summer chicken, veggie and mango salad

OK, sometimes you take a gamble with dinner and lose. I once decided it was better to toss an entire corningware dish than to attempt to pry of the lid, burned on by starch. I was never able to open that dish to find out if the chicken finished cooking, but the pizza we finally at at 9pm was delicious.

Other times you take a gamble with dinner and score. This was one of those times. I made lemon cilantro dressing for my salad for lunch, but on the salad it was only so-so. For dinner, I had leftover skewers that my family loved, but not as many as we would need. I did have some potatoes for filler, but re-heated chicken and potatoes just didn't sound good. And so this salad was born, with the dressing to coat it. Even picky Lizzie ate it.

Oh, and I'm working on a lettuce-based salad that would be perfect with the lemon cilantro dressing - new salad recipe coming soon!

my favorite fall salad

I admit that I grew up not liking salads. I'm still not crazy about iceburg lettuce with carrots and tomatoes, but I've learned that salads can be very different from what we had in my youth. This is one I regularly make for lunch because it's so dang fun that I forget I'm eating well. And yes, I know it's currently winter and feels a bit like summer. But whatever, this is my fav fall salad.