Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken Salad

You win two ways with this salad. First of all it is light, refreshing, and perfect for a summer meal. You also get to use the leftover dressing o­n sandwiches, hot dogs or any time you want the taste of a great honey mustard dressing. And to top it all off, this dressing really is made with honey! Enjoy!

Chicken Salad Veronique

A perfect salad for summer meals and a great recipe to make with children. This recipe is made even easier by utilizing store-bought cooked chicken or smoked turkey (or any leftovers you have at home. buying your meat pre-cooked means it is moist and can be sliced into 1/2 inch thick slices in the store. some commercial slicers have a setting of 35 which yields a nice thick cut so ask the person in the deli department if they have that setting before filling your order. Slices should be thick enough 1/4 -1/2 inch to give a nice cube of meat when you prepare this recipe.

FYI: Veronique in the name of a recipe implies that grapes are one of the ingredients.

Mulligatawny Soup

Incredible taste, easy to make and fun to eat especially with all of its accompaniments. What more could you want from a soup? Oh, yes, it's beautiful to look at and packed with loads of nutrients. All the spices actually add up to a curry but this soup is more delicate and less spicy than a normal curry. Kids love to put the raisins, coconut and peanuts on top! Put a scoop of cooked basmati rice in your soup bowl before adding the soup and you have a complete meal.

Mushroom Barley Soup

I was taught how to make this recipe when I was a teenager. A family friend owned a successful catering company in Roslyn, New York and she was known for this soup. Estelle taught me that the secret to this thick, smooth soup was peeled lima beans! Honest. Before you sign off on this recipe let me tell you that it is very easy to peel the beans after they have soaked for a few hours in hot water. All you have to do is squeeze the skins and the beans slide right out. I use dried porcini mushrooms in this recipe but any earthy, dried variety will do.

Chicken Soup with Kreplach

In Medieval times Jews would place a wish for the New Year on a piece of paper and seal it in dough. They wore this sealed dough around their necks as amulets. Serving Kreplach (triangles of dough sealed around a meat filling) in soup on Kol Nidre night is an off shoot of this practice. We all wish to be sealed in the book of life for the coming year.

The following recipe is made easier by using prepared wonton skins. The only drawback is that these kreplach will be delicate instead of chewy like your grandmothers's!

Tina's Not So Basic Chicken Salad

Here’s an easy and delicious recipe to utilize the leftover chicken from your soup. The carrot not only adds a subtle sweetness to the salad, but it is a great way to get another vegetable into your picky eater!

Chicken salad made from chicken that has been poached with many vegetables is much more moist and flavorful than one that uses chicken cooked solely in water seasoned with salt and pepper.

I made this recipe with 3 year olds on a Good Morning America episode many years ago so try making it with your children or Grandchildren this holiday.

Wilted Spinach and Strawberry Salad

Here's an interesting use for summer's great berries. Heating the dressing causes the spinach to wilt slightly thus taking away the raw taste of the spinach.