In love with Sonoma Chicken Salad

I hate cooking and everything that goes along with it - the planning, the shopping, the actual cooking, the cleaning, and sometimes (when it doesn't turn out good) the eating. This results in two things - a lot of takeout and often daily trips to the store where I wander the aisles trying to figure out what to make. And since my hubby loves cooking almost as much as I do he's not a big help.

With the new baby due soon I have recently started to force myself to sit down and make a list and a meal plan for the week. This absolutely makes life easier, but since I dread thinking up meals I don't always get around to doing this. I envy those that can take the weekly circulars, make a list and meal plan, organize their coupons and get a weeks worth of groceries for a family of four for $50. Somehow it seems that when I plan it out I spend even more money!

Everyone I know who cooks has a set of go to recipes. Unfortunately, I only have 5, not even a full weeks worth! One of my go to recipes I call Chicken Salad Salad. It's best in the summer, but great anytime, and if you make enough of it you can have the leftovers for lunch. It's basically chicken salad over greens made 'fancy'.

• I make the Sonoma Chicken Salad from Whole Foods, which I love and could eat every day. In a pinch I buy it, but it's expensive and not always available and can sometimes be dry. 

• I put that over salad greens (the following I stole from a local restaurant) sprinkle some cut strawberries and blueberries on the greens, and add Brianna's Rich Poppy Seed Dressing.

• And now for the fancy part - I put a spoonful of lingonberry jam on top of the chicken salad. I could eat this everyday, but hubby would probably complain after week 2.

Bon Appetit!