Description
Delicious and healthy chicken salad packed with spinach, Greek yogurt, apples, and nuts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups chopped or shredded chicken
- 1 cup spinach, finely chopped
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt
- ½ a large apple, chopped (about ½ cup chopped)
- ½ a red onion, chopped (about ½ cup chopped)
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup pecans, chopped
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3–4 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt (more to taste)
- ¼ tsp black pepper (more to taste)
Instructions
- Dice the chicken into small pieces or shred it (whichever you prefer). Dice it using a sharp knife or shred it by pulsing it a few times in a food processor or use 2 forks. Chop the apple, pecans, and red onion. I do fine chopping so everything gets incorporated into the mixture evenly.
- Add all the ingredients to a large bowl and mix it well so that everything is coated. Give it a taste and add more salt as needed.
- Hint: since the flavor depends partly on the way you cook your chicken, give it a taste once everything is mixed together. If it tastes bland, the best way to fix that is to add more salt to taste before adjusting anything else.
Notes
- This salad works great as a meal prep option, packed with protein and nutrition.
- Customize the ingredients based on your taste preferences or what you have available.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 60mg