Last Fling at the Lux's

It has been a tradition to go to the Lux's house after the Parish Festival on Sunday.  We gather to see if we have won the raffle prizes ($1500) and this year we had a big winner in our group.  Then we meet for relaxing, conversation and leftovers.  I had a made a chicken salad to take to school for lunches but brought that as my leftover.  Leon also shared his homemade salsa.  I will let him post that later if he wants to share his recipe.  The chicken salad was good and would either make a great sandwich, wrap or just as a salad.  
Avocado Chicken Salad
Great grab-and-go lunch.” 5 Servings Prep/Total Time: 20 min. 
Ingredients 
1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and cubed 
2 tablespoons lemon juice, divided 
2 cups cubed cooked chicken 
2 cups seedless red grapes, halved 
1 medium tart apple, chopped 
1 cup chopped celery 
3/4 cup mayonnaise 
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted 
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 
Lettuce leaves, optional 
Directions 
•In a small bowl, toss avocado with 1 tablespoon lemon juice; set 
aside. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, grapes, apple, celery, 
mayonnaise, walnuts, ginger and remaining lemon juice. Stir in 
avocado. 


Another tradition of the Parish Festival is Leon using the end of the ruhbarb to make our family favorite (okay Daira & my favorite) jam.  He makes enough for us to have for the year which usually doesn't last and then he has several pints he gives to the Parish Festival bake sale.  This recipe comes from the Howells Centennial Cookbook which was given to us at my wedding shower from Leon's Aunt.
 Apricot-Rhubarb Jam
5 cups ruhbarb, cut fine
1 cup water
5 cups sugar
1 can of Apricot pie filling
2 (3 oz.) pkgs. apricot gelatin

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Cook rhubarb in water until tender.  Add sugar and cook a few minutes longer, stirring constantly.  Add pie filling and cook 6 to 8 minutes more.  Remove from heat and add gelatin.  Stir until completely dissolved. Leon uses a stick blender to break up the larger chunks. Pour into jars and seal.  Store in refrigerator or freezer.