lemon-parm chicken, quinoa, & kale salad
 Girl how big is your salad bowl 😂 had to use two Expand full comment Made this for lunch today (and for the week). I'm allergic to (raw) carrots so I grated sweet potato and sautéed them, and then remembered your beef and sweet potato falutas and grated another sweet potato and now I'm halfway to dinner prepped Expand full comment I had the flautas for dinner tonight too!! So smart to use it in the salad Expand full comment Hot damn- just made this for lunch and it’s exactly the Jan. 5 meal I needed to remind myself that veggies are good for me and delish!! Omitted chicken/ raisins and added avocado and pepitas and it is so good. Expand full comment Ok I'm so into avocado here I just didn't add it because of the longevity of the salad, to make it last longer. But looove these additions. Expand full comment Are there any promo codes / discounts for the feel good meal plans for paid subscribers of What To Cook? Thanks for considering! Expand full comment We've been talking about how we could do this without being unfair to the people who already bought them!!! Will keep thinking and let you know!! Expand full comment We wouldn't be opposed to a new one ;) Expand full comment This is so good, thank you so much for making salads that last. I've been making one or two a week and it's saved my sanity. Do you have a category on here for Salads that Last? I tried your Italian Sub Salad (from insta) and I feel like it fits in that category too, same with your Kale Fall Salad. I would love them all in one place so I could rotate through them! Expand full comment no but i love this idea!! Expand full comment Made the Panko Honey Dijon Chicken from the book and used the leftovers (quickly sautéed to warm and re-crisp) as a sub for the rotisserie chicken and it is AMAZING. Expand full comment woooooah Expand full comment Trying to find this on the substack but so far not finding it...any chance you have a recipe for an easy method to make chicken to put in all these amazing salads when you aren't able to buy a rotisserie? Oven/InstantPot/etc.? I LOVE rotisserie chicken but don't always have time to run out and grab one, but typically do have chicken breasts and thighs in my freezer. I've never found that "go to" recipe for how to prepare them so they'll taste moist and awesome. Expand full comment We do a pack of chicken breasts, a little olive oil, salt and pepper in the crockpot on low for 6-8 hours. It shreds super easily and I use it in place of rotisserie chicken when I’m not feeling like massaging a chicken carcass. Maybe not an exact answer to your question but it’s so helpful for quick meals! We lovingly call it “plain chicken” and honestly, it’s the best. Expand full comment Alex Snodgrass has a hack for this in her cookbook, The Comfortable Kitchen called "fauxtisserie chicken" where you basically roast an entire chicken in the slow cooker! Expand full comment I’ve been making quinoa the wrong way all along! Thanks for showing me the RIGHT way - This is such a delicious salad! Expand full comment Isn't it insane what a difference that 1/2 cup of liquid makes!!! So glad you tried this way and loved the salad!!! Expand full comment Made this and crumbled up sweet potato chips on top. Yum! Expand full comment Just wanted to pop on and say this is my new favorite salad and I love being able to eat it for a few days! I look forward to it so much! Expand full comment Salad leftovers you actually look forward to - yay!!! Expand full comment My twelve-year-old daughter never likes anything I make for dinner. I made this tonight and she loves it! She’s currently on her second big bowl. Thank you, thank you. Expand full comment Loved this! Subbed chickpeas for chicken, separated into portioned containers and any time I packed lunch for an outing with my 2 year old I grabbed myself a salad for the road. I usually end up eating the dregs of toddler's lunch or whatever stale snack is in my center console because, mom math allows us enough time to make kids lunch but not ourselves? but I felt like a superwoman getting my greens in on the go. Looking forward to trying the variations next! Expand full comment Eating rn for lunch and it’s so delicious! The dressing, the golden raisins 👌🏼👌🏼 I only had brown rice on hand and it’s perf! Also had some beets I needed to use up & they were a great addition! Expand full comment OMG! Soooo good. Looking forward to eating on this the next few days. Expand full comment dang. this was SO good. no notes. Expand full comment My bagged kale ALWAYS is mostly stems 🤮 so I am going to just buy a couple of bunches instead and prep them. Dino or Curly or one of each? I have a bunch of cabbage too from my winter storage CSA can I add some of that shredded up do you think? Expand full comment Two bunches of curly!! Finely chopped! Cabbage def great here too. Expand full comment I used Dino and loved it! Expand full comment