When Springtime Comes…

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My thoughts
and
taste buds
turn to
Salad!!!
I really do enjoy a yummy salad, and there is something about springtime and warmer weather that just makes me crave a delicious salad for dinner.

This one is my new all time favorite. I got this recipe from my kid sister’s (she really isn’t a kid, in fact, people would probably say she is the more mature of the two of us! anyway…) sister-in-law. She brought it to a birthday party and I have been HOOKED ever since.

So here we go

Jana’s Famous Salad
(it really doesn’t have a name and this was the best I could come up with, sorry)

Here are our players:

Lettuce
any kind, I happen to like Romain
Frozen Peas
Rice noodles, fried
(they are like Chow Mien noodles and you can find them in the Chinese section of your grocery store)
Chicken Breast
Poppy seed dressing.

There are no amounts, I just add whatever looks good.


First chop up your lettuce, unless you are smart and buy it already chopped in a bag.


Then dice your chicken breast. My sister and Jana buy theirs from Sam’s already cooked, and it is wonderful. Since I am a nut, I cooked my own the night before. I first pounded the chicken down so it was nice and thin, I then drizzled it with olive oil (the extra virgin kind) and sprinkled it with lots of lemon pepper. I happen to like lemon pepper on chicken, but really you could use anything you like for seasoning. I baked it for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. I did four chicken breasts and used one for this recipe and froze the other three.

Add the chicken to your salad. I put a lot of chicken in since this was going to be our main dish for dinner. If you are using this for a side dish use a little less, or none at all.


Then add your peas.

I wish I was showing you fresh peas out of my garden. However, the cats decided that I was not to have peas this year, or at least anytime soon.


Put them in frozen.

They will quickly thaw and be nice and cool by the time you serve the salad.


These little guys are really yummy, and they are what make this salad special.


Add a good amount. You can’t have too much.
Well, I guess you could.
But it would be really hard.


Stir that bad boy up.

Make sure you have enough of each ingredient and adjust where necessary.


Here comes the dressing.

This Kraft dressing is good, but I like the “Brianna” brand better. They happen to be out at my local grocery store, and I was too impatient to wait until my next shopping trip to serve this dish, and too LAZY to hit any other stores TO see if they had some.


I am wondering if everybody got wind of this fabulous recipe and there was a run on “Brianna” brand poppy seed dressing.


Stir it all together, add more dressing if needed, don’t be shy people.


This stuff is darn tooting good.

Even the men-folk will like it.


Serve it all up on a pretty dish.

All my dishes are white.
I like white.

Here was the big bowl of Salad after my punks, got done with it.

This is some seriously good stuff.

SERIOUSLY.

Tuesday I am making another one of my favorite salads, and it is really good too. Watch for my post, you won’t want to miss my PESTO PASTA SALAD!

6 thoughts on “When Springtime Comes…”

  2. I love salads when I don’t make them…but, I will try this one..ite really does look good and I am anxiously awaiting the pasta salad recipe…pasta is my favorite!

  5. This looks sooo good! I’m so excited to grow my peas so I can make it with FRESH peas!