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Chunky Chicken Salad Cups

Kate P — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:27 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I love me some appetizers! In cute cups. Wonton cups. Filled with Chunky Chicken Salad.

Okay, so, I didn’t always put my famous chicken salad in wonton cups, but now I have and I love it even more. Yes, it’s famous. It doesn’t matter if it’s only famous in my corner of the world – to me it is famous. These cups might make it famouser. I know what you’re saying, I can hear you – That’s not a worrrrrrd! … Oh… well… now it is!

Soooo, what do you do with leftover chicken?

I throw it on top of a pizza, sometimes I add it to a taco shell, or I mix it in this salad together with marinated mushrooms, pickles, and sour cream. YEP! Don’t knock it ’til you try it! You will be eating up your fingers – it’s that good!

In fact, when I go to a BBQ, this is the salad that I am asked to bring 90% of the time. The other 10% is reserved for dessert. But, I bring dessert wherever I go – can’t have me a partaaaaay without somethin’ sweet, ya know.

And since the weather decided to go from 45 to 90 in less than 42.5 hours, I think you need to go to a BBQ and bring this salad with you.

Imma tell you one thing – you can put as much or as little as you want into that salad. I never measure. As I said, I just throw in the ingredients, mix in the sour cream, and fill up the wonton cups.

ENJOY!

Chunky Chicken Salad Cups

Recipe type: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Author: Kate P

Serves: 8 to 10

A refreshing chicken salad mixed with pickles, mushrooms and sour cream.

Ingredients

For the Wonton Cups
12 Wonton Cups
baking spray
For the Chicken Salad
2 cups shredded, cooked chicken breast, cooled
1 cup chopped marinated mushrooms (canned mushrooms work just as well)
1 cup chopped baby dill pickles
1 tub (8 oz.) sour cream (I prefer to use Daisy Sour Cream for this recipe)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.
Lightly grease a 12-cup cupcake tin with baking spray.
Place wonton wrappers in the bottom of the pan.
Bake for 5 to 7 minutes, or until crisp and slightly brown.
Prepare the chicken salad by combining all ingredients in a medium-size mixing bowl; mix well.
Fill baked wonton cups with chicken salad.
Serve.

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Kate P

My name is Katerina, but you can call me Kate, and I am the author of the food blog, Diethood, a site for easy, quick, and delicious recipes. I am also a mom to two wonderful, amazing little girls, Ana and Aleksandra, and wife to my very handsome, awesome, loving husband named Goce (Go-tse).

Aquaphor Healing Ointment Review + Giveaway!

Kimberly — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:55 +0000

Disclosure: I received compensation for this review; however, all opinions are my own.

Hi friends! I’m excited to share with you today one of my favorite products – Aquaphor! When they reached out to me to do a review of their product I was ON BOARD 100%. Why? Because the Aquaphor Healing Ointment has been a well-used product in our household ever since we’ve had kids. True story! It’s pediatrician recommended, free of fragrances, preservatives, and dyes, so this multi-purpose ointment can be used for your skin needs from dry, sensitive skin to chapped cheeks.

In fact – I can tell you the first time we purchased Aquaphor. My oldest son was a baby and started teething and we experienced our first bout with SERIOUS diaper rash. You know, not that stuff you can just stick some diaper cream on and call it a day. It kept getting worse and worse, so I called the doctor – being a first time mom and having no idea what to do! The first thing they told me? Buy Aquaphor. And now we’ve owned it ever since.

So when we received our Aquaphor goodies in the mail I was so excited! Not only are our baby items restocked, that we still use on our little guys, but there was advanced Healing Ointment for US! Now I’m going to show you something – but you have to promise not to freak out. I live in Arizona and wear flip flops all. the. time. Now I try to keep up with pedicures (who has the time??) but I do confess that my heels get a little gnarly. But guess what is PERFECT for those dry, cracked heels? Yup, you guessed it. Check this out…

See! No more gross, dry feet. And a quick tip – if you rub some Aquaphor into your feet at night and throw some socks on, you’ll keep your feet looking this way! And in the Summertime (when the last thing you want to do is wear socks to bed) just cut the front part of the sock off so just your heels are covered. Problem solved!

One more quick note about the Aquaphor products (if you’re not sold yet), if you have kiddos that are rough on their lips, the Aquaphor Lip Repair and Protectant really works wonders. My oldest tends to lick and mess with his lips all the time, so they’re always so very dried out and peely. I’ve tried just putting vaseline on at night and chapstick during the day, which help in the short term but it never quite works as well as I want. So I was actually ecstatic to try the lip repair out. And it works! His lips have been in such better condition this week, just from a couple of applications! I’m so glad that I’ve discovered this product because it has really been something that has bugged me forever.

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My mom has always been there for me, always. This picture of us is when I spoke at the Revive blog conference earlier this year. She’s not a blogger, but supports every single thing I do, so she bought a ticket just to hear me speak. My mom has always believed in me. From when I was a little girl she told me I could do anything, be anything that I want to be. And I believed her. And I have to tell you how much of a difference I can see that it made in my life in comparison to those who didn’t have that same encouragement or support. My mom has always made sure I had what I needed. Even to this day in my 30s, she checks in on me to make sure that our family has everything they need. She is truly an amazing person – an amazing mom – and everything I strive to be.

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Kimberly

Hi, I'm Kimberly! A working mom, wife to my best friend and mother to two adorable boys. By day I'm a project manager and list-maker extraordinaire, and by night I attempt to make our house a home. I enjoy crafting/DIY, decorating, photography, thrifting and love to share my creative adventures with you!

Create & Inspire Party | Breakfast Recipes

Kimberly — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:33 +0000

Welcome to the Create & Inspire Party!

C&I is a party where you can come by and party along to share your creativity, projects or anything inspiring! You can link up as many projects you want with no rules, all we ask is a little tweet or share this party with your crafty bloggy friends!

Now you can link up weekly with Angie from Little Inspiration and Kimberly from A Night Owl. Double the fun! Now on to this week’s features!

Braided Sweet Lemon Loaf by Twigg Studios | Banana Oat Chocolate Smoothie by Treat & Trick | Lemon Blueberry Pancakes by Natasha in Oz | Pina Colada Pastries by Our Thifty Ideas | Frozen Mocha Frappuccino by Chocolate, Chocolate and More | Buttermilk Banana Bread Scones by Twigg Studios | Yogurt & Fruit Cups by Vintage Zest | Overnight Cream Cheese & Cinnamon French Toast by Day2Day Supermom | Strawberry Crepes by Our Thrifty Ideas

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15 Fantastic Father’s Day Gift Ideas from Kids

Kimberly — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:43 +0000

Hi friends! Can you believe it? Father’s Day is right around the corner! And if you have little ones – or even older kids – running around the house, they may just want to make something special for good ‘ol Dad this year! So we’ve rounded up some bright and fun gifts that kids of all ages could whip up! I can’t wait to give one {or more} of these a try!

So which one is your favorite? What do you think you and your kiddos might make? I’m really digging the Homemade Treasure Box – it reminds me of the fun Travel Keepsake Boxes that’s been on my to-do list for a couple of months! Do you have a great Father’s Day gift idea? Leave it for us in the comments! I’d love more great ideas!

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{Giveaway} $75 Target Gift Card

Kimberly — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:49 +0000

Hi friends! The Grant Life is TWO! And because Kelley is one of my faves, I wanted to party with her by hosting this fab giveaway! I know you LOVE Target. Come on, who couldn’t spend $75 there in 5 seconds? So enter to win today!

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