad

Small fresh mozzarella balls, sliced in half

Cherry tomatoes, similarly halved

Fresh basil leaves, sliced thinly

Italian dressing (Newman's Own Organic Tuscan Italian is the BEST)

Mix it all together, chill.

Kind of healthy, but mostly just delicious!

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. ~G.K. Chesterton

Kusherie

Lentils & rice

1 1/4 cups lentils

4 cups vegetable stock

2 tbsps olive oil

1 1/2 cups rice

1 tsp salt

Sauce

3/4 cups tomato paste

3 cups crushed tomatoes

1 medium green pepper, chopped

1/2 cups celery leaves, chopped

1 tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Onions

3 medium onions, sliced thinly

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 tsbps olive oil

Brown the dried lentils in olive oil for about 5 minutes. Then add 3 cups of boiling veggie stock to it, and let it simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes. Then add the rice and the rest of the stock, and cover and let it simmer for about 30 minutes (you may need to add some more liquid).

Meanwhile, in other saucepans....

Mix all of the sauce ingredients together, simmer for about 30 minutes.

Sautee the onions and garlic until it's goooood and caramelized.

Lentils and rice, sauce, then onions all in a bowl. This is an Egyptian recipe that is delicious and cheap and healthy and quick. Can't really go wrong with that, eh?

If we're not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food. ~Sally Edwards