Sometimes a food can get stuck in my head and stay they until I go out of my way to eat it. Today at lunch I watched as 3 people ordered chicken salad on croissants and the desire to eat chicken salad grew in my mind. It wasn’t a planned meal for the week but I knew it was exactly what I wanted for dinner tonight.
With that in mind I set about making a healthier version complete that wouldn’t make me feel like I just ingested 400 calories of mayonnaise.
Chicken Salad Recipe Ingredients:
- 2 cooked chicken breasts
- 1/2 single serving Greek yogurt container (around 75 g)
- 4 tbsp light mayo
- 5 green grapes, chopped
- 5 red grapes, chopped
- 1/8 cup green onion, chopped
- 1/8 cup cashews, chopped
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
Chicken Salad Recipe Directions:
- Shred chicken if it’s not already shredded.
- Chop grapes, green onions, and cashews.
- Add greek yogurt, light mayo, salt and pepper.
- Mix it all together! Mix until it is all evenly coated.
When making chicken salad or similar dishes, I tend to keep things chunky so my chicken isn’t super shredded and the chopped items are roughly chopped. I love foods with varying textures so this helps to keep things from becoming complete mush. The addition of chopped cashews also helps by adding a nice crunch.
We ate some of the chicken salad tonight on little Hawaiian rolls because chicken salad sliders are the best idea in the world. If I have the option to make a mini version of food then it’s going to happen.
Mini food > regular food.
Sliders > sandwiches.
Yum, yum, yum!!
This completely hit the spot for dinner after wanting chicken salad all day, but it was way less calorific than what I could have ordered in a restaurant. Using light mayo and adding in greek yogurt didn’t compromise the flavor but it gave it better nutritional stats. Plus it made a ton of servings so I’ll have some for later in the week – win, win, win, win!!
I’ve claimed chicken salad as my favorite sandwich before, and this totally reminded me of why I love it. Whether it’s with grapes and cashews or pecans and apples, it’s always so delicious!
Mmmmmm. Now I’m hungry for chicken salad!!!!!!
See how it happens? Haha!
My mom used to add slivered almonds to chicken salad for crunch but I’m not a big almond fan! Love the cashew idea! Will give it a try next time I make it. I also love celery in my chicken salad, which helps with crunch too. Mmm, might have to add chicken to the grocery list now! Lol
I’ve always used almonds or pecans but I decided to try cashews because they are actually my favorite nut! It worked well. I know most people love the celery too but I’ve never caught on to the celery craze. I’ll eat it on occasion but something about it just doesn’t jive with my tastebuds.
Let me know if you like it with cashews!