Southwest Chicken Salad

I found this recipe in a favorite cooking magazine while standing in line at the grocery store.  I bought the whole magazine for just this recipe.  Over the years, I’ve tweaked it & simplified it, but the taste is still heavenly!

This recipe is inspired from

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/southwestern-grilled-chicken-salad-tomato-black-bean-salsa.aspx.  

If you prefer grilling or using the long, hard, messy directions, please go to the original.  They make a beautiful, layered salad, where mine (below) is chopped, mixed, and quickly ready to feed a family.

Maggie's Low-Sugar Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe is my low-sugar version of the yummy, sugary, off-the-box Famous Oatmeal Cookies from Quaker Oats.  I've used that recipe for years, but lately, I've decided to cut way back on the sugars I eat.  One day, I had my granddaughter over visiting, & you just have to make cookies with little kids - I think its a law or something!  lol!  Anyway, I made a few substitutions to the usual recipe, & cooked it a little differently - and WOW!  They were amazing!  Try it - be brave - you will be surprised how good they are!  And what's more, because they are low in sugar, & high in oatmeal, I don't feel guilty about eating a bunch!!  Win-win!!