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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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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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Affordable Linen jumpsuit 
A free people inspired by piece with the cutest tie back

Fits tts and has pockets

Wearing a strapless built in bra top in brown  tts 

Brown  slide Sandals  with  buckle another affordable find 

Gold Budha girl bangle bracelets, water proof and so light weight 

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Cashmere sweater over shoulder by quince

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🍁 🍂 Cozy Season is fast approaching Kids are star 🍁 🍂 Cozy Season is fast approaching 
Kids are starting school and Apples are starting to be harvested🍂🍎

Do you like to do a little home refresh?
I do… A cozy candle, add in a few warmer colors, a Throw and a accent  pillow or two🍂🍁

Maybe a new coffee table book, a little accent piece or two….

I headed into Homegoods and found a few  Cozy things to refresh your space giving all the Ralph Lauren vibes.

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Styling Gingham over 50 Chic and Classic ✔️ Girl Styling Gingham over 50 
Chic and Classic ✔️

Girls Night Out-but IN Outfit ✔️
 

 Ponte front pleat kick flare -pull on front tummy panel pant. 

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 -semi cropped back zip sweatshirt 

Both pants and sweatpants in color poppy

No iron Navy and white gingham button up 3/4 sleeve  a favorite 

Nude ankle strap kitten heal 
Tts and so affordable 

Julie voz jewelry

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Gingham over 50| Style over 50|. Outfit indpo| summer to fall | wardrobe builders
Pottery Barn? Or Walmart? The prices say Walmart Pottery Barn? Or Walmart?

The prices say Walmart but the quality says Potterybarn🍂🍁

Just in time for a little refresh and add a little something New to your Fall collections? 

I’ve found some fun things you’re going to love at really affordable prices..

🍁Add 🍂
-The scents of fall 
-a little warmth and coziness 
-Perfect pieces to serve & entertain with
- pumpkins your use now until Thanksgiving

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—3 WAYS TO STYLE— The best tip any stylist could —3 WAYS TO STYLE—

The best tip any stylist could give you…
Is when your shopping and something catches your eye, make sure you can style it or wear it 3 ways.

This helps you get more use out of your closet, which also helps you  to create different outfit with items you already own.

How cute is this babydoll eyelet lace dress, with v neck and slightly puffed sleeve. An affordable find that can be styled so many ways. 

I created 3 easy to style with this great summer to fall transition dress. 

1. Coastal- shell necklace, raffia sandals with a straw bag
2. A little western with red cowboy boots, a scarf, Horsebit necklace, and a cowboy hat 
3. Work wear- styled with a blazer,cane and leather kitten heals and a cane clutch with tortoiseshell chain handle 

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Happy Sunday Pretty Ladies❤️ Today’s “ In the Kit Happy Sunday Pretty Ladies❤️

Today’s “ In the Kitchen with D’Arcy” Sunday recipe is a long time Family favorite.

🍏🍎Apple Cinnamon Cake Muffin Recipe:

Perfect for those who love Apples but also love a good coffee cake.
I know your family will love them as much as mine does.

Perfect recipe when you have an abundance of Fall Apples 🍏 🍂🍎

Comment “ Recipe” and I’ll send the full recipe over to you. 🍎🍏

Ephesians 3:20
“Lord, I release every limit I’ve placed on what You can do.
Expand my vision, increase my faith, and do immeasurably more through my life than I could ever accomplish on my oren.”

Made from scratch | Family recipe| Apple recipe| Morning muffins or afternoon snack
Look chic and put together in the morning…☕️ or re Look chic and put together in the morning…☕️ or relaxing in the evening with a glass of wine 🍷 

❤️Satin pjs you’ll want to live in or take on your next vacation!

