Manong Ken Ilio's Carinderia

It’s not summer yet but … it was hot today, so for dinner we just had summer salads. Light and delicious. Taken with my iPhone which does not seem to like to take pictures of food. var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname=”Potato salad, tuna salad and watermelon”; a2a_config.linkurl=”http://carinderia.net/blog/?p=2010″;

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The original Manong Ken’s green papaya salad can be found at the original carinderia site. Last night, we had dinner at one of our favorite Vietnamese restaurants here in Chicago – Le’s Pho in Uptown. We like the phos here – generous, I mean, huge servings and is … very good and can be customized [...]

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Here’s a couple of salad to add zest to your summer picnic! Aunt Reba’s Curried Chicken Salad and Wild Rice and Nut Salad Here are two fabulous salad recipes perfect for spring or summer picnic. Aunt Reba’s Curried Chicken Salad (left) Ingredients (quantities infinitely adjustable) Cooked chicken or turkey, cut in bite-size chunks Fresh or [...]

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