Monday, April 30, 2012

Rosemary Chicken and Potato Salad

Clean Eating Magazine

 Here is the recipe as seen in the magazine. I'll add my changes in parentheses. This turned out pretty tasty. It is a light but filling chicken salad. Easy to make and would be good for a picnic. I cant say that I would rave about it, but I would make it again.

 INGREDIENTS:
2 small red potatoes, scrubbed well
2 small Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed well (I didn't have these so I used all redskin.)
1/2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 medium Empire apple, unpeeled and diced (about 3/4 cup)
1/3 cup chopped celery (omitted as I forgot to buy it)
1/2 cup cooked white beans
1 tsp dried rosemary or 1 tbsp fresh rosemary
1/8 tsp ground black pepper Sea salt, to taste

 VINAIGRETTE:
 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 1 1/2 lemons)
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
 2 tsp stevia powder (I used organic cane sugar because I don't like stevia. I sweetened to taste but kept it tart.)

 INSTRUCTIONS:
 Cut up potatoes into bite size pieces and boil until fork tender. About 20 minutes.   In a separate medium saucepan, add chicken and cover completely in water. Set over medium-high heat and poach chicken for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through and no longer pink in center. Drain and let cool before cutting chicken into bite-size pieces.

In a large bowl, add potatoes, chicken, onion, apple, celery, beans, rosemary, pepper and salt.

Prepare vinaigrette: In a medium bowl, whisk together lemon juice, oil and stevia. Pour vinaigrette over potato-chicken mixture and stir gently to coat.

My Notes:
The picture is rather bland.  There are food sites that have glorious pictures of food. You won't find that here. I used canned white beans and rinsed them really well to remove sodium. I decided that canned beans will have to suffice because I don't have the time (or the inclination) to soak and cook dried beans. I'm not going to be a fanatic. Next time I would make sure to add celery. The extra crunch would be nice.

Update: This is even better the next day!

Introduction

It's never too late to get serious about eating right. Right? And because I love to share recipes I thought I'd post the best ones I find here. Lately I'm all about "clean eating." Basically eating real food and avoiding processed food.  Although I'm not adverse to the occasional Oreo.

Recipes to follow.......