Caribbean Salad

In Nevada (and California) there is a fun little restaurant chain with a pepper logo. I am mad at that chain for not being in Portland. Seriously. We loved that place and there is not one in the whole state of Oregon. That makes me sad. But, I was able to re-create one of the salads that they had on the menu and that, that makes me HAPPY! I got help with the dressing from Squidoo.com and I will include a link at the bottom.

First I made a teriyaki marinade with the help of Foodnetwork.com ( I will also include the recipe because it was way tasty!) Then I made the dressing. I poured the marinade on some chicken breasts and let them sit in the fridge for 30 minutes. I grilled the chicken on my indoor grill. I cut up an orange - usually I use cuties but my grocer didn't have any today so I used a navel and diced it up- it worked just fine. I also cubed up some pineapple and took out some of my home made (canned) salsa. When the chicken was cooked through I set it aside to cool and I started salad prep. In bowls I layered spring mix, the orange and pineapple.

Next I drizzled on some of the dressing. Then I sliced the chicken and added it to the bowls. I topped that with some salsa and broken blue tortilla chips (that were baked, not fried- from trader joes).

I mixed it all up and then we got to chow down! It was so yummy, even the kids ate it up, well, most of it :)

Squidoo link-
http://www.squidoo.com/chiliscaribbeansaladrecipe

Foodnetwork link-
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-best-of/teriyaki-sauce-recipe/index.html

Reviewing the recipe on FoodNetwork I accidentally used rice wine vinegar instead of sweet rice wine but the chicken turned out great so I hope I will mess up again next time, haha.

Happy Eating everyone!