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Gonzo for Chicken Salad

June 2, 2011 by Jaida Leave a Comment

I love salad. Especially entree salad with grilled chicken. I slightly modified this recipe from Men’s Health magazine to fit my fancy for salad fixin’s, and it made a wonderful detox-friendly meal for K & I. And enough for a second helping later on 😉 It is super simple to make – I was able to throw this together while K & I talked about our day at work. Fast, simple, and delicious…that is my kind of weeknight meal! Well, at least sometimes it’s nice 🙂

Gonzo Chicken (slightly modified)
Source: Men’s Health

Ingredients

  • 2 cups spring salad mix 
  • 3 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 1/2 cup chickpeas, drained & rinsed
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken, grilled and diced
  • 1/4 cups chopped walnuts
  • 1 large avocado, diced
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp Balsamic (or Red  Wine) Vinegar
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Preparation

  1. Grill chicken and set aside to cool.
  2. Drain & rinse chickpeas; chop walnuts and dice avocado & tomato.
  3. Place salad mix & spinach leaves in large bowl. Top with chickpeas, chicken, walnuts, avocado & tomato. Mix olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl and drizzle over the salad mixture. Mix all together, season with salt & pepper, and serve.

Filed Under: Chicken, Main Dish, Salad Tagged With: Avocado, Balsamic, Chicken, Chicken Parmesan, Chickpeas, Salad, Spinach, Walnut

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