Fruit-Full Tossed Chicken Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Fruit-Full Tossed Chicken Salad Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 package mixed baby greens - (4 oz)
2 cups chunked cooked chicken breast
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 can no-sugar-added sliced peaches - (15 oz), drained, with
liquid reserved
3 tbsp no-sugar-added peach preserves
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp yellow mustard
1/8 tsp ground red pepper

Recipe Instructions:

In a large salad bowl, combine the baby greens, chicken, scallions, strawberries, and peaches.

In a small bowl, combine 1/3 cup of the reserved peach liquid, the peach preserves, vinegar, mustard, and ground red pepper; mix well. Pour over the salad and toss well. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 4 servings. Serving size: 1/4 recipe.

Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Very Lean Meat, 1 1/2 Fruit.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 202; Calories from Fat 25; Fat 3g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 60mg; Sodium 84mg; Carbohydrates 21g; Dietary Fiber 3g; Sugars 16g; Protein 23g.

Comments: Check out all these colorful ingredients. Fresh fruits and vegetables are full of natural sugars, so we get to use that to our advantage! This main dish salad can satisfy our sweet craving without all the guilt. Not a bad deal, huh?

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-12-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2002"

Servings: 4

“That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”

~ Madeleine L'Engle (1918--) American author.

 

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