Thursday, January 2, 2014

Chicken salad with fresh tarragon and peas-cold lunch ideas

Chicken salad is an easy quick and mostly healthy cold lunch option. I get bored making (and my husband must get bored eating) a turkey sandwich everyday so this is a nice (easy) option to add to the repertoire. If you buy frozen grilled chicken strips it's very fast! You also have the option to cook a couple chicken breasts or even use a rotisserie chicken. Just depends on your preference and time available.
When I cook I tend to alter the amounts of ingredience by taste so measurements don't have to be exact. Add or subtract to your liking.

3 green onions -chopped
2 celery stocks -chopped
3T of mayo -I use best foods canola cholesterol free (could use Greek yogurt as healthier option)
2T of lemon juice -fresh or bottled
1T Dijon mustard
1-2T FRESH tarragon -chopped
1/2cup frozen peas
2-3 chicken breast or 2-3 handfuls of frozen grilled chicken
1tsp garlic powder
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Chop the green onions and celery and add to bowl. Add the mayo lemon juice mustard and tarragon  to the bowl and mix. It's important to use fresh tarragon as apposed to dry. They're just very different flavors.
Add frozen peas.
I made this the day before I'd be serving so I left the peas frozen they will defrost in the fridge but you could stick in the microwave for 30-45 secs to defrost.
If using frozen grilled chicken put in a microwave safe dish and defrost for 1min. Doesn't have to be completely defrosted if prepping the day before. Fully defrost if immediately serving.
Chop the chicken into bite size pieces and add to bowl with peas and garlic powder. Stir to combine then add sea salt and pepper to taste.
I use grinders and I did about 3-4 turns of both sea salt and pepper. I prefer sea salt to table salt as it retaines all the minerals that benefit our body as apposed to processed table salt/kosher salt which tend to just raise your blood pressure.
If your bowl gets too full you can always place a lid on your Tupperware and Shake.
Set in the refrigerator to let the flavors combine.
This could be served just as the salad or on bread as a sandwich or even a tortilla for a wrap.

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