Quick and Easy Lunch: Tarragon Chicken Salad

Here I am, back with another recipe, this time for lunch!  Another very simple, quick, and delicious recipe that can easily be doubled or quadrupled and can be made ahead of time to have all week!

Tarragon Chicken Salad over Spinach

1 serving

Ingredients

4 oz. chicken breast

1/2 Granny Smith apple

2 T light mayo

1/2 t dried tarragon

1/4 t sea salt

1/4 t fresh pepper

2-3 c spinach

 3 whole-wheat Melba toasts (optional)

Cook the chicken breast by either grilling in a pan with non-stick cooking spray or poaching.  Cube apple, cut up chicken, and mix together with mayo, tarragon, salt, and pepper.  Place spinach on a plate and top with chicken salad.  Serve with Melba toasts, if desired.

  

• This recipe originally called for 1/2 t salt and pepper, but it was way too salty for my taste.  Also, I would probably reduce the mayo to 1 T when I make this again because I don't feel like it needed that much.  

• If you need another carb, you can add in the Melba toasts.  I forgot mine today!  :(

• You can use greens or lettuce (just steer clear of iceberg) instead of spinach.

• The tarragon really makes this salad!  If you don't care for tarragon, you could substitute parsley.