Marja's Chicken Salad

A nice cool summertime treat, can be refrigerated for a few days to have on hand for sandwiches. You can also serve over a bed of greens as a salad. See the (off season) alternate recipe below for other ideas. Easy to make, and delicious!



Ingredients:

• 1  1/2 cups chopped leftover roasted chicken OR 1 large can white meat chicken.
  
• 1/3 cup salad dressing of your choice (we use Miracle Whip.) You may want to adjust amount to your taste.
  
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (optional)
  
• 1/3 cup fresh halved red grapes
  
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
  
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion (optional)
  
• Loaf of bread (we use Oat Nut bread, any brand)
  

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Alternate recipe:
In the season where grapes and fresh fruit look a bit off, or as an alternative recipe, I use dried cranberries instead of the grapes. Tastes great with left over turkey after the holidays too!

Alternate recipe ingredients:

• 1  1/2 cups chopped leftover roasted chicken (OR roasted Turkey!)
  
• 1/3 cup salad dressing of your choice (we use Miracle Whip.) You may want to adjust amount to your taste.
  
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (optional)
  
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
  
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
  
• Loaf of bread (we use Oat Nut bread, any brand)

Overly firm dried cranberries will soften on their own if the salad is refrigerated overnight. If you find them too firm and want to "plump them" to serve immediately, just set them aside in very hot water while you chop the rest of the salad ingredients. Then drain, pat dry with paper towels, add to rest of recipe ingredients and serve.