Polynesian Dinner

Ingredients:
2 cups. rice
chow mien noodles
chopped turkey or chicken
cubed tomatoes
chopped onions
chopped celery
1 can of pineapple chunks
shredded cheddar cheese
turkey gravy
sliced almonds
shredded coconut

Cook turkey or chicken as preferred. This is a great use of leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. But since Thanksgiving is only one day a year I've found that chicken breast taste pretty much the same in this recipe. Chopped cooked turkey or chicken into bite size pieces.

Cook rice in microwave - I usually do double the amount of servings for the amount of the people that are eating.

Open can of pineapple chunks and place in freezer to chill. Save the juice in the can to add a little moisture if you don't like gravy. Cubed tomatoes, chop onions, chop celery and shred cheese.

All ingredients are served at room temperature except for rice and gravy.

Layer ingredients in order on your plate and devour! Rice, noodles, turkey/chicken, tomatoes, onions, celery, pineapple, cheese, gravy almonds, and coconut. Don't forget the pineapple juice if you like.


I don't like gravy on this... but everyone else I know does... thus why I found the pineapple juice trick.

Grape Salad

Ingredients:
4 lbs. of mix red and green grapes
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. sour cream
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
4 oz. pecans (whole)
2 Tbsp. brown sugar

Mix all ingredients, except the grapes and pecans, in a large bowl with hand mixer. Mix until smooth and no longer lumpy.
In hand break whole pecans into small pieces. I like the whole ones broken instead of the pre-chopped pecans which seem to be too small. Add pecans to mixture.

Add grapes and stir until coated evenly.

Refrigerate until you serve.