Cook once, eat twice

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope you get to share part of your day with someone you love. In school, Joshua (the founder of IIN) would talk about this concept cook once, eat twice. When you go through the motions of making something you might as well be able to get two meals out of it. These days people do the opposite. They cook twice and eat once-- meaning they make one meal for one person and another meal for another person. On Tuesday I made this easy dish... forbidden rice, shrimp, pistachios, celery, cranberries, apple and kale. Then last night we used leftovers as one of our sides. I love making dishes like with one with lots of different flavors and textures. Try it out and substitute to please your palate!

Chinese Chicken Salad

Have you ever had someone ask you if you've heard of something and you haven't and then you see it everywhere? It happens to me all the time. Yesterday I was texting with my Aunt who lives in Texarkana and she was telling me I should check out The Chew- a show on ABC. I have never seen it and never heard of it. Fast forward to right now...  I'm looking for the recipe for my favorite Chinois Chicken (or shrimp for me) Salad and wallah there it is- The Chew! I grew up eating this salad when Chinois was in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace and although I think it has changed over the years (or maybe Spagos just does it differently) it is still a winner in my books.
Check it out:
 http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/Chinois-Chicken-Salad