-Red satin cami 
-Red lobster 🦞 and beach printed satin pants and match robe

All sold separately and fit tts. I am in a small/medium robe and Small pant and top

🛍️On sale too ✔️

What I wore on our family Bear lake trip.. look at that lake view ☕️☕️☕️ perfect summer view

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Melanoma Facial Cancer Journey Part 9 6 Clean Bea Melanoma Facial Cancer Journey
Part 9

6 Clean Beauty products I used up and loved so much I reordered.
 
Being diagnosed with Melanoma Facial cancer in December, has been quite the journey, to say the least! Leaving me with a facial scar from my eye to my jaw, and really left me wanting to learn more about Melanoma, what causes this deadly cancer and ways to heal, protect myself, and hopefully help others.

1 part of this journey was to clean up my beauty products, as our skin is our biggest living organ and woman put deadly unhealthy products on it and in it every single day.

6 Clean Vegan and organic Beauty products I loved & reordered: 

-100% Grass Fed whipped Tallow cream
Super hydrating and great moisturizer 
- The Standard Hair oil is a must for healthy hair
-SPF 30 Tinted moisturizer 
—Best seller Perfume that gets you compliments 
- sunless tan anti aging serum
-Super Serum hydrating and leaves your skin feeling silky.

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Want to know more about my journey… the How, Why, The process and what I’ve changed… I have 8 other detailed post up in my feed, and a highlight tab …Sharing my supplements , my daily clean green drink, my beauty and make up routine, our house hold cleaning products, What really is causing melanoma (and it’s NOT the sun) what we use- how I completely cleaned up our families diet (even though we eat really organic and healthy and removed All plastics from our home. Along with the complete Melanoma journey from diagnosis- surgery-detailed steps and healing..

My 4th Laser surgery needed for the healing processes is coming up soon.

Melanoma cancer| beauty| Skin cancer | over 50 | utah content creator
🪻🍃🌸Friday Flowers… Perfectly Dried Hydrangea’s ev 🪻🍃🌸Friday Flowers…

Perfectly Dried Hydrangea’s every time.

My tips on how to dry your Hydrangeas to use for future flower arrangements and perfect for upcoming Fall decorations 🍂

With summer coming to an end it’s getting to be the perfect time to harvest your hydrangea plants 🪴 

I have dried hydrangeas over two years old that look perfect ✔️

Do you have Hydrangeas in your garden?

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Today’s “ In the Kitchen with D’Arcy” 🍋Is perfect Today’s “ In the Kitchen with D’Arcy”

🍋Is perfect for those lemon lovers🍋

My Easy Meyer🍋 Lemon pound cake
Moist, delicious and pretty too. garnished with lemon slices and lavender It’s perfect with your Saturday morning coffee or served for dessert on Sunday dinner.🍽️ 

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🍋lemon pound cake| lemon lovers | recipes| Meyer lemon pound cake | 
From my kitchen| homemade
Who’s crushing on Butter yellow? It’s great paire Who’s crushing on Butter yellow?

It’s great paired with white and denim but come Fall it looks beautiful with shades  of grey, dark denim, and pretty paired with burgundy too for a fun twist.

This chunky knot cardigan is so good I own it in 5 colors 💛💛💛

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Style over 50 | color combo | sunshine and a change of flowers
Love a good “wear NOW and later.. You know it’s Love a good “wear NOW and later.. 

You know it’s an add to cart!  When you can wear a piece multiple ways or style it for several seasons✔️

This is a dress you can do just that with✔️

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Wear now & later | over 50 style/ grwm| utah content creator | dresses you’ll love
The DEAL I seriously couldn’t believe…. Looks like The DEAL I seriously couldn’t believe….
Looks like pottery Barn you won’t believe is Walmart …

Normally $59 NOW $20

If it was PotteryBarn it would be $159

Large pedestal vinyl wicker baskets with plastic lining for plants .. outside or inside 

💡But think of all the other things you could use these for..
-Rolled towels in bathroom or by spa/pool
-pool toys
-Outdoor sports equipment 
- inside blankets, toys, cut storage 
-🎁great gift idea- bridal shower/ new home/ birthday Add a tree or shrub 

Seriously so good I purchased several .. two for my front porch refresh two for my back yard to put ferns in and a couple for gifts etc

💄 the lipstick bslm you’ll love
WA - color

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15 Outfit I Wore ——JULY—— A little outfit recap o 15 Outfit I Wore
——JULY——

A little outfit recap of a few of my favorite looks from July…

A few piece that would be great Fall transition pieces too.

