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    All Green Salad with Grilled Chicken

    July 5, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 9 Comments

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    all green salad with grileld 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!  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.

    • Whoa. This is good.
    • Hang on. This is really good.
    • Wow. I didn’t know a salad could be this good.
    • Honey, you out did yourself again. (He is easily pleased!)

    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.)

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    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.

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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Salad Recipes

    Comments

    1. Megan says

      July 5, 2010 at 6:52 pm

      Fajita night is much more affordable at home. My post also has a bonus tip on how to easily cut bell peppers.

      Reply
    2. The Downhome Diva (aka MrsD05) says

      July 5, 2010 at 7:39 pm

      I made BBQ grilled chicken wings, cole slaw, sliced tomatoes, corn on the cob, sliced peaches and sweet tea.

      BBQ grilled chicken:
      1 lb chicken wings- $1.69/lb.
      homemade spice rub- $.10 (most of the ingredients were free or close to it for the whole bottle)
      Kraft honey bbq sauce- free

      coleslaw (1 serving- husband doesn’t eat)
      bagged coleslaw mix & coleslaw dresssing- $.35 (on sale w/ coupon)

      sliced tomatoes (1 serving- I don’t eat raw tomatoes- yuck!)
      1/4 lb @ $.99/lb.= $.25

      sliced peaches
      1/2 lb @ $.87/lb.= $.44

      sweet tea:
      tea bags= free
      sugar= $.15

      Grand total: $2.98 for two servings and leftover chicken!

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      • The Downhome Diva (aka MrsD05) says

        July 6, 2010 at 12:06 pm

        @The Downhome Diva (aka MrsD05), Duh. I can’t believe I forgot the corn! 2 ears of corn @ $.145/ear= $.29

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    3. The Downhome Diva (aka MrsD05) says

      July 5, 2010 at 7:41 pm

      Oh and 3/4 of a gallon of leftover sweet tea! Yum! 🙂

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    4. [email protected] says

      July 5, 2010 at 8:55 pm

      My husband always gets a little nervous when I put a salad in front of him for dinner too.

      thanks for the carnival.

      Reply
    5. angie says

      July 5, 2010 at 9:07 pm

      SOunds great. I recently purchased your cookbook can’t wait for the new one to get on market. I have to tell you right no we are living on budget and your $5 dinner cookbook is very much helping us do that

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    6. Queen of the House says

      July 6, 2010 at 11:23 am

      Looks delicious! Thanks for hosting! 🙂

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    7. James says

      July 6, 2010 at 4:39 pm

      i love that you make your own dressing. i think this is the way to go…one you can make it healthier than store bought but also it can have more flavor as well.

      Reply

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