It’s been a doozy of a summer in our neck of the woods, but I wanted to pop in to say a quick hello and introduce you to our favorite go-to light dinner I happily made for my second guest feature on Design*Sponge –the mothership of all things design-y, inspiring and lovely. This is an updated, much healthier version of the ubiquitous Chinese chicken salads often laden with grease, dodgy mandarin oranges, and even shoddier fried wontons (you know the ones). Instead, this version is packed with nutrition, filled with veggies and tasty herbs, and wrapped in a killer spicy ginger dressing. It also travels nicely for those end-of-summer picnics and last call backyard BBQ’s –all too close to winding down for my liking.
To read the full feature, get the recipe and see more photos, head on over here. I’ll be back soon to yap about Salted Caramel Ice Cream.
Beautiful transformation.
congrats on the second design*sponge feature! it makes all the sense in the world, since your posts are always lovely and inspiring. :)
i love this salad:) it looks so yummy:) thank you for sharing this and have a great day!
Gorgeousness! What a great and healthy dinner.
A wonderful colourful plate…I’ve tagged you here: http://yvettesblogs.com/2011/08/17/the-se7ven-link-challenge
Have a great day..x
Beautiful presentation and picture!
Ooooh, gorgeous!!! And salted caramel ice cream…good lord!
This looks absolutely fantastic! I love chinese chicken salads.
Wow, that looks delicious!
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I’ve been searching for an Asian Chicken Salad and this just sounds perfect. Thanks for sharing!
Saw your recipe on Design Sponge – looks absolutely awesome! Beautiful photos too. I’m addicted to my new ice cream maker so looking forward to the salted caramel ice cream post – it’s all about the combination of salty and sweet for me at the moment, I’m sprinkling fleur de sel on all my desserts :-)
Thanks for the lovely recipe, it looks delicious! Can’t wait to make it. (found via D*S)
It looks delicious! I like chinese cuisine and meals spiced by ginger a lot!
Looks like wonderful and tasty (!) healthy dinner or lunch. Maybe it could be nice picnic meal as well.
congrats- great feature on you in Design Sponge. and beautiful photos,as always. x shayma
And here I was looking for great recipes for my lunch box – this is perfect! So delicious, fresh and colorful.
tried the recipe and it’s great! the dressing is so tasty. definitely trying this one again! thanks!
Love this and can’t wait to try it out. The dressing sounds fantastic and it’s a nice twist to the standard.
WOW! i am so glad i found your blog! It is beautiful! I am so inspired to try your recipes because they just look amazing! Great work!
I made this salad last weekend and it was absolutely delish! I also added avocados and b/c of my kids not being able to eat spicy, I made two batches of the dressing. Spicy for my hubby and I, not spicy for the kids. Everyone loved it and I can’t wait to make it again. Thank you!
I’m not sure how I missed this earlier this summer, delicious! I have a head of napa cabbage and some sweet peppers from my CSA hanging out in the fridge right now, this would be perfect. Lovely lovely lovely.
Why do I always forget to use mango in salads? This recipe looks amazing and I’ll be making this for sure for one of my many bbq this summer. I’ve added you on my blogroll as I love your work…I live here: http://adelineandlumiere.com/blog/ Come visit me!
Congrats on your feature! The salad looks absolutely delicious – sweet, salty and spicy – my favourite combination. Thanks!
as always beautiful presentation!
Fresh, healthy and delicious. Love it. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Velva
What a beautiful looking salad!
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Absolutely gorgeous photos. Makes my mouth water. Markets are some of my favourite places on earth. Great post.
Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. So tasty, I want to eat even the hills and houses and streets.
i love chinese chicken salad…not because i’m chinese, of course.
Giao, just saw your cookie recipe and photos in the Anthology Gift Guide this morning. Love love LOVE it. Thank you for sharing- your photos are absolutely gorgeous, as always and the recipe looks scrumptious. Cheers!
Absolutely awesome blog! just have to say that the finished product looks amazing, I love it!
What an amazing looking salad and it looks so healthy to eat!
Nice and crunchy! I didn’t have rice wine vinegar, so I substituted red wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar. I strongly suggest just using as much vinegar as your taste prefers. 1/3 cup is too much for us. : But a wonderful dressing!!! We love this!