The Givens love chicken salad. Our favorites come from Publix and Costco. I had taken out some extra chicken breasts when I was preparing the Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup and decided to make some chicken salad for lunch. I prepared the chicken by boiling it. The measurements for the ingredients below are approximations because…
Category Archives: Pecans
Dried Cranberry Granola
I sent my BFF Holly this granola some months ago. She asked for some more but with cranberries and pecans. I told her of course, and like a bad BFF I just made some and sent it to her. I loosely adapted this recipe from The Bon Appetit Cookbook. By loosely, I mean I left…
Pumpkin Pie Pecan Candy
I had some canned pumpkin left over from this past Sweet Melissa Sunday dessert, and I did not want it to go to waste. I had starred this recipe in my Google Reader last month and thought it was the perfect thing to make (especially since I just got in from a business trip). I…
Pear and Pecan Upside Down Cake
I found this cake in my Whole Foods iphone app and saved it for future use. That happened to be this past week when I found my self with a refrigerator bin full of pears-some from my mother-in-law’s pear tree and some my mother had sent to me. The original recipe called for walnuts, but…
Banana Raisin Nut Bread
The favor for my wedding was a dessert cookbook. It took me quite a long time to decide on a favor, but after many sleepless nights, I decided to stick with this idea. I hired a graphic artist to do the layout, ordered specialty paper, and got the pages cut at Staples. I did the…
Broccoli Salad
We usually watch CBS46 Atlanta in the mornings while getting ready for work. Before Mother’s Day, one of the female anchorwomen had her mom come onto the show to show off her recipes. I was found this broccoli salad interesting and wanted to try it. I made some changes to the original recipe to utilize…
The Chewy with Pecans
This is a popular chocolate chip recipe that originally came from Alton Brown. I used a slightly different recipe from Allrecipes and added pecans and used bittersweet chocolate baking chips since I had some leftover from here. This cookie is so good! The Chewy with Pecans Adapted from Allrecipes Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2…
Blueberry Yum Yum
Yes, another dessert. That’s why I need to run! I got this recipe from a woman who was in the same Christian small study class with me 5 years ago. It got its name from her grandkids. It is simple and the blueberries can be substituted for another pie filling. Blueberry Yum Yum From JoJo…