One of my food preparation tips is to make extra chicken whenever you are baking chicken. And then make chicken salad. Every week I try to make a sandwich salad (ham, chicken, tuna). Often I eat these on a bed of garden greens instead of bread. I have so much lettuce growing right now and am on the second sewing of mustard greens in my garden so I have been eating a ton of greens. I have chard that I need to harvest and am looking for ideas of what to do with it since this is the first year I have had a good harvest of chard.
When I saw cherries on sale at my favorite fruit stand I knew this would be this weeks sandwich salad. If you really like citrus add some orange zest to this recipe, but I feel it is overpowering and you loose the cherries. I used two types of chives (regular and garlic) instead of onions, but you could use whatever allium you have on hand.
Enjoy the summer!
Cherry Orange Chicken Salad
Cherry Orange Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast, shredded
- 1 cup chopped celery (or some lovage)
- 1 cup chopped cherries
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup orange segments
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise (nightshade-free)
- 1/8 cup chives, either regular or garlic (1/2 cup onion)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients. Enjoy on bread or with salad greens!
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