Tuesday, April 13, 2010

curry chicken salad

Last night, in an attempt to make a healthy but hearty lunch for myself, I decided to try making curry chicken salad... and boy was I successful!! -- Make it with light mayonnaise and throw it on top of some lettuce, and it's a pretty healthy lunch option...

{note: this is not my photo... but it looked this good!!}

Here's how I did it:

Ingredients:
1 package chicken breast strips - about 0.8 pounds
1 Gala Apple {substitute for celery - I'm not a fan of celery}
1/2 medium Red Onion {1/4 if you don't like that much onion}
1/3 Package Craisins {dried cranberries}
1/4 cup sliced almonds
2-3 heaping tablespoons of Light Mayonnaise
about 1 tbsp Curry Powder - to taste

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°. Coat a glass baking dish {I used 8x8} with a little Olive Oil. Place chicken breast strips in baking dish and season with a little Olive Oil, salt and pepper, and a sprinkle of curry powder. Bake chicken for 25 minutes.

While chicken is baking, dice up the red onion and apple, throw into a large mixing bowl. Add Craisins and almonds. Once chicken is done and cooled a bit, dice the chicken into bite-sized cubes and throw into the mixing bowl. Add the mayo and curry powder and mix ingredients together with a large spoon. Serve on salad greens, or for a heartier meal on multigrain bread {that's how the boyfriend eats it}.

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Anyone else out there have some healthy recipes to share?

3 comments:

  1. YUM!
    okay so last night i just made this yummy Tuna Melt... (do you like Tuna?)
    anywho....ok so make your tuna, minimal mayo...i added some graded carrots...mustard, onion, salt and pepper...then toast a piece of bread or even better i used one side of a sandwich thing (only 50 calories) toast it...put on the tuna... slice of tomato, bell pepper, and some cheese (i got some reduced fat stuff) and then broil it for a bit till the cheese is melted and golden...it was so so good!!! like im gonna make me one here soon. and so high in protein!!!! so good!

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  2. Oooh this sounds so lush! Will definitely try it out! Thanks :)

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  3. KRISSA - YES I love tuna, and that sounds FANTASTIC!!! Thanks girl!!

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