{"id":13851,"date":"2013-07-22T03:34:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T08:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=13851"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:32:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:32:18","slug":"its-too-darn-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/22\/its-too-darn-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Too Darn Hot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13863\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/22\/its-too-darn-hot\/chickensalad\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ChickenSalad.jpg?fit=640%2C551&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChickenSalad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ChickenSalad.jpg?fit=640%2C551&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13863\" alt=\"ChickenSalad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ChickenSalad.jpg?resize=640%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ChickenSalad.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ChickenSalad.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week was brutal &#8211; the heat index on Friday was 110\u00ba, needless to say &#8211; the boy and I spent a lot of time at the pool. When it&#8217;s that hot, the last thing I want is to be anywhere near a stove or eat hot food. I would serve popsicles for dinner, but I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;d be downvoted. That&#8217;s where chicken salad comes into play &#8211; make it in the morning, come home from the pool and eat it in your bathing suit. Then it&#8217;s back to the pool until they kick us out!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 cups cooked chicken, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 cup celery, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 8 oz. can water chestnuts, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 Granny Smith apple, diced<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup red onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 cup mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>salt and pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 24px;\">1. Toss chicken, celery, water chestnuts, apple and red onion in a large bowl.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. In a separate bowl whisk mayonnaise, cider vinegar, sugar, and salt and pepper &#8211; add to chicken mixture. Serve with chilled vegetables, on bread, or with mixed greens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week was brutal &#8211; the heat index on Friday was 110\u00ba, needless to say &#8211; the boy and I spent a lot of time at the pool. When it&#8217;s that hot, the last thing I want is to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/22\/its-too-darn-hot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[2707,2708,2294],"class_list":["post-13851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-chicken-salad","tag-summer-food","tag-what-to-make-for-dinner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3Bp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35415,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/12\/08\/king-ranch-chicken-casserole\/","url_meta":{"origin":13851,"position":0},"title":"King Ranch Chicken Casserole","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This casserole looks like a hot mess, but really, it's a baking dish of deliciousness! 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