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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Gonzo for Chicken Salad

I love salad. Especially entree salad with grilled chicken. I slightly modified this recipe from Men's Health magazine to fit my fancy for salad fixin's, and it made a wonderful detox-friendly meal for K & I. And enough for a second helping later on ;) It is super simple to make - I was able to throw this together while K & I talked about our day at work. Fast, simple, and delicious...that is my kind of weeknight meal! Well, at least sometimes it's nice :)



Gonzo Chicken (slightly modified)
Source: Men's Health


Ingredients
  • 2 cups spring salad mix 
  • 3 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 1/2 cup chickpeas, drained & rinsed
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken, grilled and diced
  • 1/4 cups chopped walnuts
  • 1 large avocado, diced
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp Balsamic (or Red  Wine) Vinegar
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
Preparation
  1. Grill chicken and set aside to cool.
  2. Drain & rinse chickpeas; chop walnuts and dice avocado & tomato. 
  3. Place salad mix & spinach leaves in large bowl. Top with chickpeas, chicken, walnuts, avocado & tomato. Mix olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl and drizzle over the salad mixture. Mix all together, season with salt & pepper, and serve.

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