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40 Days of Clean Eating: Broccoli and Chicken Salad

This salad is a nutrient filled meal that is easily packed into a cooler for your busy days.

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Day 18 of 40

Originally posted on Cooking Up Clean [Photo credit: Kari Lund]

Prep time: 10 min

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

  • 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 1½ cups diced chicken (use leftovers straight from the fridge for easy prep)
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds (or pecans or walnuts)

Dressing:

  • ¾ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey

Instructions:

  1. Place all salad ingredients in a large salad bowl.
  2. Whisk the mayo, lemon juice and honey together.
  3. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Serve chilled.

Another chicken recipe to add to your menu:

40 Days of Clean Eating: Mediterranean Spaghetti Squash Bake

About Kari Lund

Kari believes that everything leading to great health and performance begins with the foods we eat. Simple, nutritious food can make significant and long-term positive changes in health. In her late teen years, Kari was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. After giving up hope of ever feeling “normal” again, she turned to a whole foods and clean-eating lifestyle. Since doing so, she has seen incredible results in healing with food.

Providing tasty recipes and resources to help others live a more fulfilling life is highly motivating. Kari's personal victories have led her to create the whole-foods focused blog, Cooking Up Clean. Her recipes are a testament that healthy eating can be a visual feast and a delicious meal for the whole family.

When she’s not cooking up something great in the kitchen, you’ll find Kari out enjoying the outdoors, shooting archery, and gardening.

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