Creamy Cranberry-Walnut Chicken Salad

Creamy Cranberry-Walnut Chicken Salad

from cleananddelicious.com
LUNCH
15 min
4 servings
256 kcal / serving

Creamy Cranberry-Walnut Chicken Salad will be your new favorite healthy, high-protein lunch! Layered with dried cranberries, red onion, celery, walnuts, Greek yogurt, and mayo, this quick and easy recipe is perfect for meal prep. Serve it with crackers, lettuce wraps, or piled on top of whole grain bread.

Ingredients

  • ½ cupplain greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoonsmayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoonlemon juice
  • 2 teaspoonshoney
  • ¼ teaspoonsea salt
  • ¼ teaspoonblack pepper
  • 2 cupscooked chicken breast (340 grams or 12 ounces),  (chopped or shredded)
  • ⅓ cupdried cranberries, (roughly chopped)
  • ½ cupcelery, (finely chopped)
  • ⅓ cupdiced red onion
  • 2 tablespoonschopped walnuts, ( (optional, for extra crunch))
  • lettuce leaves, (for serving)

Directions

  1. 1

    Whisk together yogurt, mayo, lemon juice, honey, salt and pepper in a medium bowl.

  2. 2

    In a separate large bowl, combine chicken, cranberries, celery, red onion and chopped walnuts.

  3. 3

    Pour the dressing over the chicken mixture and gently toss to completely coat the chicken and other ingredients in dressing. Adjust seasonings, serve and enjoy.