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I love to cook, but not as much as I love to bake. When I came across the Barefoot Bloggers group, it immediately got my attention because I love me some Ina Garten. However, I was apprehensive about joining the group due to time constraints, but once I realized this was only a bi-weekly group I was in! This week’s recipe for Chinese Chicken Salad was chosen by McKenzie of Kenzie’s Kitchen. I truly enjoy Asian flavors so I figured this would be amazingly delicious! Not to mention the abundance of fresh produce in the recipe is perfect for spring. You can honestly whip this up in no time flat especially if you take a shortcut and use a roasted chicken from your local market. The only modification I made was that I decreased the amount of peanut butter in the dressing. If I am keeping it real, this recipe was not a fave of mine, in my opinion it was mediocre at best. Although I thought it looked beautiful, I do not think this will make it into the rotation at my house. I could not decide what turned me off…maybe the peanut butter, or maybe the sesame oil, but either way this was not a winner in my book. However, this is a highly rated recipe on foodtv.com, so it may please your palette more than it did mine! Even though this recipe did not rank high on my scale of deliciousness, I really look forward to cooking with the Barefoot Bloggers!
Welcome to the group! Tara’s actually really laid back about everything too.
Sorry you didn’t like the recipe all that well. It’s got a lot of bold flavors that could turn some people off. Maybe better luck next time!
~Cat
I appreciate you keeping it real-but that’s why I love these groups, sometimes things are okay and sometimes you get something that is amazing! It really makes the great recipes stand out more.
ps- it is pretty
Welcome to BB your site is so cute!! Your salad looks tasty.
this looks yummy!
Ok, ok.. I know this is going to sound silly but I’m a bit happy you didn’t like it all that much. I was starting to worry that you didn’t make anything you didn’t like. You always seem to enjoy your new recipes while I’ve made a bunch of new things this year and have yet to fall in love with anything. I was starting to think I had a problem with me. Nice to see others sometimes have a miss as well.
Welcome to BB.
Your salad looks great.
Well, shoot, I wish that you loved your first BB recipe, but I have a feeling that you WILL love most of them! I have really enjoyed this group. Love the biweekly aspect of it, too! Your salad looks great. On to the croque monsieur!
So glad that you’ve joined BB!
I made this some time ago when I saw her make it on TV and it wasn’t my favorite (even thought Ina is). I had to play around with the dressing a bit and eventually eliminated the peanut butter.
Welcome to BB! Sorry this wasn’t a winner for you. I liked it but switched around the dressing ingredients quite a bit. Maybe the next recipe will be more of a hit.
I’ll have to try this recipe since I really like peanut butter and sesame oil in Asian dressings. Your salad is beautiful!!