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Two good recipes for Chicken Salad
This first recipe is EXTREMELY low carb, and very delicious. Try putting a
couple of scoops of it over some salad greens, and serve with full-fat ranch dressing. I would think it should be acceptable even on Atkins induction. I guess if you wanted to be really careful you could leave out the pecans... but they really don't add much! Chicken Salad --------------- 3 cups cooked diced chicken (about 3 chicken breasts) (0 carbs) 6 slices cooked bacon, chopped into small bits (0 carbs) ½ cup celery, chopped (1.5 g carbs) ½ cup pecan pieces (2 g carbs) Mayonaisse (0 carbs) Combine first four ingredients. Add desired amount of mayonnaise (probably about 1 cup). Total carbs: 3.5 grams This second recipe has more carbs (not appropriate for induction), but still not bad and most of the carbs are from fruits, so it should be pretty healty. I like to eat this chicken salad by itself. I actually got this recipe from a Pampered Chef recipe book, but I slightly modified it to make it lower carb. The original recipe uses low fat mayo and low fat yogurt, so I changed it to the full-fat versions. It also uses two apples, but I've changed it to just one which is still plenty IMO. Really, I think the modifications to low carb make it taste better! Curried Chicken Salad --------------------- 1/2 cup mayo (0 carbs) 1/2 cup plain yogurt (5.5 g carbs) 3/4 tsp curry powder (1 g carbs) 1/4 tsp salt (0 carbs) 3 cups cooked diced chicken (about 3 chicken breasts) (0 carbs) 1 1/2 cups seedless grapes, cut in half (43.5 g carbs) 3/4 cup celery, sliced (2 g carbs) 1/3 cup green onions w/tops, thinly sliced (1 g carbs) 1 Granny Smith apple (13 g carbs) 1/3 cup pecan pieces (1.7 g carbs) Makes 6 servings 11.3 grams carbs per serving (1 serving = 1 cup) In small bowl, blend mayo, yogurt, curry powder and salt; set aside. Dice chicken and cut grapes. Core and slice apple, cut into small pieces. Chop pecans. Combine chicken, grapes, celery, green onions, apple and pecans in large bowl. Add mayo mixture; mix lightly. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight. If anyone tries these, let me know what you think! |
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