A couple of delicious recipes

I mentioned in a recent post that I'm in a book club. The last time we had book club, Beth (Walk, for Paul Soper's amusement) hosted and laid out a delicious spread for all of us, including the two below dishes. They were so great that we pestered her until she sent us the recipes, which I am including below. I highly recommend that you try them!

Chinese Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

Salad:

2 pkgs chicken ramen noodles, crushed

1 c sliced almonds

1 bunch green onions, chopped

2 bags shredded cabbage (or cole slaw mix w/o dressing)

2 c cooked chicken, diced

1/2 stick butter

Dressing:

6 tbls sugar

2 tbls white vinegar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Dash of dry mustard

1 tsp garlic powder

1 c vegetable/canola oil

Brown noodles and nuts in butter until golden brown. Include 1 seasoning packet from ramen. Add onions and saute. Allow to cool.

Add remaining ingredients and mix with dressing.

This second recipe reminded me of Molly Laufer, mostly because I think it's kind of a combination between a (sweet) cheese ball and that cookie dough dip she told me about one time:

Kahlua Dip

Ingredients:

1 tub Cool Whip (8 oz)

1 bar of cream cheese, softened (8 oz)

1/3 c Kahlua

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 bag of mini chocolate chips

Vanilla wafers

Mix together first four ingredients thoroughly, then add chocolate chips and stir to distribute evenly. Chill. Serve with vanilla wafers (or animal crackers, pretzels, use your fingers, whatever you think would be delicious!)