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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Sunday, February 12, 2012

CHICKEN SALAD SUPREME, ASHTON STYLE (#107)

      Chicken salad is one of those dishes that is equally at home at an afternoon wedding or a Saturday luncheon for friends and neighbors.  What goes into this dish can be varied from cheese, peppers, grapes, tomatoes, bacon, garlic, bean sprouts, peanut butter, curry, and oh yes-chicken. The dish I am giving you is a rather simple one compared to some recipes which have a chinese, India, English, even American as inspirations. I hope if you havn't tried the ingredients that I am suggesting you will give it a try. Let me know what  you think and ENJOY

INGREDIENTS:
     a half of a whole frying chicken which you boil in about 3 qts
        of water for about 1 1/2 hours.  This is one of the
        few times that I want you to save the liquid and put
        it in a container for a future soup. cut the chicken into
        small pieces and set the chicken aside as this is what
        we will be using
     16 oz of original Miracle Whip salad dressing (better
     then regular mayonise)
     1 large or two medium onions minced
    4 stalks of celery cut into small pieces
    1 tab of salt
    1 tsp of black pepper
    (optional: about 10 black or red grapes cut in half)
DIRECTIONS:
    1. mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, cover,  and put
        into a refrigerator for at least an hour or even
        overnight.
    2. this will serve 8 people generously. for 16 people, use
        the whole chicken cut into small pieces, 3/4 of the Miracle
        Whip, 1 1/2 large onions minced, 6 stalks of celery, 1 1/2 tab
        of salt, 1 tab of black pepper, and about 20 grapes
        cut in half
    3. taste for salt (too much is a killer)