Recipe - Pesto Chicken Salad With Menu (Drake)

PESTO CHICKEN SALAD
2 cup Cooked chicken; large minced
One fourth cup Thinly cut or sliced up celery
2 tablespoon Grated Parmesan cheese
One fourth cup Mayonnaise
2 tablespoon Pesto sauce
1 bn Watercress
6 Cherry tomatoes OR 1 large
tomato; cut into wedges
Baguette; optional

DESSERT
Amaretto Pound Cake; with
Coffee Ice Cream

Combine chicken, celery and Parmesan in medium bowl. Blend mayonnaise and
pesto in small bowl. Add to chicken mixture and toss to combine.

Arrange watercress sprigs on 2 medium plates. Spoon One half chicken salad on
watercress on each plate. Garnish with whole cherry tomatoes or tomato
wedges. Serve with baguette slices.

VARIATION: Cut baguette into quarters. Split 2 quarters and fill each with
One half chicken salad. Garnish with watercress sprigs. Makes 2 sandwiches.

[SALAD 2 servings. Each serving without baguette slices: 473 calories; 543
mg sodium; 138 mg cholesterol; 27 grams fat; 13 grams carbohydrates; 45
grams protein; 0.84 gram fiber.]

[SANDWICHES 2 servings with bread: each sandwich: 773 calories; 1,143 mg
sodium; 138 mg cholesterol; 27 grams fat; 75 grams carbohydrates; 53 grams
protein; 2.84 grams fiber.]

TIP: "The most timeconsuming part of the recipe is removing the meat from
a plump, roasted chicken picked up in the deli section of the supermarket.
Or substitute turkey if you like."

*To make amaretto poundcake, simply sprinkle a couple of slices of
commercial poundcake with amaretto or coffeeflavored liqueur and top each
slice with a scoop of coffee ice cream. Couldn't be easier.

*If you make your own pesto sauce, freeze a batch in an ice cube tray. Once
firm, pop out the pesto cubes, wrap individually and store in a plastic bag
in the freezer. These small amounts come in handy for recipes like this or
you can thaw several cubes when larger amounts are needed.

*When you can't find fresh pesto, buy it refrigerated or frozen. Frozen
pesto thaws quickly at room temperature or in a few seconds in the
microwave.

*REF: QUICK FIX, "Preso: Pesto Chicken," By JOAN DRAKE, Special to The
Times, Wed 5/13/1998 www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/FOOD/ Sent by
Hanneman/buster

Notes: MENU * Pesto Chicken Salad * Cherry Tomatoes or Tomato Wedges *
Baguette * Amaretto Pound Cake with Coffee Ice Cream

Recipe by: Joan Drake, *See ref

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Kitpath phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on May 14,
1998