HG's Sweet 'n Chunky Chicken Salad

Healthier_Me
Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
edited September 18 in Recipes
Hot Chick!
Dozens of fat grams in chicken salad = bad news. Crunchy cucumbers, red grapes, and yogurt dressing on the other hand = GREAT additions. Here's HG's guilt-free answer to the notoriously fattening Waldorf chicken salad...

Ingredients:
1 cup (about 4.5 oz.) cooked & roughly chopped skinless lean chicken breast
1/2 cup chopped Persian or Kirby cucumber**
1/3 cup red seedless grapes, halved
1/3 cup chopped apple
1/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
2 tbsp. fat-free mayonnaise
1 no-calorie sweetener packet (like Splenda)
1/4 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning
dash salt

Directions:
Mix together the yogurt, mayonnaise, sweetener, lemon pepper seasoning, and salt. Coat the chicken in this mixture, and then stir in the chopped cucumber, grape halves, and chopped apple. Then try not to pass out as you chow down on this insanely good chicken salad! MAKES 2 SERVINGS

HG Tip! If cooking your chicken from scratch, use nonstick spray (not oil) to keep the fat count down.

**These short, sweet cucumbers rule in this recipe! But if you can't find 'em, any cucumber will do.

Serving Size: half of recipe (about 1 cup)
Calories: 145
Fat: 1.5g
Sodium: 332mg
Carbs: 14g
Fiber: 1g
Sugars: 10g
Protein: 21g

POINTS® value 3*

**compare to:
Waldorf Chicken Salad, Average

Serving Size: typical serving (about 1 cup)
Calories: 380
Fat: 30g
Sodium: 405mg
Carbs: 15g
Fiber: 1g
Sugars: 11g
Protein: 12g

POINTS® value 10*

http://www.hungry-girl.com/chew/chewdetails.php?isid=1391

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  • Healthier_Me
    Healthier_Me Posts: 5,600 Member
    Hot Chick!
    Dozens of fat grams in chicken salad = bad news. Crunchy cucumbers, red grapes, and yogurt dressing on the other hand = GREAT additions. Here's HG's guilt-free answer to the notoriously fattening Waldorf chicken salad...

    Ingredients:
    1 cup (about 4.5 oz.) cooked & roughly chopped skinless lean chicken breast
    1/2 cup chopped Persian or Kirby cucumber**
    1/3 cup red seedless grapes, halved
    1/3 cup chopped apple
    1/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
    2 tbsp. fat-free mayonnaise
    1 no-calorie sweetener packet (like Splenda)
    1/4 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning
    dash salt

    Directions:
    Mix together the yogurt, mayonnaise, sweetener, lemon pepper seasoning, and salt. Coat the chicken in this mixture, and then stir in the chopped cucumber, grape halves, and chopped apple. Then try not to pass out as you chow down on this insanely good chicken salad! MAKES 2 SERVINGS

    HG Tip! If cooking your chicken from scratch, use nonstick spray (not oil) to keep the fat count down.

    **These short, sweet cucumbers rule in this recipe! But if you can't find 'em, any cucumber will do.

    Serving Size: half of recipe (about 1 cup)
    Calories: 145
    Fat: 1.5g
    Sodium: 332mg
    Carbs: 14g
    Fiber: 1g
    Sugars: 10g
    Protein: 21g

    POINTS® value 3*

    **compare to:
    Waldorf Chicken Salad, Average

    Serving Size: typical serving (about 1 cup)
    Calories: 380
    Fat: 30g
    Sodium: 405mg
    Carbs: 15g
    Fiber: 1g
    Sugars: 11g
    Protein: 12g

    POINTS® value 10*

    http://www.hungry-girl.com/chew/chewdetails.php?isid=1391
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