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CARE Recipe: Abbey’s Greek Chicken Chopped Salad

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From Abbey: “This is one of my favorite salads I’ve created because of the zucchini. Most Greek-inspired salads call for cucumber. But one time, I replaced the cucumber with zucchini and it was a big hit with my family. Why? Because I had made it the night before and it wasn’t soggy the next day like it can get with cucumbers!”

  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x

Ingredients

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For Dressing

  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt, (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, (to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, (to taste)

Veggies (any leafy and tenders work well, your choice)

  • 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes, sliced, (dried, not in oil)
  • 20 kalamata olives, sliced in half lengthwise
  • 2 medium zucchini, minced
  • 1/4 cup red onion, minced
  • 4 cups riced cauliflower, (raw, not frozen)

For Protein

  • 8 ounce COOKED chicken breast, chopped (leftovers and rotisserie chicken work great)

At Time of Serving

  • 4 pieces pita bread (1 full pita per serving)

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk olive oil and vinegar with spices to make dressing.
  2. Add all veggies and COOKED chicken. Toss to coat well.
  3. Divide into 4 portions and serve with pita.

Notes

  • Note from Teri: what Abbey experienced was how the salt in dressings extracts water from the produce in salads. Since cucumber has a lot of water content naturally in it, it has a lot of water for salt to pull out; making a soggy make-ahead salad the next day. In addition to switching which produce you use, another tip to help reduce this moisture is to not add salt until the time of serving.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 483
  • Sugar: 8g
  • Sodium: 567mg
  • Fat: 20g
  • Saturated Fat: 3g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 48g
  • Fiber: 6g
  • Protein: 28g
  • Cholesterol: 48mg

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