Happy Monday all! When I was originally putting my breakfast together, I was thinking I was creating a “smiley” face with my banana and Taco Egg Muffins. But, when I posted the picture……
It kinda looks like a HAPPY MONSTER! LOL…..creepy!
I had TWO Delicious Taco Egg Muffins for 5 Points+.
I was really looking forward to my Homemade Chinese Chicken Salad for lunch, but, there was a change in plans. I had to go to Oxbow Market and Gott’s Roadside Grill to do some Sustainability/Composting/Recycling research. Sometimes it is awesome when work involves good food 
I got the Turkey Burger ~ :Ground Turkey with Fresh Herbs toped with homemade apple onion chutney, cheddar cheese and romaine lettuce”. No mayo! SO GOOD! 13 points+
Sweet Potato Fries…..I tried to resist, really, but, figured it was worth it busting into my WPA. Might as well get it out the way early in the week LOL. 11 points+
Since I missed out on this salad at lunch, I decided it would make a FAST dinner since everything was already prepared.
Dinner tonight was made to host all my Craving Ellie in My Belly Friends (CEiMB) Cookbook Club Friends. I picked this recipe because I LOVE Chinese Chicken Salad and as spring approaches I find I want salad more often.
This week’s recipe is Ellie Krieger’s Savory Chinese Chicken Salad.
This recipe is SUPER easy to make and honestly might be my FAVORITE new Chinese Chicken Salad of all time. I LOVED IT and cannot wait to eat it again!
You could take shortcut by using rotisserie chicken or you could cook up the chicken Ellie recommends.
Combine 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce with 1/2 Tsp Sesame Oil. Brush it over 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast and cook it in the oven or on the grill at 400 for 20 minutes.
Chop your chicken and set it aside.
My ONLY change to Ellie’s recipe was to add a bunch of toasted sesame seeds because I LOVE the flavor they give when roasted. To toast them, cook them over medium heat for 2-3 minute until browned.
Whisk together the dressing adding in the toasted sesame seeds. You do not have to wait for them to cool.
I saved a few steps by buying pre-shredded red cabbage and carrots. Then, I chopped up the scallions and Napa cabbage. I omitted the water chestnuts only because I forgot them.
Toss the veggies together.
Then, layer up the salads. I divided the veggie mix into 4, then, topped my bowl with 3 ounces of chicken, 1/4/ cup mandarin oranges, 1 Tbsp Roasted Almond slices and black sesame seeds (optional).
Drizzle with 2 Tbsp of the dressing and dig in. My entire HUGE SALAD clocked in at 7 points+.
If you like Chinese Chicken Salad, you HAVE to try this recipe ~ it’s AWESOME! Click HERE to get the recipe.
WEEKLY GOAL UPDATE
~ I bonded with my treadmill and completed day one of C25K plus did 20 Minutes of Gentle Hatha Yoga
~ I guzzled 80 ounces of water!!!
~ Eat less…um, working on that, but, I think I balanced out today by not having any snacks and lightening up dinner.
NEW AT FRIENDS FOR WEIGHT LOSS
* Zesty Cook shares his Portabella Bacon “Stuffed” Pizzas ~ HOLY YUM!!!
Q’s
Are you watching The “Boring” Bachelor this season? If so, who are you voting to win ~ Chantal or Emily???
Emily pulls at my heart strings every time she shares the story of her life……plus I LOVE her accent. However, I think that he has better chemistry and seems less nervous with Chantal.
Night all!
mmm i love chinese chicken salad! thanks for the how to. love ya!
Yum, I want your job!
Gotta try that chicken salad, looks so yummy! LOVE the breakfast monster!! How the heck do you lose weight when you eat out so often??? I need to make better choices, but it’s so hard 😉
That is one beautiful salad!
I think Chantal likes him better, but he seems to care more for Emily. So Emily it is.
I will definitely make that salad! Looks awesome!
Great job on the treadmill, girlie!!!
What kind of salad dressing did you use?
HI Gail,
I don’t always lose weight on the weeks where I eat out a lot. That being said, I think the key to dining out and losing weight on the plan is planning and making smart choices. I try to make sure I count it ALL, even estimating high on my points+ and then I try to balance out my day with lighter point+ choices in the day. I will often boost my activity on the days I am dining out too.
Danica
Hi Carol,
You actually make the salad dressing and I honestly think that is the BEST part. Here is a link to the recipe I used which includes the dressing. The only change that I made to the dressing was to add in the toasted sesame seeds. The dressing is 3 points+ per serving, based on 4 servings.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/chinese-chicken-salad-recipe/index.html
Danica
I love chinese chicken salad! When I’m looking for a quick meal, I’ll pick up the ‘lite’ version from TJ’s… but this one looks WAY better (of course!). I saved a link to Ellie’s recipe so I can try it out too!
Loving the look of that salad.It made me laugh when you said you loved Emily’s accent because I am from the same town and have the same accent and not always sure it is good thing:) I don’t think Emily is as into him as he is to her. Time will tell.
I love chinese chicken salad but for some reason I never make it myself. And it is so easy.
I made the egg cups over the weekend and even though I pammed the heck out of the tins, they stuck 🙁
You’re taco egg cups remind me somewhat of my chili egg puff “muffins”. If you want to try something different, here’s the recipe. http://shanslosingit.blogspot.com/2011/03/busy-weekend-two-recipes.html
I’ll definitley try the taco egg cups and the chinese salad looks fantastic!
I am loving that salad!!!! Looks fabulous!
your salad looks FANTASTIC! Reminds me of the mandarin chicken salad at Wendy’s! I think I would use Amy’s Lite Gingerly to dress it with though….I have a serious addiction to that dressing these days…I keep trying to find different things to put it on!
OMG….I SO want a burger now!!!!! 🙂
I think your happy monster is super cute 😉
Loved this salad!! Thanks so much for choosing it this week; I have been overlooking this one for too long. Oh, and those egg cups look awesome, too, so I’ll have to check out that recipe.
Thank you for choosing this. We loved it. Had it for saturday lunch and it was perfect. I also want to try your nutella won tons. Those look so easy and good!!
I almost missed this. I was looking for it today (Thurs.) Glad I looked a little harder. You did a great job on this one. Good pick. We really liked it and the dressing worked so well with Salmon.
Thanks so much for picking this week’s CEiMB recipe! This salad isn’t one I would have tried on my own because I have an aversion to fruit + meat and fruit + salad, but this was so good! Even Ryan loved it, and he is not a salad guy at all.