On my journey to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle, I am often looking for ways to recreate my favorite foods in healthier ways. I love condiments like mayonnaise, ranch, and ketchup. Sadly, they aren’t very good for you. I am trying to eliminate them or use them very sparingly in my diet.
I have heard of substituting Greek Yogurt for mayonnaise in recipes before but I have always been a little hesitant. Well, I am sold now. My chicken salad turned out so delicious. I might even like it better than the traditional version with mayonnaise. My favorite part is that greek yogurt has no fat and a 6 ounce container of it only has 100 calories. This recipe uses even less than the 6 oz package. Woohoo!
Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
2 cups chopped chicken – I used leftover rotisserie chicken.
1/3 heaping cup celery
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
Pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Combine the chicken, celery, almonds, and cranberries in a bowl.
2. Add the Greek yogurt and stir until everything is coated in yogurt.
3. Add pepper to taste. I personally like a lot.
4. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
This recipe is really versatile, you can add or subtract any of the extra ingredients that you like. I went pretty heavy on the celery because I like the crunch and I was viewing it a little like filler. It’s inexpensive and low in calories. Double bonus!
Here are some serving suggestions for your Chicken Salad:
- Sandwich
- With Crackers
- In a lettuce cup
- In a wrap
I really enjoyed mine in a 100 calorie wheat wrap with green leaf lettuce and vine ripened tomatoes. It was so delicious and I can’t wait to make this again!
I hope you enjoy! I would love to hear how you like it if you give it a try.
I have some pre-made chicken salad in my fridge that sounds just like your recipe. YUM!
That looks great! Adding it to my recipe list! 🙂
I just made this for our camping trip last week. It was so yummy!
What a delicious looking chicken salad…I really want to try making it. I am always looking for light recipes to help with my weight loss too:-)
This looks great! I love the cranberries instead of the traditional grapes, and the greek yogurt gives you that added protein that mayo can’t provide! We’d love for you to link up with us for Tasty Tuesday over at aletteredlife.blogspot.com!
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
This looks super tasty! I love chicken salad.
This sounds delicious and I love that you used Greek yogurt! I will have to try this, I pinned it so I remember the recipe. Thanks for sharing!!!! So fun to find new recipes!
I think this sounds perfect! I love chicken salad & greek yogurt so I’m sure it’s really good. Just what I needed as I’m trying to get back to eating healthy!
I hope you’ll share this at my link party on Tuesday at kraftykat76.blogspot.com
yum!
I had the urge to eat chicken salad before Friday (as I am observing Lent and will not eat meat on Fridays), so I looked up this recipe and tried it today for lunch! My mother and I loved it. We also added chopped baby carrots to our chicken salad, and we served it over raw spinach. Delicious! :O)