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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 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes 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.

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  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. Kristia@FamilyBalanceSheet 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.

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  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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