Taco Seasoned Chicken Salad

Taco Seasoned Chicken Salad

I. Love. Salads. I would make them more often but somehow I always forget about them as an option until I'm trying to figure out what to do with left over lettuce, tomato, cucumber and carrots. Which is what happened tonight! Easy, delicious, quick, win-win-win!

All the above ingredients were used. I baked chicken at 375 for 40 min. Prior to that I seasoned them with cumin, paprika, pepper, and a minute pinch of salt.

I splashed some balsamic vinegar on top and called it a day.

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Taste: 5/5

Comments: Make more often!

Toddler Review: Yum! He did more eating than playing, hah. And he ate ALL his chicken (which never happens). Side note, I think he's got his mama's love for spice.

Summary: Toddler Approved

Orange Garlic Salad w/ Steak and Croutons // Leftovers & Fruit Salad

Leftovers: Balsamic Chicken & Cheddar Broccoli Quinoa //  Fruit Salad, lunch

I'm posting mine first because it's super boring (but still amazingly delicious) and I don't want to follow the tough act below. =). I set aside some of last night's dinner for lunch today. I ate that with the pictured fruit. It looks like a lot, but I had planned to eat half at lunch, half later. But the raspberries were a little on the wrong side of ripe, so I had to throw those out.

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Taste: 5/5

Comment: Leftovers are the best!

Orange Garlic Salad w/ Steak and Croutons 

There are only two types of salad I like: Caesar salad and dry salad. I've never been a sauce gal, I hate condiments, dressings, and everything of the like. Recently though I've been trying hard to branch out and try new sauces, like the lemon garlic aioli I made with the fish tacos. Well today I made a salad dressing. And not just any dressing, I made a vinaigrette!  (I HATE vinegar with a passion, can't stand the taste). With that in mind, this vinaigrette is lighter on the vinegar so you may need to add more than I did. 

Description: romaine salad with steak bites, croutons, and orange garlic vinaigrette. Recipe: 1/4 cup orange juice (I used fresh squeezed ), 1/4 cup olive oil, 4 tsp white wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp orange zest, 2 tsp dried parsley, 1 tsp garlic powder, pinch of salt and pepper. 

Sarah's Review

Ease: 4/5

Taste: 5/5

I thought the vinaigrette came out fantastic,  it had a light orange taste with a hint of garlic and a nice bite from the vinegar.  And you can never go wrong with steak, mine was a ribeye from my boyfriend's uncle's cattle farm, can't get fresher than that!

Our Sad Salads

Tossed Salad with Orange Wedges

Incl: Romaine hearts, cucumbers, spinach, carrots, cherry tomatoes. (Left over salad from last night), and half an orange.
I also used Catalina dressing... this is not on my personal allowed list.. but the fact that Wendy's had burgers for 69cents today and I still ate a salad, we're going to just throw this into the win column and move on.

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Yum: 2/5

Suggestion:  This was plain, boring, dull, so next time I need to spice it up and include a protein. 

Sarah said she thought I would be hungry again 30min after I ate this.. and she was right.. Whomp whomp...

Tossed Salad with Cheese & Crackers

Incl: Romaine and spinach salad with chia seed, garlic croutons, and 2tsp Caesar dressing.
Cheddar cheese and whole wheat crackers.

Sarah's Review

Ease: 5/5

Yum: 5/5

Suggestion:  Use homemade croutons and homemade dressing next time.