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Mandarin Orange Summer Salad

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I had this salad at Epic and it was so delicious! I had to make it again at home. Ingredients: 1 small can mandarin oranges baby spinach sunflower seeds honey mustard dressing blue cheese crumbles directions: - mix together and serve!

BLTs

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BLTs - but of course I had to add avocado! (ALSO TRY BLUE APRON VERSION for Classic BLT - Thick white bread, Mayo, Heirloom tomato, Bacon, and butter lettuce) Ingredients: 3 strips of bacon per sandwich 1 avocado  Spicy chipotle mayo Lettuce Tomato  Buns Directions: - cook the bacon according to package directions - toast the buns while oven is heating, once done spread the bottom with mayo and the top with avocado - cut the lettuce and tomato into sandwich shape. - stack everything together once the bacon is done and Enjoy

Fried Rice

Who doesn't like fried rice? This is so good and goes perfect with some wontons Ingredients: 3/4 cup uncooked rice, cold 1/2 cup onion 2 celery stalks 1/2 cup cabbage 1 Tbs Chinese 5 spice 2 Tbs butter 2 eggs 1/4 cup frozen peas 1/4 cup frozen corn jalapeno, diced (optional) sometimes i just use sriracha 3 large green onions, diced a few dashes of: fish sauce soy sauce sesame oil Directions: - cook rice according to package and then cool in fridge - saute veggies in EVOO and butter until tender,  - season with salt, pepper, and 5 spice. If not using Jalapeno, then add cayenne or sriracha - add 2 eggs and scramble into the mixture - add in frozen peas and corn - add the cold rice, season with a couple dashes of both fish sauce and soy sauce - saute the rice for about 3-4 min - remove from heat and add green onions and the sesame oil. - adjust seasoning and spiciness 

Chicken Nuggets

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These turned out better than I could have ever hoped for. They were delicious and tasted just like the chick fil a nuggets that are so addicting! I used 1 chicken breast for each serving. I was also out of a few ingredients so i made the following substitutions and it was fine. Regular sugar for powdered, and I used extra dijon for regular mustard. INGREDIENTS · 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks · 1 cup dill pickle juice · 1 1/2 cups milk, divided · 1-2 cups frying oil · 1 large egg · 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour · 1 tablespoon powdered sugar · Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste FOR THE HONEY MUSTARD · 1/4 cup mayonnaise · 2 tablespoons honey · 1 tablespoon mustard · 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard · 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice INSTRUCTIONS · To make the honey mustard, whisk together mayonnaise, honey, mustards and le