Oriental Slaw

A few years ago Hubby's grandmother made this as a side for one of our Sunday dinners.  We fell in love with it and eat it quite a bit during the grilling months. It goes perfect with burgers and dogs and, well, just about anything! 

Oriental Slaw

2 packages of ramen noodles, chicken flavor

1 package of slaw mix

3-4 green onions, diced

1/4 cup sunflower seeds

1/4 cup sliced almonds

1 cup oil

2/3 cup vinegar

2 tbs sugar

both packets of flavoring from the noodles

1/2 tsp pepper

In a large bowl combine slaw mix, onions, sunflower seeds and almonds.  You can add more or less onions, seeds and nuts, whatever your preference!  Crush up the noodles until they are no longer clumped together. Add to slaw mix.  In a large cup mix oil, vinegar, sugar, flavor packets and pepper. Stir well to dissolve.  Poor over the slaw mix. Either stir up real good or put the cover on the bowl and shake it up!  Best served cold.  Enjoy!

Dill Chicken Salad

When my husband, then boyfriend, and I moved from Florida to Indiana in 2001, I got a job as a cook at our local YWCA.  One of the dishes they would have for lunch was dill chicken salad on croissants.  I fell in love with it and have made it ever since. To me, all other chicken salads do not compare!  I'm sure you can find plenty of recipes for this online in some variation or another, but this is my favorite! 

I just made a huge batch of this for a dinner tomorrow.  10 pounds of chicken makes for a lot of chicken salad!

1 pound chicken breasts, cooked and shredded or cut into small pieces.
1/2-3/4 cup of sour cream
1/2-3/4 cup of mayonnaise (not the other stuff!)
3 tbs dried dill

Mix all together and serve on a croissant roll or other bread of your choice.

The above measurements are approximate.

You can use as much or as little chicken as you would like. Just make sure you use equal parts of sour cream and mayonnaise.  And I almost never measure the dill!  I just dump it in there!  With this recipe I say..to each there own!  If you want it a little more creamy, add equal parts of mayo and sour cream, if you want it a little dry (I don't know why you would!) you can put in a little less!

Enjoy!