A Little Bit of This... And That-7/19/09
As you may have realized if you read this blog regularly, despite returning home from vacation almost halfway into July, I am well on my way to finishing Gourmet's recipe for the month. Throughout this project of making the recipes from Gourmet for each month, I always find those recipes that don't fit well with the others. Today was a bit disjointed as I made a few recipes that didn't seem to fit well into another menu. Yesterday, I'd spent over an hour making a chicken salad so it's somewhat surprising that I would try another so soon. The Walnut Chicken Salad with Green Apple Vinaigrette was a much simpler version of chicken salad, using much of the same flavors as the famous Waldorf Salad. This salad is mayonnaise free and is quick to make. I was not a huge fan of the flavor, however. The dressing as called for was not enough to coat the chicken so there was a lot of dry chicken. The flavor of the dressing was good but again, there was not enough of it to effect...