Nesting With Grace

by Brooke Christen

Our Go-to Lunch Laila’s Crunchy Chicken Salad

I stopped by my best friend, Laila’s house the other day when I was in her area. She had just made lunch and, she offered me some, it was delicious! She made a Chicken Salad, but it had such a refreshing crunch to it, different than any Chicken Salad I had ever had. I was craving it the next day and grabbed the ingredients to make it for my family for lunch, everyone at my house loved it too! Ella even said “I want to have this everyday for school lunch!” In about a two week period we have made it about 5 times. I made it to take with us on a hike in the mountains when we had friends visiting from Connecticut, they all raved about it too! Decided to put Laila’s Crunchy Chicken Salad in a blog post to share with all of you!

The Laila Chicken Salad will be a recipe that you make once and won’t forget. Easy to make!
We like to eat this Chicken Salad with sliced cucumbers, or crackers or on a roll. An option for everyone. My kids love it most on a roll.
The base of this salad is canned chicken (make sure to drain it). You could use any type of chicken, but canned chicken is our favorite for this recipe. We have even used canned salmon and liked it with that too! The Coleslaw and diced apples gives it that crunch. You can use any apple, we use what we always have in the house, a Fuji Apple. Mayo is what keeps it all together, I like Avocado Mayo from Primal Kitchen. Dill is a favorite seasoning, and we are generous with the Dill.
Some like to add grapes or dried cranberries, we prefer the apples for the crunch! I think cashews would be good addition, but my kids don’t love when I added nuts to cookies, so I figured they wouldn’t like in this.
Laila and I don’t measure, we just mix it all together and go by taste. But we measured it out and wrote it down to share exactly with you! Add more or less of anything if you prefer, this is just how we love it.

Laila’s Crunchy Chicken Salad

Serves about 4-6 people
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Canned Chicken drained (about 3, 6 oz cans)
  • 1 cup Coleslaw bagged mix
  • 1 cup Apple diced
  • 1/4 cup Mayo
  • 1 tsp Dill
  • 1 pinch Salt

Instructions
 

  • Mix everything together and enjoy right out of the bowl, on a roll, as a dip with crackers or cucumber
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Enjoy! Thanks Laila for the yummy salad!
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