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Grilled Chicken & Veggie Salad

Keyword chicken and vegetable salad, grilled chicken salad
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 372 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs chicken breast tenders (or breasts)
  • creole, salt, pepper (to lightly season chicken)
  • 12 cups mixed greens
  • 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
  • 1 lb grape/cherry tomatoes
  • 12 mini sweet bell peppers (or 2 large red bell peppers, cored & sliced)
  • 2 large, zucchini sliced longwise
  • 1.5 cup parsley chopped
  • 1.5 cup fresh mint chopped
  • 1.5 avocado, sliced
  • 3 green onion, sliced
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (to cook zucchini)

DRESSING

  • 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp himalayan pink sea salt, ground
  • 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. lightly season each side of chicken tenders with salt, pepper and creole. 

    lightly season chicken
  2. spray a grill pan and cook chicken tenders for approximately 12 minutes flipping halfway through (or cook until they reach internal temp of 165 degrees)

    grill chicken tenders
  3. while chicken is cooking, chop mint, parsley and slice green onion, bell peppers, cucumber and zucchini. 

    ingredients widescreen
  4. over high heat, heat 1 Tbs evoo and place zucchini in one layer in the saute pan. cook for about 5 minutes flipping halfway through. repeat as necessary. lay zucchini in between two paper towels to dry if necessary. You can also cook these on the grill in a vegetable grill pan!

    grill zucchini in saute pan
  5. make salad dressing by combining all the ingredients in a dressing bottle. Shake well (shake before everytime you use)

  6. get a large salad bowl and combine mint, parsley, lettuce, and green onions. Lay out all other ingredients and place 1/6 of all the ingredients in a personal sized bowl. top with 1 tbsp (or more if desired) dressing and enjoy!

    all ingredients ready to put in personal bowl

Recipe Notes

with dressing - 496 calories, 24g fat, 22g carbs, 31g protein

without dressing - 372 calories, 12g fat, 21g carbs, 31g protein