Any healthy simple Chicken Salad recipes???

Izable2011
Izable2011 Posts: 755 Member
edited October 3 in Food and Nutrition
I want to make chicken salad for dinner so I can use up some food items in my house. Does anyone have a easy simple but healthy recipe I could steal?

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  • shawnscott5
    shawnscott5 Posts: 295 Member
    I just cut up all the fresh vegies I have, toss them together and add the chicken hot or cold to the top with 1 oz of shredded cheese. It is really good, healthy and easy to make.
  • cjcarson87
    cjcarson87 Posts: 31
    I use palin greek yogurt instead of mayo with some cayenne for kick....YUM!
  • trailgetter
    trailgetter Posts: 29
    Diced chicken - 2 cups
    Celery - 6 stalks diced
    Onion - Red, diced
    Tarragon - 2 Tbsp.
    Mayo - Light/Fat Free, 2 Tbsp
    Mustard - Deli (or any kind you like), 4 Tbsp
    Red Grapes - 5, halved
    Walnuts - 5 halves crushed up
    Salt/Pepper to taste

    It's kind of dry, so I usually make wraps with leftover lettuce.
  • Kelly_Wilson1990
    Kelly_Wilson1990 Posts: 3,245 Member
    Kelly's Chicken Salad

    Serves 11



    Ingredients:

    4 cups cooked chopped chicken

    2 tablespoons each of dill and sweet pickle relish

    1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard

    2 tablespoons Kraft Olive Oil mayo

    2 tablespoons Kraft Olive Oil mayo with pepper

    1/4 cup each of chopped onion and red pepper (or whatever color pepper you have on hand)

    1/2 cup Kroger Private Select (or your favorite brand) of Spicy Three Pepper Hummus



    Directions:

    Mix add ingredients except chicken. When well mixed add warm chicken and mix well again. Refrigerate and serve on whole wheat bread, low carb tortillas or with rice crackers or your favorite crackers.

    Nutrition:

    Cal: 203

    Carb: 3

    Fat: 12

    Protein: 23

    Sugar: 1
  • JamesonsMommy
    JamesonsMommy Posts: 771 Member
    chop clelery, apples, carrots and dice your chicken. mix some fresh garlic and plain greek yogurt. drizzle with a balsamic reduction.. super super yummy :)
  • feydruss
    feydruss Posts: 349 Member
    Chop up the chicken with some plain non-fat yoghurt, curry powder and a dollop of mango chutney (or chopped mango), and maybe some cilantro. Yum!
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
    I made this last month. I love chicken salad, but it's best (and evilest) loaded with Hellmann's mayonnaise. I've found lots of lighter versions out there that sub fat-free mayo, but I can't stand that stuff.

    My weekly produce delivery brought some awesome red seedless grapes and I couldn't resist the call of chicken salad any longer, so tried to lighten it a bit with half mayo and half greek yogurt. It was great wrapped in a Flat-out multi-grain wrap with a pile of greens!

    3oz serving = 116 calories/6g fat/5g carbs/10g protein.

    I made this a shared food in the MFP database called "Homemade Nikkie's Chicken Salad. The sodium number does not include added salt, garlic salt or celery salt since it's quite subjective, depending on how much and what people choose to use. If you're concerned about sodium, I recommend garlic powder, and celery salt.

    Makes 8 servings, 3oz each.

    chickensalad.jpg

    Served with a side of Skinnytaste onion rings.:)

    Here's the recipe:

    Lighter Chicken Salad
    - 8 oz cooked chicken breast, shredded or finely chopped (see note below)
    - 3 stalks celery (about 3oz), thinly sliced
    - 2 green onions (dark and light green parts only), thinly sliced
    - about 30 red or black seedless grapes (6 oz by weight)
    - 4 Tbsp (2 ounces) Hellmann's mayonnaise (use the good stuff!)
    - 4 Tbsp (2 ounces) plain fat free greek yogurt (I used Oikos organic)
    Garlic salt, Celery salt and pepper to taste

    Mix everything together and enjoy!

    Note - so many recipes call for cooked chicken. I'll sometimes put a few chicken breasts in the crock pot and add water to cover, the cook on low about 8 hours. The chicken will shred beautifully and be nice and juicy when it's done. I'll even make far more than I need and bag/freeze the extra cooked chicken for later use.
  • Izable2011
    Izable2011 Posts: 755 Member
    I'm so excited to eat chicken salad now!
  • MelissaJ6807
    MelissaJ6807 Posts: 64
    My husband LOVES this recipe from Cooking Light

    Chicken and Couscous Salad
    http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-couscous-salad-10000000630133/
  • kblu0816
    kblu0816 Posts: 1,627 Member
    bump
  • kristina0206
    kristina0206 Posts: 57
    bump
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Diced chicken - 2 cups
    Celery - 6 stalks diced
    Onion - Red, diced
    Tarragon - 2 Tbsp.
    Mayo - Light/Fat Free, 2 Tbsp
    Mustard - Deli (or any kind you like), 4 Tbsp
    Red Grapes - 5, halved
    Walnuts - 5 halves crushed up
    Salt/Pepper to taste

    It's kind of dry, so I usually make wraps with leftover lettuce.

    Looks YUM!
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