This week's Recipe of the Week is brought to us by Sandra David of Spanaway, WA., a busy stay at home mom and good cook.  Her chicken salad recipe is very popular with her family and friends.

This is a terrific dish for lunch in a green salad or as an entree for dinner along with a quiche or other vegetable dish.

Here's a little more about Sandra
and her active family. Thanks again Sandra for this yummy recipe!

Hello!  The idea for this recipe I was given by my mother but I have drastically changed it.  Now the only similarity is the chicken.  I have found that when the mention of "potluck" comes up it is one of those dishes that you get asked to bring.  Well I am a 23 year old mother.  I would stay at home if I was not so busy with life.  Not that I am employed.  We just run between Grandma's house bible study, church, friends' houses and taking lunch to Daddy at work.  I do not have the time to work.  I have two beautiful sons.  Oliver who is 3 & 8 months, and Nathanael who is 8 months.

I call them my mother's day presents, since they were both born in May.  And I have my Dax who is 2.  She came between the boys.  Although she is a puppy, she is like my daughter.

Sandra's Chicken Salad

What you need

• 4 chicken breasts (baked)
• 1 pkg. salad noodles (egg noodles)
• 1 can olives(sliced)
• Mayonnaise
• All your favorite seasonings

What you do

1. Thoroughly season chicken breasts and bake 375* for 45 minutes.
2. Remove from oven and cool. Meanwhile, boil salad noodles according to package directions.
3. When chicken is cool slice into small chunks. Place chicken, noodles, olives, and your choice of mayonnaise into a large bowl and mix well.
4. Add all of your favorite seasonings.
   This is what I put in:

• Season All (season salt)
• Lemon & Herb
• Salt
• Pepper
• Italian Seasonings

I would try it with these seasonings first; this is what really makes the salad .  You can have as much or as little as you like. This is great for big groups, a little goes a long way.
Thank you, Sandra David of Spanaway, WA

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This week's Recipe of the Week is brought to us from the popular Goddess Diet created by Larrian Gillespie, MD. Her Calcutta chicken in spinach and yogurt sauce is perfect for dinner. The Goddess Diet was developed by Larrian as an effective and safe way for women to lose weight and to keep unwanted pounds from creeping up.  Larrian has developed diets for such celebrities as Cher and the start of Lord of the Dance Michael Flately.  Cher continues to eat the "goddess" way and strongly endorses Dr. Gillespie's book. Treat yourself like a goddess and make this delicious recipe and see our interview with Larrian Gillespie and free book excerpt.

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