Delicious Rotisserie Chicken Salad to Make Ahead and Eat All Week
Always on the go and don't have much time to meal prep? Make this quick and delicious chicken salad for easy meals that will last for days.
Hillsborough County Aging Services Dietician Brian Taylor walks you through how easy it is to make Rotisserie Chicken Salad as part of the Mindful Mondays Eat Well series. Ingredients and recipe below video.
Brian Taylor leads the County's Eat Well, Age Well program, which empowers senior residents to prepare simple recipes, which can lead them to create healthier meals, and improve their diet and overall health and well-being. However, Taylor says it's never too early or late to improve your diet.
People of all ages should focus on eating well balanced meals to improve physical and mental health. Brian Taylor and Aging Services have teamed up with Hillsborough County's Mindful Mondays to show residents some easy and delicious recipes. For more information, click here.
Ingredients
- 1 cup leftover rotisserie chicken, chopped
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/4 cup diced apple
- 1/4 cup grapes, halved
- 1/8 cup dried cranberries
- 1/8 cup slivered almonds
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice, or more, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 ripe avocado halved with seed removed
Directions
In a large bowl, combine chicken, red onion, apple, grapes, dried cranberries, sliced almonds, Greek yogurt, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt and pepper, to taste.
Scoop into avocado halves.
Mindful Monday Mental Health Resources
Mindful Mondays promotes different ways you can make your mental health a priority but not take up too much of your busy schedule. From chair yoga virtual classes to tips on how to decompress after a long day, Hillsborough County's Mindful Mondays has various interactive resources for you to access no matter what day or time it is.
Interested in more mindful videos that help improve your mental health? Check out the Mindful Monday's YouTube Playlist.
As part of our commitment to wellness, all participants in the videos have been fully vaccinated.