Chicken Salad with Quick Strawberry Vinaigrette
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The season of the salad is just beginning!
Every spring I start to crave fun salads and being home for spring break this year, I started the experiments early. First, I went spicy with my Ham & Cheese Spinach Salad with Tangy Mustard Dressing and now I’m enter the sweet zone.
As always, I hope you get ideas, making the salad with your favorite veggies. Right now, I’m really into fast, lite, homemade dressings. It’s fun being creative and trying to make a boring salad more tasty!
- About 3 cups of leafy greens (I used 2 c baby spinach and 1 c romain)
- 4-5 baby carrots sliced
- ½ small cucumber sliced
- 3-4 cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2.5 oz cooked chicken (71 g) ( I used Short Cuts)
- 1 tbsp low sugar strawberry preserves (or no sugar)
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
Pile all the salad fixings on a big plate. Top with chicken.
In a small bowl, whisk the preserves, olive oil, salt & pepper. Drizzle on top of the salad.
| Servings | Amount per Serving | Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whole Salad | 210 | 7g | 5g | 4 |
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I like to add a sprinkle of blue cheese crumbles on my salad as well. The raspberry preserves work well also!
I made some strawberry dressing inspired by your recipe for my spinach salad… But I used thawed frozen strawberries, a bit of balsamic oil, and a bit of olive oil and then blended with the immersion blender. Mmmmm. Thanks for the inspiration, love your sites!
oops I meant balsamic vinegar above
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