Curried Chicken Salad

Chicken, cooked and diced into chunks (2 cups or more)
Currants OR Raisins (1/4 cup or more)
Green Onions
Chives
Almonds, slivered (1/4 cup or more)
Apple, diced (optional)
Celery, thinly sliced (optional)

Mayonnaise (1 cup or more)
Curry Powder (2 tbsps)
Dry Mustard (1 tsp)
Cayenne Pepper (dash)
Mango Chutney ( 1 tbsp)
Honey (1 tsp-1 tbsp)
Lime Juice (1 tsp)

Combine all of the first group of ingredients in a bowl. Mix up the curry mayonnaise separately and then mix it in. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Yummy Yummy Couscous

Pinenuts
Israeli Couscous (large grain)
Onions or Shallots, diced
Chicken Broth
Salt
Pepper
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Lemon Juice
Parsley
Raisins
Cranberries, dried
Optional:
Corn, frozen
Chicken, slivered

Toast the pinenuts in some oil. Take out the pinenuts and keep the oil in the pan. Add couscous and onions and toast until some of the couscous turns golden brown. Add broth, salt, pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook until the couscous is done. Add corn and chicken bits near the end of cooking if you want those (or anything else you might come up with–black beans, chickpeas, maybe?). When its completely done, add pinenuts, lemon juice, parsley, raisins and cranberries (if you add the raisins any sooner they get kind of soggy and gross… unless your raisins are particularly dried out).

Inspired by: TJ Israeli Couscous Recipe

Carrot Raisin Salad

Carrots, peeled, grated
Raisins
Cranberries, dried
Mayonnaise
Yogurt
Vinegar
Lemon Juice

Add it all together and mix it up!