In the Kitchen With Momma Q

Staring at my pantry, I wondered what would be on the menu for dinner tonight? Hubby might be hungry when he gets home. Something simple, not too labor intensive and cheap.

Scouring through the pantry I was able to find a few things for one of our not-so-waist-friendly-but-super-awesome chicken walnut cranberry salad.

Chicken Walnut Cranberry Salad:

• 1 large can of white chicken, drained (leftovers from a rotisserie chicken is even better)
• generous amount of chopped walnuts
• generous amount of dried cranberries or cherries
• favorite plain mayo
• sugar to taste (I usually put 1 to 1 1/2 tsp, depending)

Mix it all together an refrigerate for at least 30min.  The longer it sits, the better. Normally, it doesn't last the night, so I'll only assume it could taste better the next day lol. Serve on bread.



To go with this, I've been brewing homemade ice tea and it's been paying off. I got a great deal on generic store bought black tea (100 tea bags for $1.99) and Celestial Seasoning Sample teas. 

Homemade Iced Tea:

Ratios are: 2 black tea bags, and 3 of the following choices:  

• peach
• black cherry
• blueberry zinger
• orange tangerine
• raspberry
• Optional: 1 Green Tea teabag in lieu of one of the fruit tea bags

Microwave 4 C water until hot. Steep teabags in water for 20+ minutes. Remove tea bags, add 1 Tb honey and 2 heaping tsp of (I use) organic cane sugar. Add 1 1/2 Tb lemon concentrate. Stir until dissolved.  Add brewed tea to a 64 fluid oz container (old apple juice container, cleaned) and fill remainer with cold water. Chill in refrigerator and then ready to serve! Great over ice or mixed with other fruit juices.

Super easy to make and wicked inexpensive, better than store bought.