Chicken Salad

I love making this easy, delicious, and healthy chicken salad recipe! This particular recipe makes a big batch, which is great to feed a lot of people at home or to bring to a potluck! You can even make this recipe and enjoy this meal for the rest of the week – and trust me, it’s good enough you’ll want to!

Ingredients:

20-25 baked Chicken Tenderloins, chopped or shredded

1 cup Vegenaise (healthy mayo replacement)

1/2 cup dried Cranberries

1/2 cup chopped Walnuts

1/2 cup chopped Celery

1 cup diced Grapes

1 tsp Poppy Seeds

You can shred it or chop it up, whichever you prefer! You can use canned chicken, but it’s not ideal. I have found that the freshly baked chicken tastes so much better than the canned stuff.

I love this stuff…one of my favorite mayo replacements!

Try to find dried cranberries that don’t have any added sugar, since it’s much healthier that way. If you don’t have dried cranberries or want to try something different, you can use dried cherries (again, no added sugar) in it’s place. Either way, it gives you some added tart flavor that goes a long way!

You can chop up the walnuts as much as you’d like. If you don’t have walnuts on hand, you can chop up some pecans instead. Both will taste delicious and are a softer nut, which is what you want for this type of recipe.

I love adding celery to recipes! Celery is extremely healthy, but something a lot of people don’t enjoy on it’s own. I like to “sneak” it in recipes and enjoy the health benefits (and added crunch!) whenever I can! 

I took each grape and cut it into four small pieces. I thought this was the perfect size, but you can cut them up even smaller, if you prefer.

I love the added color and texture that poppy seeds provide!

Instructions

Step 1) Combine all ingredients and stir together in a large mixing bowl. Keep in fridge until ready to serve.

Notes: 

Pretty easy, huh? Yes! It’s quite delicious, healthy, and the perfect meal when you just don’t feel like cooking.

You can enjoy this Chicken Salad on it’s own (see first picture in this post), on a slice of bread…

…or as a sandwich!

Enjoy!

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