Who doesn’t love a quick and easy lunch, that is also healthy? This chicken salad is so flavorful and creamy, that you won’t even miss all the mayo that is typically found in a chicken salad.
Healthy Homemade Chicken Salad
Description
This chicken salad is great as a sandwich, stuffed in a pita, on top of a bed of greens, or even on its own! It’s crunchy, creamy, and full of whole food ingredients packing tons of flavor. I’ve found that a lot of chicken salad recipes or when you order at a restaurant, are typically doused in mayo. While I do enjoy mayo sometimes, it’s definitely not the best ingredient we could be fueling our bodies with. It’s taken some time but replacing mayo with Greek yogurt has really been a great swap. And I like to add in a little bit of mayo just for that small amount of extra flavor so I’m not totally missing it. It’s all about moderation, and not totally depriving ourselves, right? I hope you enjoy this Healthy Homemade Chicken Salad, because I sure do!
Ingredients
Instructions
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- Preheat oven to 375* F.
- Place the chicken breasts on a baking sheet and rub the olive oil on both sides to coat and sprinkle both sides with the salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and oregano to taste.
- Bake chicken for 18-20 minutes and let rest for 5-10 minutes after it is out of the oven.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the Greek yogurt, lemon juice, mayo, apple cider vinegar, fresh thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Once combined and smooth, add in the chopped apples, green onion, carrots, celery, walnuts, and dried cranberries.
- Dice up the cooled chicken and add to the bowl to combine all ingredients together.
- Chill in the refrigerator or serve room temperature.
Notes
- To make this a quicker process, you could always use a prepared rotisserie chicken and dice up the meat and add to everything else.
- Could sub or add in different nuts and dried fruit/ add in more if you want.
I made this dish today…it’s really delicious! The combination of spices is just right and balance together well. Plus the mixture of chicken, fruit and nuts compliment each other. All together it makes for a great recipe.
I’m glad to hear you liked this recipe! Thanks for giving it a try!