Salads, Soy pasta, and Sweets

This past saturday, I went over to my cousin's house for lunch. This was one of the most delicious things I ate that day. It's a spinach chicken salad- a healthier take on the traditional chicken salad. She found this delicious recipe from www.overtheoven.com which offers a mobile app that gives you quick access to hundreds of healthy recipes.

Ingredients:

• 2  tbsp of Soy sauce
• 1  tbsp of Vinegar
• 1  tbsp of Vegetable oil
• 1/2  tsp of Instant minced onion
• 1/4  tsp of Sugar
• 1/8  tsp of Pepper SALAD *
• 2  cup of Cut-up cooked chicken
• 5  oz of Spinach, torn into bites-size pieces (about 2
• 1/2  of Cups)
• 2  cup of Broccoli flowerets, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1  can of (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 4  slice of Bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled Crated Parmesan cheese, if desired

Directions:

Prepare Piquant Dressing; pour over chicken. Cover and refrigerate at least 15 minutes. Toss chicken, spinach, broccoli and water chestnuts. Sprinkle with bacon. Serve with cheese.

6 servings.

* Piquant Dressing Shake all ingredients in tightly covered container.

Nutrition Information Per Serving

1 serving Percent of U.S. RDA

Calories 175 Protein 24% Protein 9 17 Vitamin A 46% Carbohydrate, 9 11 Vitamin C 66% Fat, 9 7 Thiamin 8% Cholesterol, mg 40 Riboflavin 16% Sodium, mg 440 Niacin 20% Potassium, mg 480 Calcium 8% Iron 12%

From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994

For dinner tonight, I made the veggie pasta with soy sauce again and some mashed sweet potato and banana for dessert. All I did was steam one sweet potato for 10 minutes and mashed it with a ripe banana and topped it off with a table spoon of brown sugar. This little treat is an EXCELLENT source of vitamin A and potassium- it's also one serving of veggies and fruits!