Simple Chicken Salad

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Life lately has seemed chaotic, especially when it comes to dinner time. I use a monthly meal calendar so I don’t have to think about what I am going to make every night. If I didn’t use the meal calendar, my family would go hungry or eat cereal every night. That would not be good for any of us, so I rely heavily on my meal calendar. Ah, that reminds me that I need to make a new monthly meal calendar since it’s been several months. For those that sign up for my newsletter, you will get a glimpse of what is currently on my meal calendar soon.

Back to the chaos… Even with my meal calendar, I have struggled to want to make meals in the last two weeks. As my husband puts it, I always come through even when I don’t want to cook. This chicken salad was the result of not wanting to make lunch for myself. I usually have dinner left overs with a twist for lunch, but somehow I didn’t have any left overs.

A friend of mine that is on a very limited diet told me that Trader Joes has a canned chicken with just chicken, salt, and broth. I pulled out this chicken, dumped it in a bowl and started adding ingredients that sounded good. Here is the recipe below, feel free to add or change ingredients, it’s all fair game. Remember to always use ingredients that are safe for you. Enjoy!

Chicken Salad

1 C canned chicken, or fresh is always better if you have it
1/4 C mayonnaise- feel free to add more if you like it with more (for my egg free folks use an egg free mayo)
2 T cashews, sunflower seeds, or none at all
1/2 t ground rosemary
2 T chopped green onion
1/2 carrot peeled and chopped finely

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy any way you like. For us Whole30 folks, I eat this in a red pepper and it’s amazing. You can put this on bread or eat it with crackers. This chicken salad is very versatile and easy to make.

Other add-ins: celery, radishes, zucchini, spices of your choice, sky is the limit really