Healthy Garlic Herb Chicken Salad ★★★★★ 684

This salad – she knows us. She knows what we need and love. She is packing in the juicy summer tomatoes, fresh garden basil, rotisserie chicken (psh, girl knows you don’t have it in you to actually cook your own chicken in the summer), brown rice and/or quinoa, and Parmesan if you wanna fudge on the clean eating part just a lil bit.

INGREDIENTS

salad base:

• 2 cups cooked mixed brown rice and quinoa (I use the pre-cooked Seeds of Change mix)
• 2 cups cooked chicken, chopped (store-bought rotisserie chicken works like a charm)
• 2 cups tomatoes, chopped

creamy basil dressing:

• 1/2 cup walnuts (can sub almonds)
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup basil
• 1/2 cup parsley
• 1 clove garlic
• juice of two lemons
• 1 teaspoon salt

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Toss the brown rice / quinoa, chicken, and tomatoes together.
2. For the dressing, whiz everything together in the food processor until mostly smooth and a little bit creamy. Taste and adjust as necessary.
3. Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients – letting it all sit together for 30 minutes helps the flavors become x-tra delicious.

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