strawberry salsa chicken salad…yum

I have been trying to find ways to sneak good food into my diet.

Things that taste good so I won’t crave bad stuff.

Things that are easy so I will actually make them.

I won’t make it if it isn’t easy.  Period. I am learning to accept this about myself and work with it.

That is why I am thrilled to write about Strawberry Salsa Chicken Salad.

Yummy? Check.

Easy? Check.

Strawberry Salsa Chicken Salad was inspired by David Grotto’s 101 Optimal Life Foods‘ Raspberry Salsa contributed by the Washington Red Raspberry Commission.

In this recipe I am using the new Fresh Express Salad, Wild Rocket Zest.

It is in the new Artisanal Salad line which are grown in small crops and blended by Artisans.  Salad Artisans.  This blend consists of arugula and seasonal petite greens.

It is a way to get all fancy with salad by just opening a bag of pre-washed greens.

Strawberry Salsa Chicken Salad

2 diced apples

1 jalapeno pepper with the insides stripped out and diced

5 green onions – finely chopped

1 Tablespoon of grated fresh ginger

1 cup diced fresh California Strawberries

1/3rd cup of white wine vinegar

1 bag Wild Rocket Zest Salad mix

cooked chicken cubes

Mix all the ingredients from apples to vinegar to create the Strawberry Salsa and toss together gently.

Spoon on top of the Wild Rocket Zest Salad mix and top with the chicken.

I took this picture and then devoured this Strawberry Salsa Chicken Salad in approximately 2 1/2 minutes.  It is really yummy as a full meal.  If you would rather use it as a side dish, I suggest substituting pecan halves for the chicken…and then you would have to call it Strawberry Salsa Pecan Salad.

I am a girl who has never met a jalapeno I didn’t like.  I have also been recently obsessed with the fancy fruit-and-nut salads when we eat out.  This salad is exactly like something I would order at a favorite restaurant, but the good news is that it is super easy and I don’t have to pay $7.99+ a serving for it.

Today, I ate it for lunch and two/three of my boys tried it at dinner.  They both reported that they liked it.  Their palates aren’t quite ready for a full serving, but the fact that they tried it and liked it is certainly a step in the right direction.

This is week one of my Artisanal Ambassadorship – click  for a $1 off coupon so you can try the new Fresh Express Artisanal Salads.  While there, check out the Salad IQ test! I will be an ambassador to the magical country of salad for a month. For my Artisanal diplomatic activity, I am being provided with free salads and all the Salad IQ test I can play.