CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups cooked chicken breast (340 grams or 12 ounces), chopped or shredded
1/3 cup dried cranberries, roughly chopped
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
1/3 cup diced red onion
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts (optional, for extra crunch)
lettuce leaves for serving
CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD | easy, healthy recipe
Method of making
chicken salad is an easy healthy recipe that is a classic for a reason it’s healthy and light yet super satisfying and I just love that there are so many simple nutritious variations that you can make to keep your chicken salad fun fresh and exciting now some of my favorites that I’ve shared in the past include my avocado chicken salad a Sonoma chicken salad and a waldorf chicken salad all of which I will link to down in the description box below but today I’m sharing my latest chicken salad Obsession and I’m showing you how to make a cranberry walnut chicken salad not only is this recipe rich in nutrients protein and fiber but I’m also able to lighten things up a bit by swapping out
some of the Mayo for Greek yogurt so the first thing I like to do is make the dressing now I’m going to start with a half a cup of plain Greek yogurt I’m using a 2% low-fat variety but you could also do a non-fat or a full fat depending on what you have or what you enjoy then I’m adding in 2 tbspoon of Mayo now keep in mind if you wanted this recipe to be even lighter you could skip the Mayo and do all Greek yogurt I do that sometimes and it’s delicious and if you’re not a yogurt person you could skip the yogurt and do all Mayo you’ll have a little bit of a
CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD | easy, healthy recipe
richer salad but still absolutely delicious and a little bit more like the classic so as always do whatever aligns with your personal goals and nutritional preferences then I’m going to add in 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice this is going to keep things nice and bright and then two teaspoons of honey and a little side note my friends I read the recipe wrong and I actually added two tablespoons here but that was way too much you do you don’t need that much you just need a teaspoon or two just to round the flavors out a bit we’ll finish it with a little bit of sea salt and some black pepper and then I’m going to just gently whisk this together until I have a nice thick creamy dressing
and we’re going to use this to flavor our chicken salad now for the base of the salad you’re going to need two cups of chicken breast that be chopped or shredded now this can be as easy as going to the grocery store and grabbing a rotisserie chicken pull it apart while it’s warm and then use that as your um chicken option it’s so convenient I do that all the time or if you have a little more time on your hands you can make my Simply Shredded slow cooker chicken that I shared a few weeks back that is a go-to recipe in our house I will often make that when I’m doing
CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD | easy, healthy recipe
meal prep so that I have a good high quality protein waiting in the fridge for easy recipes just like this or you could do some baked chicken breast so as always you have options the takeaway here is that you need 2 cups of cooked chicken breast that is equivalent to 12 O or 340 G and that can either be chopped or shredded personally I’m a Libra so I can never make up my mind so sometimes I chop the chicken sometimes I shred the chicken today we’re chopping the chicken so I’ll get my chicken into a nice big bowl and then I’m adding in a half a cup of finely diced celery this is going to add great Crunch and texture 1/4 cup of finely diced iced Red Onion if you’re not big on
onions you could also do some scallions or some shallots that’s a little bit more mild but still gives you that same underlying flavor then I have 1/3 cup of dried cranberries that I’ve roughly chopped up I just give them a rough chop and then I toss them into the salad and then to finish it just a couple tablespoons of chopped up walnuts the walnuts add the best texture I just love the nuts in the chicken salad okay we’re going to pour in that dressing that
CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD | easy, healthy recipe
we prepared and then gently toss all of these ingredients together you just want to make sure that the chicken and all of the veggies have a nice light coating of this creamy yogurt and Mayo based dressing this cranberry walnut chicken salad is so perfect for meal prep or just as a light lunch during the week it comes together super quickly and I love serving it in butter lettuce cups it’s light and it’s refreshing but you could also serve it with some crackers or lay it onto a whole graen tortilla or your favorite bread so as always you have tons of clean and delicious options thank you
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