My latest fascination is mason jars. They are charming, country, space efficient and eco friendly. As you saw in my last post I've gone pin crazy on smoothie recipes and salads. I spent my Sunday testing new smoothie recipes and making mason jar salads.
I've also been looking into the differences between paleo and primal eating. I am a lover of cheese, primal allows dairy. I really shouldn't be doing dairy because of my auto immune deficiencies but as I'm dipping my toes back into the paleo pool I'm not going to cut it just yet, starting back with cutting grain and processed sugars. You'll see some cheese etc in my recipes so change to fit your needs.
Dijon Fig Pear Champagne Glaze Salad
This glaze recipe was originally found on Trader Joes website. I never cook a whole chicken because its just the 2 of us plus I prefer boneless skinless breasts, so I modified this slightly to fit my taste/need. Usually I marinate and grill my chicken but in this case I'm using the glaze as my salad dressing. Hubby kindly pre grilled a bunch of chicken for me so I could chop and go.
4 tbsp champagne pear Gorgonzola dressing
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp fig butter
Stir in a dish and microwave for 30 seconds to meld all the flavors.
If your grilling chicken go ahead and start marinating, leave a little on the side for dipping. If your making your salad wait for it to cool before placing in the jar.
I'm no expert here but I was told its all in how you layer your jars. You want dressing on the bottom (be careful not to splash up on the sides) followed by meat and/or items that can marinate in dressing without falling apart, then comes your hearty veggies like cucumber, bell pepper, mushroom etc. and finally leafy greens
In my salad I chose glaze, chicken, cherries, candied walnuts, cucumber and romaine.
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