Except for the first few years of marriage I can’t remember a time when I was without a dog.
Currently there are three four-footed critters in our house. Doug is a 10 year old exceeding tricky and smart Portuguese Water Dog. Jack seven, also a Portuguese Water Dog, is not-so-smart and rather goofy. Then there is Lucy. Udon's adopted Bichon Frise. We think she is almost four.
Lucy was a birthday present for my youngest daughter on her 12th birthday. She’s the one that named her Lucy which has since morphed into Lucifer (or Lucy-fur). Lately she has been sick.
The Vet said she has a bladder stone, common for her breed. The bad news is that it is a BIG one. The good news, it’s the kind that often can be treated with diet and LOTS of fluids, and antibiotics. Even then, she still might have to have surgery to remove the stone. It’s that big.
We opted to try treating her with diet. Sounds pretty easy…feed the special diet canned food designed to dissolve the stone, give her pills and make her drink lots of fluids. It’s the drinking lots of fluids that is the problem. So I’ve resorted to trickery. I boiled up a package of chicken tenders and diluted the resulting broth with water. She loves it.
I’m left with a bunch of cooked chicken tenders. I’m sure that Doug and Jack would love them but since I'm playing nursemaid to Lucy-fur, I decided that I would create something for me.
Lucy’s Chicken Salad
1 package cooked chicken tenders- cut into small cubes
1 cup red grapes – cut about the size of the chicken cubes
1 small crispy, slightly tart, apple cut into cubes the size of the chicken and grapes
1 tablespoon fresh tarragon (or to taste)
1 tsp black pepper (or to taste)
1/3 cup Mayonnaise – enough to hold everything together but not goopy with the stuff.
Mix it all together and serve on a leaf of big lettuce or as a sandwich filling.
I think it tastes better if the flavor of the tarragon has the opportunity to permeate the salad, about 30 minutes.
cheryl
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