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Cantaloupe Chicken-Orzo Salad Recipe

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Too hot to cook? Then try a main-dish salad served on cool, refreshing cantaloupe wedges. Serve with a grainy muffin or hard roll and pitchers of iced tea.

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Cantaloupe Chicken-Orzo Salad Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Cook: 10 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1/2 cup uncooked orzo pasta
1 snack-size cup (4 ounces) pineapple tidbits
1/2 cup fat-free mayonnaise
1/3 cup fat-free plain yogurt
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon minced fresh mint
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/3 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 small cantaloupe, quartered and seeded
1/4 cup unsalted cashews

Directions

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice, mint, lemon peel, honey, salt, pepper and pineapple juice until smooth.
Drain pasta and rinse in cold water. Place in a large bowl; add the chicken, celery, red pepper, onions and pineapple. Add mayonnaise mixture and toss to coat. Serve on cantaloupe wedges. Sprinkle with cashews. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1/4 cantaloupe with 1 cup chicken salad equals 345 calories, 8 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 58 mg cholesterol, 473 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 27 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat.

Originally published as Cantaloupe Chicken-Orzo Salad in Country Woman July/August 2006, p51

Light-Bodied White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio.

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Reviewed on Jun. 21, 2011 by bellegoneyank

I've made this several times and I just love it. When I made it today, I was out of plain yogurt, so I subbed FF vanilla yogurt and left out the honey and pineapple juice. I think I liked my version better than the original recipe. Very filling and tasty. And it keeps nicely in the fridge for a couple of days.