You need this chicken salad in your life – so do whatever it takes to make that happen! This healthy chicken salad also makes an easy but elegant appetizer, served in pretty endive spears (or on crackers). One important note on the chicken for this recipe: I don’t want you to get hung up on what chicken to use, or to avoid making this because you never seem to have chicken on hand at the right moment. Lucky you – two secrets today! The Perfect Chicken for Our Chicken Salad with Grapes and Pecans
I’m betting you and your family will feel the same!Īnd I guess that’s actually my second secret of the day: Greek yogurt. My family didn’t notice the change at all! It was still absolutely delicious, so they didn’t care one bit that I’d made a teeny nutritional upgrade. The resulting creamy, tangy-tart dressing melds perfectly with the sweet fruit. Honestly, though, a whole grain wrap is probably my bread of choice here, since the delicate flavors of the chicken salad aren’t overwhelmed by too much bread. Whether you’re taking a trip to the zoo or munching at your desk, this healthy chicken salad with grapes, apples and pecans makes a fantastic wrap or sandwich. I looked back at some of our other recipes, like our Healthy No Mayo (Greek Yogurt) Coleslaw (one of our most popular recipes ever!) and our Fruit Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing, and I got to work stirring, adding, mixing and tasting. Wouldn’t that be a total win?!? But I was absolutely unwilling to compromise on nirvana-esque flavors.
#Chicken salad recipe with tarragon upgrade
So, anyway, I wanted to upgrade to Greek yogurt, to make this a healthy chicken salad with yogurt dressing.
Because, really, once you discover the versatility of fat-free, protein-packed Greek yogurt, you get kinda caught up in the exciting possibilities! (Ummmmm … ok … I realize that makes me sound like a total food nerd. I really wanted to jettison the reduced-fat and olive oil mayos I’d been using through the years, and swap in Greek yogurt. (Ya know – to earn the coveted THK stamp of approval!) And that, my friends, is the subtle yet decisive difference! The Joys of Greek Yogurt Dressing (No One Will Ever Guess!)Īfter Gretchen and I started THK, though, I wondered if I could make one more tiny improvement – a little nutritional upgrade that would make this a truly healthy chicken salad recipe. Trust me on this.įrom that day forward, the juicy grapes and crunchy pecans in my chicken salad were always joined by just a little hit of tarragon. Now, I’m entrusting that whispered secret to you. … Yep, you guessed it … tarragon! Always use tarragon! The kind waiter whispered to her the secret … My friend explained to me how, while attending a ladies’ luncheon at a local country club, she’d once enjoyed the most fabulously delicious chicken salad recipe she’d ever tasted. “Oh, yes,” she assured me – tarragon was the key to the best chicken salad ever.Īnd that’s where my nameless, faceless waiter joins our story. On the topic of chicken salad (because, you know, I’m pretty much always talking about food), my dear friend said to me one day, “Oh – well, you always use tarragon, right?” I’d quickly chop some refreshingly juicy grapes and crisp-sweet apples, toss in some crunchy pecans, and head out the door a happy woman, my chicken salad nestled between the sippy cups in the cooler.īut then I learned a life-changing chicken-salad-perfecting secret!ĭrumroll, Please … The Secret to the Best (Healthy!) Chicken Salad … I’m not kidding – as a frantically busy young mom, that pretty much qualified as deliriously indulgent nirvana (as did Blueberry-White Chocolate Muffins, but that’s another story). So you’ll understand when I say that an ultimate treat in those days was when, alongside PB&J for the kiddos, I’d throw together a fruity, healthy chicken salad for myself. If you’ve been through the toddler years, you know that a mom’s lunch is usually scraps left over from whatever the kiddos just ate. You see, back when my twins were tiny toddlers, I loved packing up lunches and heading out on big adventures … well, as big as the zoo or the park gets – and really, with two little ones, that was adventure aplenty! So back to my waiter story and how this recipe came to be …
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