Chicken_Grape_Salad

Ohmygosh. This chicken salad is so freakin’ good.

  • It’s healthy.
  • It’s easy.
  • It’s summer friendly.
  • It’s adaptable.
  • It’s possible to make-ahead.
  • It’s filling.
  • It’s delicious.

…It’s perfect! In fact, I just made it yesterday. This gem of a salad could also be a great picnic lunch with the summer weather – sounds lovely (sounds way better than packing!). Speaking of summer, I love that you don’t have to turn on any heat source for this dish either. Here in the Pacific NW it’s not common to have A/C, so on hot summer days the last thing I want to do is turn on the oven.

To turn this into a meal, you can either make a sandwich like my husband, or a salad like me. For the salad, I drizzled salad dressing (I used this one – yum!) on some mixed greens and pile the chicken on top. Last time I made this I also made some pickled onions for our sandwiches. I piled those on with some lettuce and voila, a delicious sandwich. If you’d like, grab some chips to round it all out.

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The Macaron family is busy packing up our house for a big move coming up on Monday. We bought our first house – yay! Although, first we have tons and tons of packing to do…whomp whomp. I try to do at least 2 boxes a day during Petit Macaron’s naps. We’re making good progress, but it means my little kitchen is basically all packed up. Perhaps you see can in the photos how I was using a pot as a mixing bowl.

Below is the recipe. I hope you enjoy it!

Lightened up chicken salad with grapes and almonds

Lightened Up Chicken & Grape Salad

Ingredients:

  • 1 Rotisserie Chicken, cubed*
  • 1/2 apple, diced
  • 1 cup grapes, halved
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds
  • 7 oz plain Greek yogurt (about 1/2 cup)**
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise (light mayo is fine)
  • 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Add salt and pepper, to taste.

NOTES:

* I used a rotisserie chicken from my local grocery store, but you could make your own cooked chicken instead. It would be roughly a pound of chicken.

** I used Fage 2% plain yogurt.

This recipe was adapted from Damn Delicious’ Lightened-up Greek Yogurt Salad Sandwich.