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Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken – Sweet and Savory Salad

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken – Sweet and Savory Salad

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

Hello Pretty Ladies,

I hope you had a great weekend. The weather in Utah has been beautiful, and we’ve been spending a lot of time outside working on Yard and Garden projects and craving salads. With that being said, for today’s “In the Kitchen with D’Arcy,” I am sharing my recipe for my Crunchy  Chicken – Sweet and Savory Salad. It’s so good, the mix of crunchy Chicken and sweet pecans with the savory flavor of Blue cheese gives this mixed green and veggie salad that wow factor. 

 

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad
Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad
Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad
Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

Crunchy  Chicken – Sweet and Savory Salad Recipe:

2 Panko-crusted chicken breasts cut into cubes ( I use my Chicken Schnitzel recipe) (I make a couple extra that week for dinner & reserve to make this salad that week) 

One Bag of mixed greens of your choice or hand chop ( I like 1 chopped romaine, 1 chopped iceberg, and a handful of spinach) 

1/2 cup Green onions 

1 large tomato, diced

One Carrot sliced however you like 

1 cup Blue cheese crumbles

1 cup Candied pecans

Fresh pepper to taste

Balsamic glaze for drizzle 

Homemade garlic croutons (I use leftover garlic bread, cut into cubes and warm in the oven until crispy)

My dressing of choice is a homemade Italian vinaigrette or balsamic vinegar; the boys prefer blue cheese dressing. 

How to serve:

This salad serves four as a main course for dinner. If so, I make four salads in individual bowls by dividing the ingredients evenly. If serving as a side or taking it to a party, I add everything to a large wooden salad bowl and mix the lettuce with a good toss. Then, I layer all the ingredients except the salad dressing and let people add that to their liking. 

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Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

Summer Salad Season Crunchy  Chicken - Sweet and Savory Salad

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You might also enjoy the following:

Orange Glazed Walnut Salad

Easy Red Onion and Apple Salad

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Welcome to my blog, Where I share Fashion and lifestyle over 40. A Former Clothing Boutique owner, Interior designer by Trade! Boy mom, Sharing Tips, DIY’s, Recipes, Home inspiration, Ways to style what you own and create ways to look & feel stylish at any age! I love a good deal and I adore luxury! I share how I mix both. While sneaking in Chats about midlife issues. Midlife Now, isn’t what it was for our moms!
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Meet the NEW Girls that also Have Style and are trending this Season.

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 6 weeks  after my First laser treatment round 2 co2  deep core laser treatment.

I was diagnosed in December, Surgery in January and my first laser in February.

I’ve been sharing this Journey in hopes to help encourage you to make a skin check up appointment. 

Melanoma Cancer is deadly and very different from Skin Cancer.

Melanoma cancer is deadly,  early detection is key, before it can spread to lymph nodes, organs, &  blood. 

If your new here or just seeing this post, I have 5 other parts with all the info and my Journey to date in Feed and stores saved to highlights with more info.

Thank you for all the kind messages, comments and prayers! I appreciate you being apart of my tribe.

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The perfect Thing to do with the girls👠 Brunch an The perfect Thing to do with the girls👠

Brunch and then head to see Devil wears Prada 👠🍿🎬

A few mimosas might have been drank🍾🥂😉

What I wore:
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-Pleated skorts 
-A fun high heel graphic tee by @madisonmaison 
-Rock stud pumps and clutch
-Bold Gold Jewelry

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I have to say.. Mother’s Day weekend was great… started the day out with Cammi @cammishappyplace to shop Vintage market days and end the night with Mexican food at one of our favorite places.

Saturday- off with the girls for brunch and a movie… ended the night at the garden shop (yes in 👠 heels) 

Sunday- Church and then Brunch with the family and then evening in the garden with my hubby🛍️🥂👠🍽️🎬🪏🪴🏡

 Couldn’t ask for a better way to spend it✔️

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My greatest accomplishment is the family we’ve built.🤍

Not only the children I birthed, whom I am so very proud of and thank God every day for,
 but to the home we opened up to others and the family that came from friends and children we’ve been so blessed to have apart of our lives.

Family is something you build not just something you’re given. It truly brings me so much joy to have a full home, to feed others, open our hearts and be a safe space. 

