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 Yummy Recipes
Have fun incorporating green foods in your diet with this fresh and fruity salad, perfect for picky eaters! Have an adult help you with this recipe.
Ingredients
Chicken:
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts (preferably organic)
- If you’re short on time, use rotisserie or packaged chicken
- Juice and zest from 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme (optional)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
Yogurt Dressing:
- ¾ cup plain yogurt
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ¼ cup finely diced celery
- ¼ cup finely diced green apple
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil
- ½ cup seedless red grapes, halved
- Pita bread
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine chicken, lemon juice and zest, thyme and garlic and let sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Remove chicken from bowl and season with pepper and salt. Using an outdoor grill or stove-top grill pan, cook over medium heat five to eight minutes on each side or until cooked through. Cook and cut into ½-inch cubes.
- To make dressing, combine yogurt, mayonnaise, celery, apples, vinegar, parsley, basil and grapes; mix well. Add cooked chicken and let sit in the refrigerator ten minutes
- Cut pita in half and stuff with chicken salad. Serves 6.
Used with permission. Recipe by James Boyce, “Relish Cooking with Kids,” August 2006. Visit www.relishmag.com for more.
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