Kiwicats Gourmet Salad With Chicken Food

GOURMET SALAD (SALADE GOURMANDE)

Steps:

• Break off the stems of the artichokes, remove most of the leaves, cut off the tips on the remaining leaves and carve off everything that is green on the artichoke bottoms. Immediately pat with lemon juice.
• Whisk 1 quart of cold water with the flour, juice of 1/2 lemon and 2 tsp salt and bring to a boil.
• Cook the artichokes, uncovered, until soft (20-30 minutes).
• Put them in a bowl of cold water.
• When cold, remove the rest of the leaves and all "hair" on the bottoms. Put aside.
• Boil the beans in salted water until crisp and put in cold water.
• Cut off the lower part of the asparagus, saving only the top three inches. Cook the asparagus in salted water until crisp and put in cold water.
• Drain the vegetables and pat dry with a kitchen towel. Cut the artichoke bottoms into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Make the dressing by whisking the herbs, any liquid from the truffle and salt and pepper with the vinegar and lemon juice. Add the oil.
• Mix artichokes, asparagus and beans with the dressing.
• Rinse the lettuce and pat dry.
• Arrange the lettuce on two plates, put the vegetables in the middle, garnish with the foie gras slices and finely slice the truffle all over the plates. Garnish with a little coarsely ground pepper.
• Serve immediately.

KIWICATS GOURMET SALAD WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preparation:.
• Chicken.
• Lightly coat pan with Olive Oil. Sauté chopped garlic cloves and ginger for about a minute Then cook chicken thighs until done or lightly browned. Add 1/2 cup of white wine and 1/2 cup of water and let it simmer for about 3min. Squeeze fresh lemon juice on top of chicken thighs. Let cool. Then chop the chicken things into small pieces.
• Brown Rice.
• Follow the directions on the package for absorption method. Let cool.
• Blanche Green beens in boiling water for 1 minute Let cool.
• Hard boil the Eggs.
• Building the Salad:.
• Place 4 washed lettuce leaves on each plate. Combine the brown rice with the green beans and mix together. Place one-two big spoonfuls of rice & beans in the center of the lettuce leaves. Then add the chicken to each plate, on top of the rice.
• Garnish:.
• Thinly slice the avocado and hard boiled eggs and place around the lettuce leaves.
• Slice in half the cherry tomatoes and do likewise.
• *Optional:.
• Then to top everything off I dabbed a spoonful of chutney on top and poured the sauce that was from the chicken on top of the salad along with some grated Parmesan cheese.

GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together chicken, grapes, nuts, celery, oranges, and dressing. Chill.

GOURMET PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• For the dressing, place all ingredients in a jar. Close lid tightly and shake until blended.
• For the salad, cook the pasta according to package directions in salted boiling water (about 1-2 tablespoons salt for a big pot of water).
• While the pasta is cooking, soak the red onion in ice water to mellow its flavor.
• Drain cooked pasta and place in a large bowl.
• Drain onions and pat dry, then add them to the pasta. Add the dressing, olives, peppers, feta, sun-dried tomatoes and salami to warm pasta and toss.
• Serve immediately at room temperature or refrigerate until ready to use.

GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whip cream to soft peaks.
• Combine meat, celery, grapes, dried fruit and nuts (or Salad Pizazz), parsley, salt and mayonnaise with whipped cream. Chill.
• Note: Instead of using the dried fruit and the nuts, I always use Salad Pizazz which is a gourmet salad topping that can be found in grocery stores and comes in a variety of flavors. For this salad I like to use the Cherry Cranberry Pecano, the Orange Cranberry Almondine or the Raspberry Cranberry Walnut Frisco.