Mandarin Orange Chicken Salad

 

Ingredients

Dressing:

• 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger (see note)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1-2 teaspoons chile-garlic sauce (see note)
• 1 clove garlic, finely minced or pressed through a garlic press
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Salt and pepper to taste

Salad:

• 3-4 cups shredded cabbage (can use coleslaw mix)
• 3-4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• 2 cans (11-ounces each) mandarin oranges, drained
• 3 cups cooked, chopped chicken (from a rotisserie chicken or this simple, stovetop method)
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1-2 cups chow mein noodles or toasted, chopped almonds (or both)

Instructions

1. For the dressing, whisk together all the ingredients and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to use (it can be made several days in advance and refrigerated).
2. In a large bowl, toss together all the salad ingredients except for the chow mein noodles.
3. When ready to serve, pour the dressing over the salad and toss to combine (add the dressing gradually if you like less dressing - you may not need to add it all). Sprinkle the chow mein noodles or almonds on top and serve immediately.

Herbed Chicken, Bacon and Avocado Salad

  7 cups mixed greens

 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half
 1 large avocado, sliced
 8 ounces burrata
 2 ears of corn
 1 pound chicken breasts
 5 strips thick-cut bacon, cooked
 salt + pepper
 Olive or avocado oil
 Fresh basil + rosemary, small bunch of both

1 | Start by seasoning your chicken with salt, pepper, and rosemary to taste. Then grill until cooked all the way through, approximately 12 minutes on each side. While your chicken is cooking shuck your corn and coat in olive oil, salt, and pepper. Throw the corn on the grill for about 5 minutes, rotating continually. Just long enough to get grill marks.

2 | Once the chicken is done let it rest and cut the corn kernels off the cob and set aside.

3 | Now you can start by assembling your salad. Place the washed greens in a bowl. Add the sliced chicken, tomatoes, avocado, corn, bacon, and burrata. Drizzle a little avocado oil and season with salt + pepper.

4 | Serve the dressing on the side + enjoy!

BASIL + ROSEMARY BACON DRESSING
– 1/4 cup avocado or olive oil
– 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
– 2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
– 2-3 tablespoons honey
– 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary
– 1 tablespoon fresh basil
– 1 strip of bacon
– 1 tablespoon leftover bacon grease, cooled a bit
– salt + pepper to taste

1 | Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Serve alongside the salad and store any leftover dressing in the fridge for up to one week.

Pasta Salad - Marybeth

Angel Hair pasta
Breaded chicken tenders
Sliced red, yellow and orange peppers
Diced tomates
Romaine lettuce
grated cheese

Combine ingredients and top with Bolthouse Ranch Dressing

Magy's Chicken Salad

Ingredients
1 boneless chicken breast
3 cans of mixed vegetables, carrots, mexican squash
1/2 a head of lettuce
mayonnaise
sour cream
mustard
1 can of jalapenos
1 bag of tostadas
1 onion
rice
tomato bouillon with chicken flavor

Rice:
1.  Add TBS of vegetable oil to a pan and apply medium heat.
2.  Add 1 cup of rice and cook until it is light brown.
3.  Then add a couple of pieces of onion for flavor
4.  Add 2 cups water
5.  Add 1 TBS of tomato bouillon
6.  (After adding tomato bouillon, taste the mixture of water.  If you think it needs more tomato bouillon
, add more)
7.  As water starts to evaporate, you will want to add more water until rice is fully cooked.

Chicken:
1.  Cook the chicken in salt water for 1 hour and a half (add as little or as much salt as as you like).
2.  After its done cooking, let it cool.
3.  Then shred the chicken by hand.
4.  Add 3 cans of mixed vegetables (without the water with the shredded chicken in a bowl).
5.  Chop 1/2 of head of lettuce into fine pieces and add to bowl
6.  Add sour cream, mayonnaise and mustard as much as you'd like
7.  Also, add a small amount of jalapeno juice from the can
8.  Mix everything together.

Kale Chicken Salad

One package of Costco Kale Salad Mix
Grilled chicken cut into bite-size pieces
Pinches of goat cheese
Mandrin oranges
Avocados

Poppy Seed Dressing