Ingredients:
2 cooked skinless, boneless chicken breasts - cut into cubes (I used a whole pack of chicken, boiled and shredded it)
2 celery sticks, chopped (I left this out...I hate celery)
1/2 red onion, chopped (I left this out)
1/2 cup red seedless grapes, quartered (When I got to the check out and they tried to charge me $8 for grapes, I said no thank you and substituted an apple)
1/2 cup Greek yogurt, non-fat (Is there Greek yogurt that has fat?)
1 tsp garlic powder (No thank you)
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper (I prefer my chicken salad to be sweet, not peppery)
Sea salt to taste (Felt I didn't need it)
2 whole wheat pita pockets (Couldn't find pita pockets...so I used whole wheat sandwich thins)
4 romaine lettuce leaves (I substituted shredded lettuce)
Directions: In a large bowl, mix all of the salad ingredients. Eat as is or as a
I love chicken salad and it is one thing I make by adding a little of this and a little of that until it tastes right. My chicken salad usually consists of chicken, mayonnaise, grapes, and sweet salad cubes. SO GOOD!
Essentially with this, I felt like I was just substituting the mayonnaise for Greek yogurt...and the grapes for apples because of the cost.
I had a little bit of sweet salad cubes left over from the last time I made it that I threw in.
It was edible, but not very flavorful. I didn't mind the Greek yogurt in place of the mayonnaise, but would have preferred grapes and more sweet salad cubes. I don't know if the sweet salad cubes disqualify it from being clean, but I know Greek yogurt is better than mayonnaise.
I also had this for lunch on the day that I was intentionally turning down free Chick-Fil-A on our field trip. So, I ate this while everyone around me ate Chick-Fil-A...that could add to the fact I wasn't inclined to eat the rest of it later...
I'll give Greek yogurt another shot, but will add my own things to taste like the sweet salad cubes...
Greek yogurt is high in fat (unless you buy the non-fat, of course). The kind I buy uses whole milk and it is SO GOOD! It's called Greek Goddess, i think. Still healthy for you even with the fat...it has the live cultures/probiotics.
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