Food Lab: Chinken salad

Hello my little strawberries!

Since we are moving into a new school year and this year and I actually do not have a lunch period, so I thought I would be fun to do some posts on my fav healthy recipes for lunch! Today we will be making a chicken salad wrap, let's get started!

Ingredients:

Bow tie pasta ( of course you can use any type of pasta or spaghetti and use whole wheat if you like)

Italian dressing ( go for low fat if you want to be more healthy)

Tomato

Celery

Lettuce

Cucumber 

Bell pepper

Lime

Step 1: Get a pot and put in the pasta ( I grabbed three handful, use to you own needs) and fill the water so that all in pastas are underneath the water level, set on stove for high heat and cook for 8 minutes.

Step 2: wash all the veggies and cut into pieces. BTW I cooked my chicken the previous day for another recipe but I will re-cook it, and you DO NOT need to cook it the day before. 

Step 3: Dump the cooked pasta into a leaker with the veggies, this step should slightly cook the veggies. Then you would want to mix the two, as you rinse.

Step 4: Use the same procedure of cooking the pasta, but this time we will cook the chain. Boil until it turns white or for 5-6 minutes. Then rip the chicken and squeeze a quarter of a lime on it.

Step 5: Mix all the ingredients together and grizzled some Italian dressing over it. Tip, the more sauce you put the more flavor it have and the better it tastes!

That is it!

This simple and quick recipe for making chicken salad is great for school lunches and a perfect picnic recipe.

Final Tip: Place in the refrigerator to allow the flavors to soak in.

Do not add the tomatoes, cucumbers, and pickles if you are not going to eat right away.

Add more dressing if needed after taking out of the frig.

Lots of loves,

Mingming

Fashion Lecture: Fall Fashion

With the windy weather approaching, also comes the new fall trend for 2013. In today's fashion lecture I will reflect to you guys some of the fashion trends from the NYC Fashion Week!

1. Masculine Mystique 

Give all your masculinity! This fall we are playing up our masculine side with long lost prints like houndstooth, pinstrip, and Prince of Wale checks. And of course, things like blazers, fedora, and leather are playing a big part in the menswear inspired trend.

2. Candy Pastels
From Victoria Beckham to Giambattista Valli, designers have whipped up some delicious and illuminating coats, in stunning colors like baby blue, buttercup yellow lavender, and powered pink. What can bring more happiness than these!

3. Winter White 

Bring some of the sophticated winter snow to your outfits with this fall and winter's color trend, winter white. We have seen numerous all white outfits both on the runways and the streets.

Mingming's Note:

That's it for this post of trending fall fashion! Recently I went back to China for summer vacation and it was awesome and of course I was constantly shopping. Hehe The style in Asian countries are very different from America. And I obliviously had to buy the most daring ones in the store, but when I actually wear it people stare! Like seriously! meanies! Hehe just kidding But the entire trip was super fun I did get to travel to several places in main land China, such as the shooting sight of Avatar. Anyways, for those of you who a going back to school , I hope you are not too bumped, and if you are not then..... IDK what to say... Hope all of you are having a great start weather it is into a new school year or continuing in your job! 

Loves, 

Mingming