Eating fresh whole foods is so satisfying. Not only do I know that there are no preservatives, chemicals, or manipulation of my food when I prepare it freshly, it just tastes better! In my last blog, I wrote about putting a whole chicken in the crockpot last night in order to make broth in preparation for Thanksgiving. Well this morning I found myself with a whole chicken along with that broth.
What to do? What to do? I considered BBQ chicken, and I considered a casserole, but we have had both of those kinds of items recently so I decided to try to find a way to make a fresh chicken salad for sandwiches. And since my family usually only eats the white meat of the chicken, having all these thighs and legs was a bit of a problem.
Chicken salad it was! After removing all the meat I could from the bones, I added the following to it:
2 Stalks of organic celery - chopped
2 organic green onions cut small
1 smashed ripe avocado
2 Tablespoons of lime juice
A bunch of Cilantro.. some was frozen, some fresh, and some dried. (I love Cilantro)
Salt and Pepper
Some celery salt and some onion salt
About 1/2 cup of homemade yogurt
About 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
It was delicious! We had sandwiches made on fresh homemade whole wheat bread.
I enjoyed the crunch of the celery and the "guacamole" style flavor of the chicken salad. I might even add more avocado and more lime next time. I like to stay away from mayonnaise as often as possible but needed some to make the right consistency of chicken salad.
I think some crisp bacon might have been good chopped in it and a slice of fresh tomato would have been great too, if I had any. What else would you add?
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