Dancing Chicken Salad!
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1-4 Chicken Liberators!
I might be hallucinating but this tasted just like chicken salad to me! Party in the Hen House!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cashews
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon tumeric
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- sprinkle garlic powder or hing
- 1 cup walnuts
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 tablespoon chopped pickle, pickled ginger, or apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup grapes (optional), sliced
- 1 cucumber, for putting salad on, chopped
- ¼ cup sliced green onion mixed in at the end!
- sprinkle yellow bell pepper if you have it.
- optional but great to add is chopped apple, raisins, or collard greens at end.
Preparation
Blend the cashews, water and spices together until smooth (I use a blend teck for this). Then pulse the walnuts and celery in food processor until small chunks remain. I also threw in a few mushrooms. Throw in green onions, raisins and apple (optional) in at the end.
Wait until the very end to add the pickles if you do. Or add a little on each portion. Serve and enjoy on celery rounds, in scooped out peppers, in a tomato or with favorite bread or crackers.
I made this into crackers with everything except the pickles- so it gives you another option. Add some flax to the crackers to help hold them together and a cup of carrot pulp from juicing. Also for the chik n biskit crackers shown here I ran out of cashews so I used half a cup of sunflower seeds. You will have to add a little water to get it smooth.
I like a few grapes thrown in too. Serve in peeled cucumbers sliced in half and seeds taken out- like raw hogies or on slices of cucumber if it is for an hordeurve. Or of course on raw bread with a little spinach if you have some!
Comments
Weazelchef writes: (September 09, 2007)
I intend to try this one!
rishisraw writes: (September 09, 2007)
i’m gonna be honest, pretty frikkin good. I didn’t have celery seeds, but i added coriander and cumin instead. I also chopped a tomato and mixed it in. Definitely needed the tomato for freshness. The ACV is also a must.
writeeternity writes: (September 09, 2007)
Hi Rishi! Thank you for trying this and getting back to me! One thing else I did was soak the walnuts a few days ago in spices and then dehydrate them. They were moister when I finished than when I started so I didn’t dehydrate them too much. I am glad you built on the curry flavor I had going. I almost added cumin myself! I want to make an indian lentil flat bread somehow raw. I love that stuff!
karriej writes: (September 10, 2007)
I made this last night for dinner and finished it up today for lunch. So delish! I made little cucumber sandwiches but those crackers you have in the picture look great too. Is the recipe on the sight?
writeeternity writes: (September 11, 2007)
Hi Karriej! That is so great you tried it and liked it too! I have never been into walnuts really but now with the almond issue, and the cashew question I have been trying other things. That’t the thing that is so neat about this recipe. I took this recipe above and added a cup of grated carrot (or left over from juicing) and a little flax and water and wala! You’ve got the above cracker. The picture above actually isn’t the chicken salad- it’s the crackers made form the chicken salad. The checken salad actually looked whiter like real chicken salad. Good luck making them!
kminty3 writes: (September 11, 2007)
this is so good! I didn’t dehydrate and thought it was similiar to chicken salad
writeeternity writes: (September 15, 2007)
I’m so glad you liked it!
Dexter writes: (March 07, 2008)
yum. really good – smells like turkey or chicken salad really! Capitol!
anmanoel writes: (April 03, 2008)
i was a little skeptical about how much this would actually taste like chicken salad, but i was happily surprised! It really does!! i think its the celery, and the texture of the raw mushrooms really helps make it “meaty” as well. DELICIOUS! :9 We ate it kind of like a dip, with apple slices.
anmanoel writes: (April 03, 2008)
i will definitely try making more and dehydrating it into crackers/bread!
Winona writes: (April 03, 2008)
This salad is fabulous! I used half as much turmeric. The raisins and apples add a sweet flavor that is perfect with the tangy ingredients. Using it as an apple dip or on top of salad is perfect. I had it with onion bread and it was great.
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