Chicken Rub--Chicken Salad

I love this recipe especially for the yummy chicken rub that I use all the time. Great flavor and no sugar.

Mom originally made the salad when I was visiting--it's a cobb salad with yummy honey mustard dressing, tomatoes, boiled eggs, bacon, greens, corn, all the works. I need to take my own picture when we have it next, but tonight we're just having the grilled chicken with mashed potatoes and the salad the kids love best: iceberg lettuce, cucumbers, peppers and Olive G*rden dressing. I'll be having cauliflower, spinach and quinoa with my chicken.

Barbeque Chicken Salad

Karin made this simple, yummy salad:

Chicken breasts, grilled, brushed with barbeque sauce while cooking, if desired, and then cut into strips
Lettuce
Corn (I would prefer frozen over canned like my favorite coleslaw recipe)
Black beans (from a can, drained and rinsed)
Tomatoes
Cilantro
Purple onion

Dressing:
1/2 Ranch dressing and 1/2 barbeque sauce

Copycat C*fe Rio Rice/Salad Bowl

I don't know a better name for this. I'm adapting from a bunch of different recipes. I'm lazy, so I like my version (dressing #1) that only involves buying cilantro and lettuce; everything else I always have on hand.

Rice (we like brown rice and cook it in the rice cooker)
Add to the rice before cooking:
canned, diced green chiles
minced onion
fresh cilantro leaves
garlic powder

Chicken:
bake in slow cooker with salsa, then chop

Take your pick of two different dressings
Dressing #1--blend the following:
2 cups mayo
garlic powder
1/2 bunch cilantro leaves
2 TB water
1-2 TB balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 jalepeno--no seeds (instead, I just use some of Mr. Brady's hot pepper seasoning)

Dressing #2 (Shannon's):
1 c buttermilk
1 c mayo
garlic clove or 2
half bunch cilantro (stems discarded)
3 tomatillos (2 if really big)
green Tabasco if desired
3 TB Ranch dressing powder

After making the chicken, rice and dressing, shred some lettuce, open a can of black beans (rinse and warm up), and enjoy everything layered in a bowl with shredded cheese. Very satisfying!

Or, you can omit the lettuce and scoop it up with tortilla chips (and add corn if you want).

Chinese Coleslaw (Cabbage Salad)

Salad Main:
1 large head green cabbage, shredded (heard napa cabbage is the best)
1/2-1 bunch green onions, sliced
2-3 cups chicken, diced (better grilled or cooked in the frying pan--in a pinch you can use canned)
Purple grapes (sliced in half) or mandarin oranges

Dressing:
1 cup oil (lately I use less because it separates and what comes out first is a lot of oil OR spray oil on each portion separately, omitting the oil from the main dressing)
1/4 cup sugar
3 TB soy sauce
2 TB rice wine vinegar
1 tsp. black pepper
2-3 pkgs. Ramen noodle seasonings

Toast these and keep separate for crunch until right before eating (can toast in microwave--stirring and watching closely):
3 pkgs. Ramen noodles, broken up before opening the packages
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup slivered almonds or cashews

(from Jenn)