Southwest Chicken Salad

Becky and Parker were eating this at the Davis family party.   It looked really good.  It is similar to Black Bean Salsa but has chicken in it so it is a main dish.   They were eating it in pita bread.

Southwest Chicken Salad

4 cups cooked cubed chicken (I like to saute my chicken on the stove in some olive oil)

2 cups frozen corn (I just use one can)

1 cup chopped red peppers

1 cup chopped red or sweet onion

1 cup minced fresh cilantro

1 avacado (or more, if you're a lover like I am)

1 can black beans

Dressing:

3 Tbsp. lime juice

3 Tbsp. olive oil

4 tsp. honey

2 tsp. ground cumin

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. chili powder

1/2 tsp. coarsley ground pepper

In large bowl, combine salad ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients; pour over chicken mixture and toss to coat. Refrigerate before serving. Can serve as a salad with/without salad greens or in a pita or in a tortilla wrap.

Sloppy Joes

Brad and I had to make sloppy joes for a ward campout this last week and I went to our family cookbook expecting to find the Sloppy Joe recipe that mom would make growing up (I believe that it is Grandma Wallace's recipe).  I realized that it was not in there.  So I pulled out mom's old fashioned recipe card box and made a copy of the recipe.  I thought you might enjoy having it as well so here you go!

Sloppy Joes
1 lb. ground beef- browned
1/4 cup chopped onion- lightly browned
1/4 cup celery*
1/4 cup green pepper*
1 can tomato soup, undiluted
1 T sugar
1 T vinegar
1 tsp. worchestershire sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup water

Mix all ingredients together and simmer for 1 hour.

*Mom says she didn't put celery or green pepper in because us kids would have thrown a fit :).  It would be a great way to get some extra veggies in though- especially if you dice them small enough!

*Also I thought Brad's family was crazy for adding these two toppings on top of Sloppy Joes but it is actually quite delicious and now do it in our family.  Spread some sour cream on the bun and put some cheddar cheese in the sandwich as well.  It's pretty tasty!