Happy 4th of July!!!!!!
Yes, I did just make you another salad. It just seems like an All American kind of dish to me. I guess I could have gone with something red, white or blue, but I feel like everyone is doing that. I try to be a little bit different from everybody else and by different I mean sometimes I go in the completely opposite direction. Some might say that I am an individual but I think it really means I am difficult. I get pretty set in my own ideas. I get so set in my own ideas that I wont stop talking about them and then I start turning a small idea in to a big idea and then an impossible idea and then someone has to calmly burst my bubble. I am used to that by now…
Last spring I made a chicken salad for a picnic and wine tour we did with friends, it turned out to be a hit and it was so fresh tasting. I decided that it was much easier to make a chicken salad with fresh, oven roasted chicken instead of that questionable stuff that comes from a can. Don’t get me wrong, I will still eat that canned chicken mostly because it is convenient. I mean, you can eat tuna out of a can so I think we are good. I love making oven roasted chicken and consider myself kind of pro at making whole oven roasted chicken. Did I just invite you to challenge me, cause that would be terrible haha.
One of the main ingredients for this kind of salad is mayonnaise. I grew up with the real stuff but I know there are those out there who swear by Miracle Whip. I cannot say I ever had a fondness for Miracle Whip but if you have to use it then you just do you and make this with Miracle Whip. I also don’t know how you feel about the greek yogurt over the mayo situation so again, please feel free to make that swap if you are inclined.
I feel like if you are going to make a salad for the sole intent of putting on crackers and salads then you should just go for the full flavor but since it is summer and swim suit season I will allow the low-fat substitutions. I opted for the fruit (there is your red) addition to give that feeling of clean and healthy eating, I am sure that will suffice, also I threw in some sunflower seeds because. I think you are going to like this! So go outside and celebrate America’s birthday with some BBQ and beer and maybe even this chicken salad, hopefully you will finish the night with fireworks and S’mores because that is the way we do it in America!
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken Breast
- 1 Celery Stalk
- 1/2 Cup Grapes
- 2 Tbsp. Salted Sunflower Seeds
- 1 Tbsp Mayonnaise
- 1 Tsp. Dijon Mustard
- 1 Tsp. Sour Cream
- Salt and Pepper
- Rosemary
- Olive Oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Place your chicken breast in a baking dish and season with salt, pepper, and rosemary. Drizzle olive oil over your chicken breast before cooking. Place your chicken in the oven and bake until cooked all the way through. Remove your chicken and allow to cool.
- As your chicken cools you can dice up your celery stalk and add to a medium bowl. Slice your red grapes (you can use green grapes too) in half and add to the bowl. Once your chicken has cooled slice in to strips and roughly chop in to small pieces. Add your chicken to the bowl and mix in the mayonnaise, mustard, and sour cream. Gently mix everything together, add the sunflower seeds and fold in to the salad.
- Place the salad in the fridge and allow it to chill for an hour before serving. Enjoy with crackers or on your favorite bread!
