Apple Cranberry Chicken Salad
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min.
YIELD: 2 servings.
At home in Salem, Oregon, Christine Vaught packs her chunky and nutritious salad with crunchy apple and celery, dried cranberries, blue cheese and almonds for a wonderful blend of tastes and textures.
HEALTHY OUTLOOK
Using fat-free instead of regular mayonnaise in this chicken salad slashes nearly 30 g fat per serving! That makes room in the recipe for tasty bacon, blue cheese and almonds.
Ingredients
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1-1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
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1 celery rib, thinly sliced
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1/2 cup chopped red apple
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1/4 cup dried cranberries
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1/3 cup fat-free mayonnaise
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2 lettuce leaves
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1 bacon strip, cooked and crumbled
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2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
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2 tablespoons chopped almonds
Directions
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In a small bowl, combine the chicken, celery, apple and cranberries. Stir in mayonnaise. Serve on lettuce; sprinkle with bacon, blue cheese and almonds.
Nutrition Facts
1 each: 352 calories, 13g fat (4g saturated fat), 94mg cholesterol, 572mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 4g fiber), 35g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 2 fat, 1 starch, 1/2 fruit.
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