Book Seventy-Eight: Barefoot Contessa Parties!

by Ina Garten


                    Chinese Chicken Salad

This is the last of the seven books I have of Ina's and the last you will have to hear me say I do love her books for her simple, quick, and tasty recipes. I have yet to be disappointed with a recipe from Ina, nor do I expect to be.

With some leftover chicken from the chicken noodle soup (another Ina recipe!) that I made last night for dinner, I was able to whip this up in even less time than it would have taken to make this salad. To make it a bit more substantial I served it over a bed of greens tossed with some of the dressing.

Success meter (1-3): 3

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Bonus Recipe: Buckeyes

This recipe comes from the book Baked Explorations which I have posted on before. I am finding I really like this book by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito.

When I happened upon this recipe I had to make these for our next hiking adventure. The Buckeye tree is one of our (my sister and me) favorite trees that we always swoon over on our excursions. So as a surprise on our next trek, I thought I would bring along a treat that resembles the "fruit" of our beloved tree.

Success meter (1-3): 3

First buckeye: casualty

Second buckeye: Beautiful!

However... I did not want a puddle of

chocolate forming so I decided

to put them on a rack.

I found that the dipping fork worked best.

Putting them on a rack...

Bad idea.

This is why the instructions say to

place them back on the parchment.

Broken bottoms.

Here we are eating our buckeyes!

Mmm...mmm...good!

These are rich, but not overly sweet.