I can’t wait to share with you the new pieces and Outfits I have in store for you in August… So many great wardrobe builders and a few on trend pieces to mix in with your classic pieces❤️
Along with a few Fall pieces working their way in to my wardrobe🍂🍁

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Have a beautiful Sunday

Midlife style | July fashion| summer style| over 50| utah style| utah content creator|
Facial Melanoma Cancer Journey Part 8 ❤️I’ve fou Facial Melanoma Cancer Journey 
Part 8

❤️I’ve found…when life deals you unexpected hurdles, and things that could potentially knock you down… you’ve gotta, put on those big girl panties and turn it around! 
Stay strong, fall to your knees🙏🏻 And put it in  Gods hands…. Then you can let go and follow the process, and with that comes the strength to look at the good you could do and share, along with finding ways to make everyday special…

⚠️Self-care Saturday-
Mohes facial surgery in January, which left a facial scar from eye to jaw..
Months of healing and 3 facial laser treatments with 3 more to go…

 ✔️Products and tools I’ve been using and would highly recommend to help heal facial scars & take care of skin over 50

🌸A few tips to romanticize everyday life, my daily green drink, which is good for everyday health, but also helps heal you.

The mask I was unexpectedly surprised with… 

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Comment “Drink” for my daily green drink and morning NAD supplement 

I’ve been sharing my journey since December… and have 7 other parts here in my feed, if you want to look back and see the process and journey…
I also gave a highlight bubble with saved info etc.

⚠️Reminder to Make your skin check appointment ❤️

Melanoma Cancer scar | over 50| healing| Romanticizing your daily life|
Keeping it short and sweet… Life’s to short to fi Keeping it short and sweet…

Life’s to short to fill it with the wrong things❤️ 

Be intentional, protect you peace, and fill it with the right people❤️❤️❤️

Have a beautiful weekend Pretty Ladies❤️

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Midlife| thoughts| protecting peace| protecting what’s important | linen dress| linen blazer
I love a good 1 and done✔️ 3 affordable sports d I love a good 1 and done✔️ 

3 affordable sports dress with built in bras and shorts… 1 dress and done…

3 ways to style them✔️✔️✔️

That makes getting dresses easy ✔️

These cute sports dresses are soft, comfortable and fit tts

Easy to wear for your daily walk, playing pickle ball or your favorite sport, or just running some errands. 

I’ve style it 3 ways to show you  how versatile it could be…

#LTKgrwm #LTKOver40 #LTKActive

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Final Days to Grab some amazing deals Nordstrom S Final Days to Grab some amazing deals 
Nordstrom Sale …

Items  in stock and several restocks..
Great time to add a full items to your wall wardrobe and if your like my check off a few Christmas gifts✔️

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I have a full blog post up as well with all of my clothing picks and try ones ✔️

💛Best selection is online💛
Add to cart is my love language 

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Kinda Chic… what to you see as Kinda chic? Slide Kinda Chic…

what to you see as Kinda chic?

Slide through and see what I value as “Kinda Chic” 

The Older I get, the more I realize being “Chic “ really is just being unapologetically yourself. 

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Getting my steps in…. Come shop Pre- Fall At Ant Getting my steps in…. 

Come shop Pre- Fall At Anthropologie with me🍂🍁

Piece you can wear NOW and for Fall✔️

Even a little peek at Halloween and a few Fall homegoods I picked up…While there in stock✔️

⚠️Wait tell you see the cutest Reversible jacket… about 20 seconds in❤️❤️❤️

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