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Chicken Pear and Blueberry Salad
Description
This salad makes a great light meal option in summer! Kids will love this salad served with wholegrain rolls. For adults, serve salad topped with shaved parmesan.
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | Dairy Australia |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Meal Category | Salad |
| Nutritional Category |
Ingredients
| 200 | g | baby cos lettuce (torn) |
| 100 | g | snowpeas (trimmed and finely sliced ) |
| 2 | celery stalks (thinly sliced) | |
| 1 | pear (cored, quartered and thinly sliced lengthways) | |
| 125 | g | fresh blueberries or seedless grapes |
| 2 | small skinless chicken fillets (grilled and sliced ) | |
| 1 | Cup | reduced fat Greek-style yogurt |
| 1 | tbsp | fresh chives (finely chopped) |
| 2 | Teaspoon | wholegrain mustard |
| freshly squeezed juice of half an orange |
Instructions
- Arrange lettuce, snowpeas, celery, pear slices and blueberries on a large serving platter, scatter over the chicken.
- Combine yogurt, chives, mustard and juice, then drizzle over the salad before serving.
Nutritional information (per serve)
- Energy: 1204kJ
- Total sugars: 13g
- Protein: 36g
- Sodium: 181mg
- Calcium: 152mg
- Total fat: 9g
- Saturated fat: 3g
- Iron: 2mg
- Carbohydrate: 15g
- Fibre: 4g
Notes
BBQ chicken is also suitable for this recipe. Simply discard the skin and break into bite-sized pieces. You will need 2 cups of chicken.