Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Cashew Chicken Salad
Posted to Technology category
It just recently occurred to me that I can have this again because I can have mayo now that I no longer react to eggs. When I regularly took lunches to work I ate this a couple of times a week, carrying it in small thermos containers. At least it adds some protein to my diet, which is way too carb-heavy, especially now that I can't live on cheese the way I used to.
One batch makes about two lunches. The second day tastes even better because the flavors have had time to meld.
Dinah likes to drink the broth from the chicken can.
1 12 ounce can of chicken, drained and the chunks broken up 1 11 ounce can of mandarin orange slices, drained a few ounces of salted cashews, broken up soy sauce mayonnaise
This is a Costco meal: most of the ingredients are cheap, by the case, from there. It would work with leftover roasted chicken that wasn't cooked with herbs that conflict, of course.
My other lunches were a modified Waldorf salad made with yogurt, apples, grapes and celery (I could probably make that with goat yogurt) and a salmon salad with ranch dressing that will take more modification: ranch dressing has buttermilk in it, so it is out of my diet.
I wonder if I can find a recipe for ranch dressing that I could modify to use things I can eat...