Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 each)
  • Calories:
  • 221
  • Fat:
  • 6 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 1 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 63 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 166 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 18 g
  • Fiber:
  • 3 g
  • Protein:
  • 25 g
  • Diabetic Exchange:
  • 3 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fruit.


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Come summer, Carolyn Black of Richmond, British Columbia likes to pack this refreshing salad for a picnic lunch. She notes, "Each of the ingredients can be stored in a separate container in a cooler and assembled at the picnic. It's always a hit."

SERVINGS: 6

CATEGORY: Main Dish

METHOD:

TIME: Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Ingredients:

  • 8 cups torn red leaf lettuce
  • 2 cups torn mixed salad greens
  • 4 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 1-1/2 cups thinly sliced cucumber
  • 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each), grilled and thinly sliced
  • MANGO SALAD DRESSING:
  • 2 large ripe mangos or 4 medium peaches, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 cup sunflower kernels

Directions:

Divide lettuce and salad greens among six plates. Top with the tomatoes, cucumber and chicken. In a blender, combine the mangos, lime juice, salt and cayenne; cover and process until smooth. Serve with salad. Sprinkle with sunflower kernels. Yield: 6 servings.

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