Chicken Salad with Roasted Red Pepper and Fennel

Chicken Salad with Roasted Red Pepper and Fennel

Ingredients:
Cooked and diced dark and white meat from a 3-4 pound chicken.
2 Tablespoons of finely chopped fennel
3 Tablespoons of chopped roasted red sweet pepper
1/3 cup of finely chopped celery
1 Small onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of finely chopped carlic
1 1/2 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
3/4 cup of low-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup of seedless green grapes (sliced in half)
Salt and pepper to taste

Saute the chopped onion and fennel using medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Toss in the garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Do not allow the onion, fennel, or garlic to burn.

Get a medium size mixing bowl and add the diced chicken, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, roasted red sweet pepper, celery, and sauteed vegetables. Add the Parmesan cheese, grapes, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix carefully. Decide whether you need a bit more mayonnaise.

I put the chicken salad in finger rolls and served it with roasted cauliflower and a spinach salad with goat cheese and cherry tomatoes.

Wild Boar Bacon Hash

This morning I made wild boar hash. The wild boar bacon used in the recipe came from www.exoticmeats.com, an excellent source of high-quality wild game. The recipe was simple and very tasty. This recipe is for two.

You need:

• 3-4 ounces of wild boar bacon, cut into a small dice
• 1 medium onion, medium chop
• 8 small young potatoes (I used Yukon gold)
• Butter (or corn oil)
• A few ounces of cheese sliced thinly (I used Chutter)

1. Warm a medium size pan (that you can put in the oven) using medium heat. Add a few tablespoons of corn oil, vegetable oil, or butter (I've used all of these with good results). Chop one large onion while the pan and oil or butter is heating.
2. Dice about 3-4 ounces of wild boar bacon.
3. Put the 8 small potatoes in the microwave for about 3-5 minutes (the time will depend on your microwave). Let them cool for about 5 minutes then cut each into quarters. NOTE: don't overcook these little potatoes in the microwave or they will turn to mush.
4. Put the onion in the hot pan and cook for a few minutes. Add salt and pepper at this point.
5. Add the wild boar bacon to the onion and cook for about another 2 minutes.
6. Turn your oven broiler on High broil.
7. Add the quartered potatoes and cook until the mixture for several minutes until you see just a bit of brown forming on the potatoes.
8. Remove the pan for the heat and place the cheese around the mixture. Put the pan under the broiler until the cheese just barely starts to turn brown.
9. Turn the broiler off and let the pan sit for a few minutes while you fry two eggs, over easy (don't break the yoke!).
10. Remove the pan from the oven and slide the hash onto a serving platter. Put the two eggs on top of the hash and serve.

We had this for a Saturday breakfast and it was wonderful. You could substitute thick cut bacon for the wild boar bacon, but if you have never tried wild boar bacon, you might want to give it a try (check out local gourmet stores that have wild game or have it shipped from www.exoticmeats.com).

Chauncey