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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Hungry Girl Chicken Salad (#1)

Today I have been taken a break from my Crockpot and embraced my Hungry Girl cookbook! :-) This sandwich you see is an ENTIRE cup of chicken salad (145 calories) and a Thomas Light (High Fiber) English Muffin (100 calories) is incredibly filling and only a total of 245 calories. +ANOTHER PLUS+ All three of the kiddos and the hubby LOVED it too. This is a must try! So, let's get to why you are here... the recipe. :-)



Ingredients
1) 9 ounces of chicken
2) 1 cup of chopped cucumber
3) 2/3 cup of halved red seedless grapes
4) 2/3 cup of chopped apples
5) 1/2 cup of Fat Free plain yogurt
6) 4 tablespoons of Fat Free mayo
7) 2 Splendas
8) 1/2 teaspoon of lemon-pepper seasoning.


I grilled the chicken and chopped it up. We like big chunks of chicken, but you can do small bites if that is more your style. In one bowl, you want to mix the halved grapes, the chopped cucumbers and apples. In another bowl, you want to mix the yogurt, (I used Dannon) the FF mayo, (I used Kraft) Splenda and Lemon Pepper. Then you want to add your chicken and mix until fully coated. After fully coated, you will add the fruit/cucumber mixture and TA-DA! You can eat it solo or add it to crackers or bread.

I will tell you that I am one picky person, and I truly enjoyed this. It was a nice mixture of sweet and savory. It's not often that you can find a filling meal for under 300 calories. Thanks to Hungry Girl for this WINNER in the Crook house! :-)

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