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Simple Chicken Salad

Y’all, I’ve been getting really lazy with my meal prep game the last couple of weeks.  Work travel 2-4 days a week has been wearing on me, and it’s easier to just go for a couple of chicken sausages and some frozen sides than make anything from scratch.  When I just can’t do frozen food anymore, I’ve been looking to this chicken salad base, to which you can add just about any mix-in to come up with fresh flavors.

THE BASE

OPTIONAL MIX-INS

New England Chicken Salad:
Add 1/2 cup diced grapes and 1/2 cup diced apples

Thanksgiving Salad:
Swap chicken for leftover turkey.  Add 1/2 cup dried cranberries and 1/2 T paprika

Thai Chicken Salad:
Swap pecans for chopped peanuts and True Lime for lemon.  Add 2T PB2 + water and 1/2 cup shredded carrots.  Optional:  eat over cabbage slaw.

Buffalo Chicken Salad:
Skip lemon and pecan.  Add in 1/4 cup Frank’s Red Hot + 1/4 ranch seasoning packet + 1/2 cup chopped carrots.  

How do you mix up your chicken salad?

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