I'm Back and you better move over Chick-fil-A

I?m Back! Did you Miss me?

First things first- Have you entered the Giveaway? Only 4 days left?

Did you notice there wasn?t much activity over at Kitchen Belleicious? That?s because I took a much needed mini vacation with my son, my mom and my sister-in-law Carey and her daughter Emerson. Since Galveston is only an hour from Houston we made the short drive and spent 3 wonderful days in a condo on the beach. It was both of our kids first time on the beach and they LOVED it! Partly sunny days with good food and relaxing with two of my favorite people in this world was more than I could have asked for.

Being Ms. Belleicious, I was in charge of the food- Go Figure! I love planning out food and events so this was just my cup of tea. Of course we had tons of fruit and a wonderful watermelon and strawberry concoction I made with ginger-ale and club soda but I also made this fabulous chicken salad to snack on for lunch. Chicken Salad has to be one of my favorite dishes EVER and I have never honestly made my own before- I just have been so in love with chicken salad from Chick-fil-A that when I crave it I just drive on over to Chick-fil-A and get me some. However, there was to be no Chick- fil-A on this trip, so in the kitchen I went to come up with the perfect chicken salad.

Winner! I found the winner! Spicy Horseradish Mayo (new from Kraft) paired with a little curry, poppy seeds and crunchy almonds and celery was a match made in heaven. We seriously couldn?t stop eating it. Move over Chick-fil-A there is a new chicken salad in town and it is Belleicious! LOL! I also prepared homemade pesto but with a twist to use over pasta and pancetta and then spicy shrimp cakes with a Caesar salad. I can promise we definitely didn?t starve on this trip. I don?t have pictures of those simply because I forgot but I plan to make them again and soon so my husband can enjoy as well so stay tuned!

Oh- I am so glad to be back and I have a lot of blog catching up to do- I want to know what you all have been up to. I have missed you all so much. I apologize for not posting while I was away on vacation- I did have a guest post by my BFF Trish over at Preppy Pink Lily Lover scheduled for last Friday but unfortunately she was not able to do it because her friend Lisa over at Bumpkin on a Swing sadly passed away last week and she needed to be there. I only knew Lisa through this wonderful blogging community and I can say she was a beautiful woman and a pleasure to have known. My heart and prayers go out to her and her family, especially her finance John. I believe they are setting up a way to donate in honor of Lisa to a local charitable animal rescue fund, which Lisa and John founded years ago. If you would like to donate please visit her site to learn more.

The countdown has begun and you all only have this week left for the Belleicious Cookware Giveaway so make sure you go and enter to win.

Happy Monday to you all and hope you enjoy a few beach pictures and PLEASE make this chicken salad before I go crazy! I want you all to share in my excitement!
















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