Chicken Salad with Grapes and Walnuts
Serves 6
Seedless grapes and walnuts add flavor, color and texture to simple chicken salad, making it more nutritious and fun to eat. Try this salad over a bed of greens, tucked into whole-wheat pita, or spooned into endive spears for tasty hors oeuvres.
Ingredients:
1 lb Chicken meat, cooked, cooled and diced
1 C Grapes, seedless, green, red or both, sliced
1/2 to 1 C Mayonnaise, extra heavy
1 ea Apple, sweet, crisp variety, diced
1/2 C Walnut pieces, lightly toasted
1 Tbl Apple sauce
1 tsp Honey
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 C Celery, small diced
1/4 C Onions, Spanish, small diced
2 Tbl Chives, minced
To Taste Kosher or sea salt and white pepper, freshly ground
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, starting with half of the mayonnaise, combine all of the ingredients and toss well. Adjust consistency to taste with the additional mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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