Chicken Salad

So I never think what I make is exceptional, but everyone loves my chicken salad so I thought I would post the recipe. I have never measured any of the ingredients, so it is all approximations.

Usually I save all the bits of chicken that aren't enough for a meal and freeze them. After a couple of chickens I usually have enough.

1 C chicken shredded
1/2 C red grapes quartered
1/2 C celery and carrots finely diced
1 green onion...green part only finely diced

Put all of that in a bowl. I also like walnuts in mine, pecans taste good too, but I didn't like almonds in it. You can add apples if you want to make it a bit crunchier.

Add some thyme (fresh is best) about 2 sprigs chopped up

Now for the sauce...I use one dollup of mayo and a dollup of greek yogurt or sour cream. But you can do all plain yogurt or all mayo if you like. And then a bit of honey (about 1-2 tsp).

Put this in the with the other ingredients and stir. If it isn't moist enough, add more dollups till it is how you like it.

Now season with some salt and pepper.

Great with a salad, or as a sandwich.

Missing my farm

So after all of my work here in GA, I miss my farm! If you are in the KC area, look up the Bryants at their farm. Dana has great prices and super fantastic stuff!!! You won't be sorry.

Granola Bars

We have been searching for a granola bar for a while now. Gabe likes the shiny wrappers. The last 5 attempts to get him to eat the homemade ones have failed miserably. But now I have one.

Dry Ingredients:
3 cups Rolled Oats
1.5 cups Brown Rice Cereal
1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt

Wet Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup Brown Rice Syrup
1 tsp Vanilla

2 cups of add ins (we use nuts, seeds, and chocolate chips...but anything will do)

Mix dry ingredients. Heat wet ingredients until all melted and bubbly (about 5 min after butter melts on medium heat). Mix wet and dry then add the add ins. Put in a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 325 for 5 min. Cool, cut, then put in freezer to harden. Package up and store in air tight container or fridge.

A couple of hints...use natural Peanut Butter so you are not adding more sugar. 1/2 Cup of chocolate chips is plenty. You can use 1 Cup of butter and eliminate peanut butter. You can use more rolled oats and not Brown Rice Cereal. You can use all honey if you don't have the brown rice syrup.

I got 24 bars out of these.

These are modified from Kitchen Stewardship and Passionate Homemaking.