September 6, 2012

Here's a great menu idea before and after a warm weather casual sunset wedding.  Serve Mixed Fruit Chicken Salad before the ceremony and an assortment of fruit flavored sherbets and wedding cake after the ceremony.  The chicken salad can be prepared the night before or the morning of the wedding and then served over a bed of mixed greens.

Mixed Fruit Chicken Salad
1/4 cup chopped pecans
4 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
2 cups seedless red and green grapes, halved
1 - 11 ounce can of mandarin oranges
1 cup chopped fresh pineapple (or canned pineapple tidbits)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Serves 4- 6 people

Serve with Orange-Raspberry Vinaigrette
Recipe can be found at Southern Living Magazine, May 2012 issue