Salad: Summer Chicken Salad

Servings: 8 cups

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 0 minutes

Ingredients

Salad

  • ½ large head romaine lettuce (8 cups), washed and chopped  
  • 2 cups grapes, sliced in half
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts or sunflower seeds
  • ½ cup cheese like shredded cheddar or crumbled feta
  • 2 skinless cooked chicken breasts, roughly chopped

Dressing

  • ¼ cup plain yogurt or light sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions for Preparation

  1. In a large bowl, layer the first 5 ingredients.
  2. Whisk together the dressing.
  3. Right before serving, pour on the dressing. 

During warm weather months, drinking a minimum of 8 glasses of water is a must but you can also eat water logged foods to quench your thirst. Watermelon, broccoli, strawberries and grapes are made up of at least 80% water!

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