Peanut Chicken Salad

 Is anyone else doing their Friday happy dance?! HAPPY FRIDAY my friends! strong

So guess what? Yesterday, I did it again. No peanut butter for breakfast! That’s because I was saving myself for dinner but more on that in a sec. I should also mention I did have banana with pb for breakfast on Wednesday. I am trying to scale back just a little bit for real.

But yesterday I had another Greek yogurt bowl that I had put together and refrigerated the night before.

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For lunch I had carrots, cucumber, a banana, and a nice big salad with tomatoes, black beans, olives, feta cheese, and hummus.

salad with hummus

I made a quick stop at the gym on the way home from work and then had a sweet and juicy snack once I got home…

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Then I got ready for dinner. We had our friends Adam and Stacy over for dinner last night and on the menu: Oriental Peanut Chicken; recipe courtesy of Dana’s mom.

We switched it up slightly and used quinoa instead of rice.

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We sautéed two chicken breasts, broccoli, onion, carrots, and mushrooms…

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Next we drizzled the sautéed chicken and veggies with homemade peanut sauce and gave it a good stir. This is why I saved my peanut butter consumption for dinner time. This sauce is gold it is so delicious. I may have to ask my mother-in-law if I can divulge the recipe to you all. 🙂

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And lastly to put it together: one heaping layer of romaine lettuce chopped into shreds onto a large serving platter, next layer on the quinoa, then the sautéed veggies and chicken, and finally top with fresh chopped cucumbers.

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!!!! It was so good!!! Our company was pretty great too! 😉 We had such a fun time with them as always. I get an extra wrinkle line each time we hang out from laughing so much.

I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend as much as I am. I am off to an appointment, then work, and tonight we are celebrating Betsy’s birthday! We don’t have too much planned for the weekend but one thing I know for sure is the rest of the Christmas stuff is coming down (our wreaths are still up–whoops) and the few Valentine’s Day decorations that I do have are going up! Woooo!

How long do you keep holiday decorations up before getting crazy tired of them and taking them down?

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. That meal looks amazing AND healthy! I would love it if your MIL would let you share the recipe 🙂 I get pretty antsy with holiday decorations and have to take them down the first weekend after the new year.

    1. Melanie

      I took down the majority but the snowmen are still hanging around…not for long! Hope you have a great weekend my friend!

  2. Adam

    I’ll tell you one thing about those Christmas decorations, I definitely would NOT have two Christmas wreaths hanging on my house this late in January!!!

    1. Melanie

      Tahaha I took one down when I got home from work yesterday. The big one is coming down today. So tacky. 🙂

  3. paleoinpdx

    I still have some white Christmas lights up inside, around one of the windows. They make me happy and I love the soft glow they emit. I’ll take them down eventually, but it makes me kinda sad. I took down most everything else shortly after New Year’s day. We didn’t have a tree because of traveling and our cats, so it was just some stockings, holiday kitchen towels, Christmas cards and a wreath.

    1. Melanie

      It is kind of hard to take it all down! The season is so wonderful and it goes by so fast!

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