Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad
Pac and Nana's Favorite!
Combine in a large bowl the following:
2 cups of shredded rotisserie chicken meat
2/3 cup of dried cranberries
1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup of finely diced celery
In a medium bowl, whisk together the following:
1 cup of Hellman's Light Mayonnaise
dash of salt
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp sugar
Add to the chicken, cranberries and pecans. Stir well.
Refrigerate for one hour. Serve on toasted bread for a sandwich.
If preferred, use dried apricots or dried yellow grapes.
Evie's Orange Zucchini Bread
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 tsp orange extract
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup nuts, optional
Zest of 1 orange
2 cups peeled and grated zucchini
Combine sugar, oil, eggs and orange extract. Beat until well blended. Sift dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture. Fold in zucchini, orange zest and nuts. Bake in a well greased and floured large loaf pan. Or use two small loaf pans, if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 1 hour depending on your pan size. If you're baking in a large loaf pan, cooking time is 1 hour and 28 minutes. Bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Take a sharp knife and run it around the edge of the bread while it's still in the pan. Turn onto a cooling rack. Turn the bread over onto its bottom. If desired, glaze the entire bread with the following:
2/3 cup of powdered sugar
2 Tbls of water or juice from the orange. Add more if needed for a thin glaze.
1/2 tsp orange extract.
Stir well until nice and smooth. Brush over bread. Let cool completely and slice. Store in an airtight container. Can be frozen after completely cool.
I made this bread in a large loaf pan. In the future, I will divide the batter between two smaller loaf pans. It baked well with no problem, however, the bread was a little dry around the edges. This may be because of the outside of the bread baking longer than the inside. I think you might find it more moist if you use two pans. Hope you enjoy this family favorite!
Okay, so we've been going through my mother-in-law's home sorting through everything for her sale and I found this booklet that was courtesy of Dole Pineapple and Kikkoman Soy & Teriyaki Sauces back in 1973. I would imagine one could pick a copy up at their local grocery store when purchasing the Dole and Kikkoman products. Fun! It is full of wonderful recipes, a story on Luau's with great ideas for your Luau and much more. I would like to share it with you here today. Enjoy! To save each page, click on the first image. The image will open larger for you. Then right click on the larger image. Click on "Save Image As" and a window will open for you to save the image to your computer. Do this for each image below.
