Recipe #40... Pesto Chicken Salad... One variation with endless possibility

Note:  Recall the pesto formula from earlier posts... So elegant and easy to toss together... nuts/seeds + greens + an oil + a vinegar = something to shake up your next chicken salad.

Pesto Chicken Salad
Makes 6ish servings of chicken salad

For your blender...
1/2 lemon (peeled, no pith) + a bit of lemon zest
2 c mixed loose lettuce... I like Endive and Arugula
1/2 c extra virgin olive oil 
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp salt (you can adjust with more, but never less!)

For your mixing bowl...
The pesto creation from above
2 chicken breasts (cooled and cubed)
1 green apple (cut into small cubes)
2 hard boiled eggs (chopped up)
1/4 c creamy cheese (marscapone, quark etc..) or mayo 
Salt + Pepper to season

This chicken salad is just as versatile as the pesto that binds it.  Top your greens salad with a scoop, smoosh it between two slices of wheat bread, use it as an appetizer cracker topper, or as a filler for lettuce wraps... Play with combinations and have an easy button, anything-goes dinner prep!... -A