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Chinese Chicken Salad with Soy-Ginger Dressing
Alright, guys: this is really good.
Morgan introduced me to this recipe years ago (so long ago that the original photo I took of it pre-dates the launch of Ramshackle Glam and is thus MIA...which is probably a good thing because my food photos back then were several levels south of "terrible"). For awhile I made it all the time, but then I kind of forgot about it.
And whenever it did occur to me, I thought, you know: "Salad. Ehhh. Steak would probably be more delicious."
But it's not salad, it's SALAD. With exclamation points! Tangy, garlicky, a little sweet, phenomenal. And it includes avocado and crunchy noodles, and let's get real: that's all you really need to know.
May Issue Of Better Homes & Gardens
If you get a chance, check out the issue of Better Homes & Gardens on newsstands right now, in which I talk cleaning tips and top products. These products, of course, include my very most favorite cleaning-type item in the entire world, the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It's amazing, and you can watch my husband be awestruck by its wonders in this video.
Photo credit: Ariane Moshayedi (you can see more photos from this shoot here).
Improvisational Crockpot Chicken & Beer Stew
Here's my favorite thing about cooking, which also happens to be the reason that I hate hate hate baking (which requires precision and adherence to things like "rules") with a passion: with cooking, once you know the basics, you're probably OK. And you can adjust whatever it is that you feel like eating to suit things like time constraints and refrigerator contents.
My boys are all on their lonesome for an entire week, and while I'm sure they'll survive, I'm also sure that Thai food (Kendrick) and scrambled eggs (Indy; what can I say? He's obsessed) will play a major part in their diet for the next few days. So my plan on Sunday was to make this Easy Crockpot Chicken Stew to leave for them as, you know...a supplement.
Except we got distracted by trips to diners, romps around the backyard and naps, and I forgot that this was my plan until 3PM...which left me with about half the time the recipe requires.
Oh yes, and I couldn't find chicken stock. Which is kind of important when you're making chicken stew.
