Food talk

[tigrrgrr]

So I've got this ...idea.

I want to make a cold dish. Some might call it a salad.

Here's what I know I want in it. Rotini noodles, chunks of chicken breast that have been cooked and diced, olives.

I've had this idea in my head for a while now. I have no idea what to moisten it with, or what to add, or...anything.

Ideas?

Comments

[the_leh]

Add capers, feta cheese, and a balsamic vinaigrette dressing. I call it "pasta salad" but have heard it called "noodle salad" as well. Use a small amount of dressing if you want it to be low-cal.

[the_leh]

*you also may want to add artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes, or some kind of veggie -one of those frozen veggie packs with peas, corn, and carrots are quite good and so is broccoli.

[tigrrgrr]

you eat WAY different food than we do.

Oddly when I was thinking about this artichoke hearts ran through my head...not that I've ever eaten them. As did the sun dried tomatoes, those I have eaten.

Broccoli would work for us.

I had thought about doing a dressing to make it wet but I don't know what kind I'd use.

[the_leh]

Everyone always tells me that! I must eat really weird food!

[thunderslug]

olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette, feta or asiago cheese.

yum.

Also, for protein, cocktail shrimp.

[funny_face74]

olive oil and garlic mixed with a touch of dijon mustard.

mmmmmm. broccoli.

[tigrrgrr]

That sounds more like us. I think the broccoli would totally win Vince over. He gets scared when I create things.

[mamygirl]

I make a pasta salad with rotini and shredded/cubed chicken regularly, but it's pretty basic. I do it similarly to tuna salad, in that I use mayo, celery salt, hunks of celery, salt and pepper, a bit of dijon mustard sometimes, a bit of caesar dressing if I have it, and generally I throw in frozen peas (that have been thawed). Olives are good in it, too.

Ohhhhh I'm so hungry. This was NOT what I needed to talk about!! ;)

[tigrrgrr]

See I think that's kind of what I was thinking. Though now I'm totally doing broccoli in it.

I'm a picky broccoli eater. I don't like stems unless they are tiny and I have to have small pieces. So I think that would work well.

A bit of caeser dressing might be exactly what is called for. Mayo seemed too bland and italian too...much.

[babycatcher33]

feta cheese, greek salad dressing, and whatever chopped fresh veggies you have on hand (cucumber, tomato, broccoli, celery, whatever).

[tigrrgrr]

It's funny how many people have said feta cheese!

I wish I was one of those people who know intuitively what flavors will work together. I have been pondering tomato in this almost since I started thinking of it but I wasn't sure if it would work.