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Easy and Light Chicken Salad

January 9, 2017 By Shannah Coe 11 Comments

January is all about saving money and eating healthier for me so I am so excited to share with you a great recipe that costs less when shopping at ALDI. While this post was sponsored, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

After enjoying so many great dishes and desserts during the holiday season, I always try to use the beginning of a new year to reset and focus on eating healthier. I tend to take my lunch to the office each day and this easy and light chicken salad is one of my top things to pack right now.

Easy and Light Chicken Salad

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In addition to focusing on eating lighter, I also try to add in small changes that help me save money too. Shopping at ALDI helps me buy higher quality meats and produce for lower prices making it easy to save money and make healthier choices in my diet. ALDI stores focus on saving customers money by keeping stores smaller than a typical store and focusing staff on serving shoppers through their cart rental system and shelving display boxes. ALDI recently made a big move to get rid of added MSG, certified synthetic colors and partially hydrogenated oils from ALDI exclusive brands. Plus, they offer lots of organic fresh meat options at much lower prices (up to 50% less) than the national brand equivalent. On my recent trip, I was able to get everything I needed for my easy and light chicken salad recipe.

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A lot of people create their chicken salad with mayonnaise or a blend of mayonnaise and mustard and I have done this in the past too because buying a bunch of ingredients for a recipe can be costly. With the great prices and selection at ALDI, I was able to make my chicken salad lighter by mixing in lemon juice and Friendly Farm Greek yogurt without seeing an increase in cost. In fact, it was still less expensive to buy these ingredients than the national brand equivalent of the ingredients for my old recipe that didn’t include the yogurt or lemon. For example, the ingredients for this recipe cost $13.43 at ALDI and $23.59 for the comparative national brands.

Ingredients for Easy and Light Chicken Salad:
Serves 4-6

2-3 Red Wheelbarrow Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast, cooked and shredded
1 Tbsp Burman’s mayonnaise
1/4 cup Friendly Farms Greek nonfat yogurt
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp Burman’s yellow mustard
2 Tbsp grapes, sliced
2 Tbsp Southern Grove dried cranberries
Stonemill Salt and Stonemill Pepper to taste

Let’s Make It:

1. In a large bowl, combine Burman’s mayonnaise, Friendly Farms Greek nonfat yogurt, lemon juice and Burman’s yellow mustard. Stir in shredded chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.

2. Stir in sliced grapes and Southern Grove dried cranberries.

Easy and Light Chicken Salad

Easy and Light Chicken Salad

The substitution of Friendly Farms Greek nonfat yogurt, found at ALDI, for most of the mayonnaise in this recipe really lowers the overall fat and calories making this a perfectly delicious and lighter lunch option. I usually eat it on two slices of L’oven 100% whole wheat bread.

Easy and Light Chicken Salad

ALDI wants their customers to love grocery shopping as much as they do so they take their time when selecting products to carry so they can guarantee quality and freshness while still offering low prices. ALDI wants to hear about your Try & Tell experience so they are offering the chance to win a $200 gift card to ALDI. You can enter by sharing a photo or video of your ALDI Try & Tell experience, sharing this blog post on Twitter and sharing the giveaway with your friends. Simply follow the instructions in the form below for your chance to win!

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of ALDI.

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Comments

  1. Laurie says

    January 16, 2017 at 2:29 am

    Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle! Pinned to share.

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  2. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    January 16, 2017 at 7:33 am

    Oooh yum! What a lovely salad, it would be perfect for leftover chicken. Popping over from #meltinyourmouthmonday

    Reply
  3. patti @ pandoras box says

    January 16, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    Looks delish – I make mine similar, but also add a few walnuts!

    Reply
  4. Lori says

    January 17, 2017 at 6:26 am

    This looks really really good! Thank you for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It!

    Reply
  5. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    January 19, 2017 at 9:56 am

    thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner linkup!

    Reply
  6. Jhuls says

    January 22, 2017 at 3:19 am

    I love the sound of this chicken salad & I love the addition of grapes, too. Yum! 😀

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  7. Mother of 3 says

    January 22, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    Sounds so yummy! i make mine with celery, apples, raisins and pecans but I’d definitely be willing to give this one a try! Pinned.

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  8. Miz Helen says

    January 23, 2017 at 5:17 pm

    I love Chicken Salad and your recipe looks delicious. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  9. Kimm Boes says

    January 25, 2017 at 9:16 am

    Looks delicious, I like the idea of adding grapes. I think we’ll check out Aldi as well with that kind of price difference.
    Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!

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  10. Kriska Marie says

    January 26, 2017 at 11:31 pm

    Chicken salad is my favorite! Haven’t tried it with yogurt yet, though. Will copy your recipe! 😀

    Thank you for sharing it over at Food Friday! Hope to see you again! 🙂

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  11. Kriska Marie says

    January 28, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    Chicken salad is my dad’s favorite! Your post made me miss him more. Haven’t tried it with yogurt but it definitely looks good!

    Thank you for sharing it over at Food Friday. It was luckily featured here. 😀 Hope to see you again! 🙂

    Reply

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