MaryLee's Healthy Food and Easy Cooking - Chicken Breast Salad

It me again,

When summer arrives and the heat and humidity rises then light, cool meals are preferred.

One of the lightest meals and easiest for the summer to make is a chicken breast salad.

Now a salad does not have to be boring nor does it have to have no flavour. One of the main reasons people do not like salads is because they find the ingredients bland. The secret to a great salad is the leaves. I find just iceberg lettuce boring so I tend to use various leaves with it. And the next trick is do not smother or drown the leaves in dressing, you just want a hint of dressing so the flavour of the leaves come through.

Start by cooking a chicken breast one per person grill/broil or BBQ it. With chicken make sure it is fully cooked, the easiest way to tell if the juices run clear. Slice into thick strips. You can either have this warm or cold.

Mix the various leaves, spinach, watercress, rocket and roughly ripped iceberg into a large bowl.

Slice fresh mushrooms, spring onions, cucumbers, bell peppers or whatever vegetable you like and toss into the leaves. Season with your dressing of choice but remember to add sparingly. Serve out each portion into bowls or plates and place the sliced chicken breast on top. Simple and delicious.

Use a turkey breast or salmon or tuna fillet as an alternative to chicken.

Sample of various leaves and fresh herbs to add. A lot of times I use basil, coriander, chives or parsley these have great flavours and will add so much to a salad it will never be boring.