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Thankful to the two that made me a CoCo @hampton.v_  @kaylee.thompson24 🤍 The love & joy he brings is something nobody could have prepared me for🤍

I know Mother’s Day can be hard for some, with their mamas no longer with them or with having a hard time becoming one on their own🙏🏻🤍 my heart goes out to you! You’ll be in my prayers🙏🏻

🌸Happy Mother’s Day pretty ladies and my your day be full of everything you need it to be🤍🤍🤍

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“Motherhood: Because privacy is over-rated”. —Russ Ediger

“Thank God for a praying mother”. —Bobbie Burrow

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—Mother’s Day Tea— Come with me as I set a Tables —Mother’s Day Tea—

Come with me as I set a Tablescape perfect for tea.
Shades of  pink and yellow 🌸💛
- Vintage pink glass dishes that have been in our family for generations, scrallop details, Touches of gold and silver, layer napkins and rings fit for a queen. Pearl handle silverware and individual tea pots.

~On the Menu~

~ Cucumber Ssndwhiches 
~ Arugula Lemon Salad
~Spinach & Muchroom Quiche 
~ Blueberry Scones -Clotted Cream & Lemon Curd
~ Assorted ShortBread Cookies
~ Lemon & Lavendar Pound Cake

-Drinks-
~ Cucumber & mint water
~ Ice Tea served with lemon & mint
~ Assorted Hot Teas served with Cream & Hobey
~ Finishing with a glass or Prosecco 

🌸 Recipes to come

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What are you doing for Mother’s Day? 
I hope you will be relaxing and treated like the queen you are🌸💛👑

#midlifestyle #tablescapestyling #springtable #mothersdaytea
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Flowers🌸 your mom really wants…

You can put this gift together in minutes and she’ll enjoy ALL Summer long🪴🪏

You’ll need:
-Clay Pot
- Potting Soil 
-Hydrangea Plant or Her Favorite Flower
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- Pretty Ribbon

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Easy Outfits formals you can use to create everyday - workwear- weekend  outfit inspirations.

⚠️Which look is your favorite or one you want to try 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17?

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— Salsa Garden—- Gift Idea for Mother’s Day or you — Salsa Garden—-
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Fun way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo🌮🪇 and Taco Tuesday ….

Planting a salsa garden is easy and cane be done on a balcony or in a large yard…
A fun gift idea..

You’ll Need: 
-Clay pot
-Tomatoe & Marigold plant 
-Seeds for salsa - 
Cilantro, onions ,peppers
-Garden Magazine 
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 Several Affordable gift ideas and a couple splurges she’ll love.

~Great Mother’s Day Gift ideas, as well as A few Graduation and Bridal gift Ideas.

-Beauty
Hand Cream/ clean body lotion & Spf/Red light mask/ Tortoiseshell brush & Toothpaste / hair tool/ clean beauty perfume 

-Home
New Cookbook/ ice maker/ Acrylic Make up holder/ Flower Bust Vase/ Candle/ Towel warmer

-Jewlery
Bracelets

-Fashion
Sunglasses 2 pk / blazer I have a discount code / Denim bow Top under $40

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🌸 The last Slide gets me compliments every time I wear

⚠️Most of these items will arrive on time for Mothers Day

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Mother’s Day Tea

Perfect Eyelet Dresses for Mother’s Day
In White eyelet & Chambray Denim Eyelet…
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The perfect way to celebrate mom

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It’s no secret I love to cook and entertain. Chee It’s no secret I love to cook and entertain. 
Cheese is an ingredient I use in several of my recipes, @cachevalleycheese  a local Utah company making cheese from the highest quality dairy is one of our family’s go to cheese brands.

Having a wide selection of delicious cheese flavors and they come in a verity from large blocks, small blocks, pre sliced, and grated depending on your preference and cooking needs. Delivering wholesome goodness in every bite.

I am excited to try a few recipes this Spring and Summer from their 

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-Can be dressed up or worn casual 
-Comes in black or white
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Styling tips:

Can be worn with this Quince linen blazer, Styled with a Quince leather bag, designer platform slide sandals and jewelry for a Coastal dinner cruise or drinks with friends.

Styled  with a sweater over shoulders and a sandal perfect for lunch with the girls, or day date.

Styled with a denim jacket and a low profile sneaker and a cross body bag, for a great travel outfit or perfect casual weekend look.

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