Boy is it H.O.T. out there today! After Organic I headed back across campus to be interviewed for Winthrop’s new grad school newsletter – I’m going to be the featured student! Apparently KERF has been passed around the administration and professors! I wonder if I’ll get new readers and how many eyes it will see. Even though there are a few thousand (according to Google Analytics) of you reading all over the world, it would be weird to have readers who are around me on campus everyday.
It seems the college has already prepared for fall, because the buildings are all steamy and humid. So after my walk to the admin building, then to the fitness center only to find no computer outlets open, then up to the graduate study room, I was quite sweaty!
On to this killer lunch!! I was dancing-around excited about it last night when I made it –
Curried Fruit + Nut Chicken Salad
The Mix:
- About 3 oz shredded chicken breast
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- About 10 grapes, halved
- About 1/3 cup chopped apple
- ~1.5 tbsp chopped pecans
- 1 tbsp dried cranberries
- 2 tbsp greek yogurt
- 1/2 tbsp light mayo
- 1/2 tsp-ish curry powder
- 1/4 tsp-ish cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- Dash red pepper flakes
- Dash salt and pepper
All those flavors made such a great combo! I think the cinnamon was the key ingredient. The whole salad reminded me so much of thanksgiving, and I loved the sweet grapes, apple and cranberries with the chicken and celery and spinach.
I packed a tub of spinach in a separate container and dumped on the salad when it was time to eat:
I also had a leftover corn cob half –
A few crackers for crunch –
And some strawberries –
Study time!!
Erica says
Look delicious! I would be excited about it, too!
Boo for still-hot weather in September. We’ve had it too, until today. Today is very fall-ish and struggling to get into the 70s! Yay for fall! Hopefully it will find you soon!
Jenn says
kath, (or anyone who knows) where did you get those adorable candles? I want some for fall! I saw a pumpkin one too!
Kath says
Jenn,
Pottery Barn, last fall/winter’s sale.
K
VeggieGirl says
I’m laughing at all the bloggers saying how hot it is where they are – it’s now down to 58°F here!!
Congratulations for being the featured student!! They made an EXCELLENT choice 🙂
Good luck studying!!
Tiffany says
Featured Student?! That is so exciting! So many great things are happening for you and KERF! You should be very proud!
Faye says
The salad looks wonderful! I’m starting a new job soon (well, it’s not really a job, it’s an Americorps position) and I’ll definitely be referring to your blog for lunch ideas to keep me on track for losing weight!
Christie i. says
Congrats on being feature student, that is very cool!
The chicken salad sounds good.
Megan's Minutes says
i LOVE curry chicken salad! cranberries add the perfect sweet spot but i will have to try cinnamon, too!
Biz says
Not a huge fan of curry, but I think I’d like the rest of it. I’ll have to give it a shot.
Reminds me of something my husband’s aunt served one time, except it was chock full of ONIONS! I haven’t tried it since.
Runnershigh says
This lunch deserves a gian *swoon*
Best of luck with the studying! Do you use colored notecards? I have a slight obsession 😉
ModelBehavior says
It will only be a matter of time untill there’s a KERF tv show…I would watch it!
www.modbehav.com
Christie says
Great job on getting out there with the newsletter.. I know what you men about that because I offered to do a column in the newsletter for our nutrition club and I still dont know if i want them to put my blog addrss on there haha
Meghann says
That chicken salad looks amazing. I really need purchase some curry powder to try.
Andrea says
Forgive me if this has already been mentioned here, but I saw this weekend that Starbucks will start offering oatmeal. It’s whole-grain, 140 kcal, 5g protein and 4g fiber, with a choice of fruit, nuts or brown sugar. Not sure of the price, but YAY!
HangryPants says
Kath, That salad looks amazing.
Let us readers know when the newsletter comes out. Can we get it online?
Heather
P.S. With all this press, do you think you’ll be ending the thrice daily blogging soon to focus on other things?
Brittany says
Your chicken salad lunch looks awesome.
madison says
yea it seems so weird that its hot over there. its about 60 here!! =(
that lunch looks amazing!
Betsy in Pittsburgh says
I’ve never made a chicken salad that wasn’t meant to be squished between 2 pieces of bread. Hmmm….
Natalie says
Looks really good! I bet that would be a great salad for my left over rotisserie chicken! Yum 🙂
Ange C. says
Mmmmmmmmm…that chicken salad looks so refershing and yummy.
Anyone ever tried those green bags that prolong the life of produce? I need a review..just bought some and wondering what ‘users’ think. Thx!
ModelBehavior says
Ange C~
I tried one, it was an offbrand one not the infomercial (spl??) one, it didn’t do a dang thing. But I have heard really good things about the “real” ones, let me know how it goes!! I might splurge on the real deal 🙂
Julz says
So for some odd reason unknown to man, I was thinking about something… Can you IMAGINE how divine a whole wheat-pumpkin bread (NOT quickbread!!) with cranberries and goat cheese would be??!! Goats cheese either baked INTO the bread or as a topping… With Rosemary, Oh My Gahh (Thanks Jessica Simpson.)… Husband, I think you should bake Me (!!!) — I mean YOUUUUUUU and KATH some of this bread 🙂
Julz says
And CONGRATS on your newsletter Feature! OMG… What if Perez Hilton did like a KERF spoof!!! PERF… Honestly, it could happen 🙂
Watch out for them DANG paparazzi!!
Kinder says
mmmm. That salad looks yum. My sister makes her tuna salad sandwiches with curry, light mayo and finely chopped apples. So good. I think I know what I am having for lunch tomorrow!
Kath says
Runnershigh ,
I use a different color per test so final exam studying is easier.
Christie ,
You totally should – good publicity!!
HangryPants ,
I think it’s a paper one, but I can try to scan my article.
Julz ,
mmmm!!!
K
Megan says
The Chicken Salad looks great! I will definately be trying this one soon 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
Melissa P. says
You and I both had fabulous batches of chicken salad this weekend! I think that it just seems so “fall-ish”. Your are right- the cinnamon does make it! Yum.
melissa says
Can anyone give an estimate to the amount of calories in this salad?