Southwest Chicken Salad

I know it’s Valentine’s Day and I should be posting something related…like the hearts I was supposed to have finished.  They are probably half way done.  We had a busy and productive day doing other things yesterday so I didn’t do much sewing.

But I figured I would at least post a really good salad that we had last week.  I was too hungry to take a picture of it, so you’ll have to look close at their picture.  Surprisingly the recipe is from Wonder Bread.  It popped up when I did a search on chicken and salad.  I highly recommend you try this….we’ll definitely do it again. 

I used pre-seasoned black beans instead of regular black beans, so no rinsing like they said.  We also went without the cheese and you couldn’t tell the difference.  I used red pepper instead of green.  And for the ranch dressing, I used a no-fat version using 2 cups no-fat plain yogurt, a ranch dressing seasonings packet, and 2 Tbsp dijon mustard.  To make it a little more southwestern, I added some of the chili seasoning to the dressing.

Okay I’m salivating now…enjoy! 

Oh, and Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Charmed

One of my goals this year is to work on at least one project each month.  I didn’t finish anything in January, but I did start crocheting a scarf to donate to the Craft Hope’s valentine’s day project.  I think I like sewing better than crocheting.  My eyes kept getting cross-eyed and dry.  But I should be able to ship it on Monday.

For February, I bought this cute fabric for a Valentine’s Day project.  It’s a set of 42 pre-cut 5” squares called a “Charm Pack.” Almost every square is a different pattern. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to make.  But I at least had fun laying them out to photograph. Ha ha ha!

I might turn some of it into a table centerpiece with this as the starting idea from sew4home:

If I get around to it, I might try a pillow to see how quilting works with these “charm packs.”  I don’t have much time to figure it out since Valentine’s Day is a week from tomorrow!