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All Green Salad with Grilled Chicken

On Friday night we grilled chicken and kebabs and there was quite a bit leftover chicken. So I sliced it and added it to a salad, as I still had some of the $1 lettuce bags from last week’s trip. (We are now waiting for more lettuce leaves to grow in the garden after the first round of picking. I have been using a few leaves at a time for wraps or sandwiches too.)

As I went foraging for toppings for our dinner salad, I ended up with an all green salad.

Green Peas.

Green Granny Smith Apple.

Green Onion Slices.

Green Romaine lettuce.

Because I was adding apple to the salad, I thought a homemade apple vinaigrette was in order.

And guys…you should know that Steve really liked this!Ă‚  I know what he was thinking when I put this salad in front of him, “A salad. Really? This isn’t man food.”

But here were the phrases that I heard uttered after the first bite, and every after every third bite that followed.

So guys…give those salads a chance! (I think it was the dressing that got him this time.)

(Note: Recipe written below for 4 adults, even though our kiddos didn’t eat the lettuce…they had everything else.)

All Green Salad with Grilled Chicken

An all green salad base with grilled chicken!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 large chicken breasts grilled and sliced
  • 1 bag Romaine lettuce
  • 1 granny smith apple chopped
  • 1 cup green peas
  • 2 green onion stalks sliced
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp apple juice
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp garlic salt
  • Few dashes of pepper

Instructions

  • Throw all ingredients onto a salad.
  • Make the vinaigrette: Shake oil, vinegar, apple juice, sugar, garlic salt, and pepper in a sealed container. Pour over salad.
  • Enjoy Green Salad with Grilled Chicken.