On The Menu: Chicken Salad

Chicken Salad was on the menu for dinner last. It was a new recipe for us and it was a TOTAL success!

Seriously y'all, I am in love with this salad.

I don't know why but chicken salad has sounded so good to me lately. I had it a few weeks ago from Whole Foods as part of a little "adult" lunch box: chicken salad, crackers, cheese cubes, and grapes...and it was awesome! I've been craving it ever since.

About halfway through our meal prep last night, I learned that Taylor doesn't really like chicken salad - whoops! He was sweet though and said he would definitely try it and explained that he just really doesn't like the mayo part of chicken salad. I decided to go light on the mayo in hopes that he would discover just how delicious chicken salad can be.

Like the Lemony Scones & Beauty Bars I made this weekend, both recipes are from Drew Parisi and Robin Long. It's technically a lunch recipe, but we made it for dinner (and even had enough leftover for our lunches today!).

Chicken Salad

(Makes 4 servings)

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced

1/2 red onion, diced

2 cups grapes, halved

2 celery stalks, diced

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

1/2 cup mayo

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Directions:

Mix all ingredients and serve over a bed of lettuce!

Recipe Modifications: We used about half the amount of chicken (because I accidentally didn't buy enough!), but it ended up totally okay. We used green grapes, but I think red would have been okay too. We also coarsely chopped up the grapes since the halves seemed a bit large. Lastly, we also used slightly less than the 1/2 cup of mayo.

The verdict? Taylor loved it! I think he was used to those really thick, gooey chicken salads that you get on a sandwich - this wasn't like that at all. It was light and fresh and healthy. I loved it too.

We filled a bowl with a bed of greens: some spring mix, some romaine, and some arugula. We squeezed a little lemon over the greens and sprinkled on some salt & pepper. We added a few scoops of chicken salad, and then topped the dish off with sprouts. We love sprouts. So yummy!

This recipe is for sure being added in to our regular dinner rotation.