Nappa cabbage salad with Chicken

This salad is AWESOME!!! We all loved it, and this cabbage is way high on the Nutrient Density Index. Nappa cabbage is much less rubbery than regular cabbage. The white parts are similar to bok choy but the leafy parts are much more like a lettuce. Very refreshing for a summer day.

Nappa Cabbage Salad

1/2 large head of Nappa Cabbage chopped
3 scallions chopped
2 carrots julienned
1 cup slivered almonds
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
1 cup snow pea pods ends trimmed and cut into thirds
2 chicken breasts
1 tablespoon Chinese 5 spice
raman or soba noodles

Dressing:
1 tablespoon sugar
4 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil

Bring one quart of water to a boil. Add Chinese 5 spice and chicken. While chicken cooks prepare veggies. Mix all veggie ingredients in a large deep bowl. Combine Dressing ingredients in a smaller bowl and set aside. Remove chicken from the water to a small bowl after 20 min or until chicken is cooked through. Add raman or soba noodles to the seasoned water and cook to taste. When you are ready to serve, toss salad with dressing. Serve salad with some of the noodles and chicken on top.

Bible Study Lunch

This is from June, I thought I had worked on in and lost it, but I found it today, and figured I would finish it and post it for posterity sake :)

Ladies Community Bible study at Calvary Baptist Church is an anchor for me. I need to have these ladies in my life. They are a wonderful mix of ages, races and experiences, and the study provides a place for us all to seek God through His word, and share and encourage each other. In honor of the last week of our Spring study I made lunch for us all, and successfully pulled it off with redistributed Fair Foods produce. The food was good, but the fellowship was better. Ladies...I will miss you this summer.

Our Menu:


Potato Leek Soup

Butternut Squash Soup


Spinach Salad with walnuts, cranberries and pears

Italian Salad


Fresh fruit


i am sure you can see the baked goods ;)

Here is the recipe for the Butternut Squash soup:


Butternut Squash soup


1 butternut squash peeled, seeded, diced

2 carrots diced

2 stalks of cellery diced

1 onion diced

2 cloves garlic minced

1 inch fresh ginger grated
 4 cups stock
cinnamon
Salt and Pepper
2 cups milk

heat 1 tbsp butter in the bottom of a large stockpot. saute onion, garlic, ginger, celery and carrot. Cook until onion is opaque. Add squash and stock. Bring to a boil, cover and cook for about 20 min or until the squash is soft. Either by pureeing in a blender in batches or with an immersion blender puree the soup. Add up to 2cups of milk, you may need less if you like your soup to be thicker. Season with salt and pepper and cinnamon to taste.