#Cashew chicken salad recipe how to#

Cherry Chicken Salad INGREDIENTSĢ cooked, boneless chicken breast halves, dicedġ/4 cup mayonnaise (or half mayonnaise, half plain Greek yogurt)ġ Tbsp. I wish I’d spent those years with a more open mind, but alas I’m playing catch-up now a (formerly) culinarily self-deprived young lady working her way through a world of exquisite tastes. (When Dustin met me I told him seafood was gross, and now I crave it, love it!) We’re only alive so long and can only eat so much. Incredible served on my freshly griddled Whole Wheat English Muffins. This recipe became an instant favorite! Chewy and crunchy, sweet and salty, creamy and crisp. Now I’ve collected a whole stack of chicken salad recipes, because I can’t seem to get enough. But the fantastic part is, those occasions are rare.įor some reason I had the notion that I didn’t like chicken salad. How wimpy is that?) I’m no longer hesitant to try new things, and more importantly, not fearful of finding out that I genuinely do hate something. (Sometimes we’re too afraid we’ll dislike something to even try it. No matter how I arrived at this point, I’m grateful I got here.

Or maybe I was tired of eating the same boring thing every day. Luckily, one day (several years ago) I woke up (it may have been a more gradual transformation, but this is the way I remember it) and I was tired of being picky. Hindsight being 20/20, I sure wish I’d given a chance to half of the dishes I stuck up my nose at. Of course we don’t realize this when we’re young. (Because no one can actually force us to eat something, and how do they know what we like!?) I’ll bet I actually wanted to put ketchup on my french fries once and a while, but unfortunately wanted even more to be opinionated/different… so it was with a plethora of foods I never experienced.

#Cashew chicken salad recipe how to#

Sometimes I think we’re told what to do and how to behave so often when we’re young that, when it comes to food, we try to win back control by being stubborn and picky eaters. It was the idea of them that turned me off. Isn’t it strange how we form such strong aversions to particular foods when we are children, and then one day we realize how much we’d been missing out on? Why did I detest ketchup as a kid, and why wouldn’t I touch refried beans? Who knows, because I don’t think I actually ever tried them. I went with Greek yogurt in place of half of the mayo (cutting out a significant number of calories) and it still tasted great! Definitely a clever healthy trick you should try! This chewy and crunchy cherry chicken salad is still a favorite! This time I swapped red onion for the celery (because I didn’t have any), but I suggest including both. I practically wrote a book the first time I published this post, so I’ll be concise today.