Curry Chicken Salad – Today’s alternative for my go-to Comfort Food

So, I’ve come to realize that my comfort food is Pizza. Thin Crust Pepperoni Pineapple to be exact. Frustrating day at work…. “I’ll order a pizza. I’ve earned it.” Stressed out about wedding planning… “I’ll order a pizza, I’ll finish _______ (fill in the blank for some wedding related thing) tomorrow.” Well, now that I have a little over 3 weeks before the wedding, I really NEED to ditch this pizza comfort food dependency I have. It should have happened sooner but if you were tracking my half marathon training, you know I have a serious procrastination problem.

I went to Publix this afternoon and decided I’d make some chicken salad for dinner. Healthier than pizza right? A step in the right direction.

Curry Chicken Salad Ingredients

• Rotisserie chicken (I’m still a little squeamish when it comes to raw chicken. I think I’ve touched raw chicken about 5 times, in my life.)
• Golden Delicious Apple (1/2 Cup - chopped)
• Grapes (1/2 Cup – halved)
• Celery (2 stalks)
• Curry Powder (1 tablespoon – I really like curry, I know it's a strong flavor so some may prefer less curry powder)
• Plain Greek Yogurt (6oz)
• Walnuts (handful)
• Salt/pepper (to taste)

Mix Greek Yogurt and Curry Powder together. Then add chicken, apples, grapes, and celery and mix well.  Add walnuts some salt and pepper and voila! Pretty delicious if I do say so myself.

Wedding Planning Sneak Peak

Wow, I don’t know what happened… but the time has FLOWN by! Its only about a month before the wedding! A little bit nervous, a lot a bit excited!!! I may have underestimated the difficulty of planning a wedding in New York while living in Florida.  

We decided to do a lot of DIY things for the wedding, which I am loving! Jordan is working on a special project that I know all the guests will LOVE and I have tasked my bridesmaids with a few (don’t know what I would do without them) pinterest/etsy inspired ideas.

Here is a little sneak peak to one of my wedding DIY projects. Salt Scrub Favors!

Once I actually dedicated a day to making all the salt scrubs, and got a system down, it went pretty smoothly. Here is what I used:

• 8oz Mason Jars (I used Kerr and not Ball because Kerr had a smooth spot on the jar for me to stick on a label)
• Motrin Sea Salt
• Sunflower Oil
• Scented Essential Oil
• Martha Stewart Printable Labels (they were on sale at Michaels)
•  Decorative ribbon

I researched pinterest for some good instructions but they all varied a little, so I decided to do my own thing. I didn’t measure anything out, I just used marks on the jars to judge how much I salt/oil I was using.

First, add salt. Duh. I made about 150 so I decided to only fill the jars about half way. If you’re just making a few for gifts (or yourself!), I suggest adding more salt.

I added the essential oils in before I added the sunflower oil. Some were more potent than other so I experimented with how many drops of each scent was needed in order to notice the smell. It really depends on what type/scent of essential oil you are using. In this particular line up, I'm using an Orange scented oil. After the essential oil, add some sunflower oil and mix with a fork. I kept pouring until it just covered the top of the salt. Now this part is all personal preference. If you want a dryer scrub, add less oil… visa versa. Here is what most of mine ended up looking like. It did take a few tries to get the consistency I wanted.

Then cover, add sticker, add ribbon and voila! Perfect gift.

It is pretty simple, hopefully you'll try this recipe out soon! I promise my next post doesn’t take as long to put up as this one did :) 

Now, back to the wedding planning!