Here's the receipe..
Mix:
2-3 cups cooked chicken (I seasoned the chicken with yellow curry and onions as it cooked)
2 grannie smith apples chopped, cored
1 20oz can of pinneapple, drained
1 10oz can of mandarin oranges, drained
1/2 cup of craisins (receipe called for raisins)
1/2 cup peacan slices (I used almond slices)- can be baked ahead of time
Curried Mayo: (in separate bowl)
1/2 cup Mayo
1/4 cup Olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 t salt (to taste)
2-3 Tablespoons curry powder (I used 1 1/2 T yellow and 1 T redish/orange)- to taste
Mix Curried Mayo then fold into the remaining ingredients. Make sure the salad is moist and not soggy. Refrigerate for a couple hours. Serve over spinach leaves or place in soft shell for a wrap.
Enjoy!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Determination
So, I thought I would start educating myself on India.. just in case that's where I ended up in the months to come.. Some of you may know that I have applied for a 6 month internship with The Home Foundation, which provides a safety house/haven for victims of human trafficking both within the US and abroad. I would be going to India and volunteering at their branch in Bombay as a group counselor/English teacher. It would be a great opportunity and a dream come true.
If you would like to know more about the Home Foundation.. Pls check out..
http://www.thehomefoundation.net
Back to the book..if you wanted to read a great book on India.. I would definitely recommend this one..
Quote from the book...Snakes and Ladders.. by Gita Mehta
"Who are these women you are trying to help anyway?" Gita asked. "Tribal women and their kids. They are working as bonded labor in a silk-weaving center, practically chained to their loons." It's not very much, I said. She palmed the money, "Dollars go a long way in India."
It was eighteen months before I saw my friend again, at a rather grand dinner party in the Indian capital. I caught up with her at the buffet table.
"oh, I've been meaning to write to you," she said. "But I've been busy." Noticing my dismay, she relented. "The money bought about one hundred and sixty women and their families out of bondage." I was stunned.
What are the women doing now? I asked. "They were determined to compete with their previous owners, so we loaned them money to buy their own looms and weave their own silk." Did you manage to sell it? I asked. "Oh, it's not for sale, just display for future orders. They haven't got anything left to sell. Everything the women produce is of such high quality the exporters grab it. " "In fact, the men who used them as slave labor are no offering to buy their output at twice the price the exporters pay because the quality is so good."
"Are they making money?" I asked. "Send their kids to private schools. They think if you pay for education instead of going to a government school, your kids get a better education.
"Can I give them more money?" I asked. "Certainly not. They don’t' accept charity. Six months ago they paid back every penny of your money. Now they are giving us money to loan to other women. Nearly as much as you did."
Determination.. that is the word that came to my mind when I read this.. When you are determined nothing will stand in your way from achieving your goals.. So, what are you allowing to hold you back?
If you would like to know more about the Home Foundation.. Pls check out..
http://www.thehomefoundation.net
Back to the book..if you wanted to read a great book on India.. I would definitely recommend this one..
Quote from the book...Snakes and Ladders.. by Gita Mehta
"Who are these women you are trying to help anyway?" Gita asked. "Tribal women and their kids. They are working as bonded labor in a silk-weaving center, practically chained to their loons." It's not very much, I said. She palmed the money, "Dollars go a long way in India."
It was eighteen months before I saw my friend again, at a rather grand dinner party in the Indian capital. I caught up with her at the buffet table.
"oh, I've been meaning to write to you," she said. "But I've been busy." Noticing my dismay, she relented. "The money bought about one hundred and sixty women and their families out of bondage." I was stunned.
What are the women doing now? I asked. "They were determined to compete with their previous owners, so we loaned them money to buy their own looms and weave their own silk." Did you manage to sell it? I asked. "Oh, it's not for sale, just display for future orders. They haven't got anything left to sell. Everything the women produce is of such high quality the exporters grab it. " "In fact, the men who used them as slave labor are no offering to buy their output at twice the price the exporters pay because the quality is so good."
"Are they making money?" I asked. "Send their kids to private schools. They think if you pay for education instead of going to a government school, your kids get a better education.
"Can I give them more money?" I asked. "Certainly not. They don’t' accept charity. Six months ago they paid back every penny of your money. Now they are giving us money to loan to other women. Nearly as much as you did."
Determination.. that is the word that came to my mind when I read this.. When you are determined nothing will stand in your way from achieving your goals.. So, what are you allowing to hold you back?
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