Fresh & Delicious Chicken Salad Recipes
These fresh salads are anything but ordinary. Our irresistible ideas for pairing chicken with fresh veggies and fruits will dazzle you.
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For a quick and casual supper, serve lemon- and garlic-infused chicken with a fresh salad of seedless cucumber and tomatoes; drizzle with Greek yogurt dressing.
Coconut-crusted chicken tops fresh greens, papaya, and blueberries. A homemade vinaigrette adds a spicy-sweet kick.
Crispy, wafer-thin slices of prosciutto and a lemony dressing top this mix of sauteed chicken, vegetables, and blue cheese.
This healthful salad packs protein from chicken and lots of antioxidants from blackberries. Feta adds creaminess.
Creamy avocado, red onion, and grilled chicken marinated in margarita mix, cumin, and lime peel tops juicy tomato slices.
Jazz up your chicken salad by tossing in juicy mango, fresh blueberries, crumbled blue cheese, and crunchy broccoli.
Fresh green watercress and orange-scented chicken shreds combine in a Thai-style salad. Cocktail peanuts create a slightly salty contrast.
Ginger and lime add a twist to this yogurt-dressed low-fat chicken salad. The yogurt serves as a healthy alternative to mayonnaise in this tangy, quick-to-prepare chicken salad.
Rotisserie chicken from the deli (or last night's leftovers) combine with juicy grapes and crunchy jicama for a salad that sizzles.
Mango chutney, raisins, and cucumbers combine to make a refreshing and exotic chicken and couscous salad. Swift-cooking couscous is tiny grain-shape pasta made from semolina flour.
Sliced grilled chicken is arranged atop fresh greens and sprinkled with pine nuts, goat cheese, and grapes for a prettily composed salad.
Chicken, Pear, and Blue Cheese Salad is yours in less than 15 minutes using a ready-to-eat deli rotisserie chicken.
Olives, artichokes, and lemon bring a Mediterranean slant to this chicken salad.
The base of this Southern Chicken Salad is a trencher of sourdough bread slathered with honey-butter. It is topped with romaine, chicken, and peaches, then drizzled with a creamy creme fraiche and mustard dressing.
Rip open a bag of crisp greens, toss them into a big bowl along with flavor-packed extras such as berries, cheese, nuts, and chicken, then add a splash of dressing, and call it dinner. With a bag of greens as a base, you can have a main-dish salad ready in about 20 minutes. Complete the meal with a loaf of bread or warm tortillas.
Assemble this do-ahead salad the day before and sit back and gather complements the day of the get-together.
The simple, crisp tastes of olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon immediately bring big flavor to a combination of shredded cabbage and chicken.
Make this large-yield wild rice and chicken salad ahead to serve on days when there's no time to spend in the kitchen. Or have it one night for a light dinner and then rest and enjoy the leftovers.
Crunch and cream, and sweet and piquant balance each other beautifully in this chicken salad with broccoli, bacon, apples, and a creamy dressing.
With its enticing colors, brought to you by the bell peppers, oranges, and romaine, and the irresistible mix of fruity-sweet flavor and vinegar tang, this Warm Chicken Salad is perfect special-luncheon fare.
Using mini taco shells to scoop up this chicken salad spiked with salsa and cheddar cheese makes this dish fun to eat and tasty.
I agree but what I do is save a good recipe to my "Favorites" and save it under "Recipes" and make your folders for various catagories under recipes like Meat, Salads etc. Works for me anyway. Suzanne .
8/30/2011 04:10:46 PM Report AbuseVery hard to find my saved recipes. Wish there was a recipe box feature like other sites instead of every thing all together.
8/9/2011 08:53:31 PM Report Abuse