Squash ribbons and fresh herbs are added to the Basic Honey Tossed Chicken Tender Salad recipe, creating a colorful summer salad.
Category Types: Lunch
Chicken Shawarma Wraps
All over the eastern Mediterranean these spiced meat sandwiches are a street food staple. Originating in northwestern Turkey, this style of seasoned meat wrap is so common it’s sometimes called the Middle Eastern taco.
Grill-Pressed Chicken Cubano Sandwiches
These rich sandwiches drip with juicy seasoned chicken, ripe tomato, and briny pickles. If you don’t have a sandwich press or Panini grill, cook them on a stovetop grill, griddle, hot skillet, or charcoal grill with chunks of sweet bell pepper and onion.
Chili Chicken Strips with Spiced Picante Sauce
You can’t beat a simple coleslaw with these savory tenders – a combo of chopped cabbage, julienned carrot, and thinly sliced red onion, tossed with a creamy slaw dressing perhaps. Try adding some chopped fresh cilantro or julienned jicama for a southwestern touch.
Greek Chicken Salad Flatbreads
Topping whole-grain flatbreads with the ingredients for a Greek-style chicken salad creates a complete meal, full of rich, good-for-you flavor.
Chicken & Swiss Chard Stromboli with Gorgonzola Cheese
This Just 5 Challenge finalist recipe is the creation of Jennifer B. of Falls Church, VA. Tangy Gorgonzola cheese adds a creamy punch in combination with Swiss chard, a late summer/early fall garden favorite.
Charred Greens & Chicken Caesar
Any head of crisp lettuce can be lightly grilled—try butter lettuce, Belgian endive, even small heads of cabbage (slice into thick slabs). The grill imparts a smokiness and savory browning that adds a new dimension—and new definition—to salads.
Strawberry Arugula Salad with Glazed Ginger Honeyed Chicken Tenders
Basic glazed chicken tenders with ginger are served atop a spring-inspired salad of strawberries, arugula, and poppy seeds.
Chicken Pasta Shakers with Green Goddess Dressing
Poach boneless chicken breasts, tenders, or thighs in water or broth on Sunday evening to have on hand when the week starts. Chop and mix with a creamy blend of herby mayo & sour cream or thick yogurt for quick sandwiches. Otherwise wrap up tender slices for this fun pasta lunch—be sure to keep the chicken chilled on top of a lunchbox-size ice pack.
Herbed Organic Chicken Kabobs
Grilled chicken skewers offer the ultimate meal-on-a-stick experience. But think about how long each ingredient needs to cook through—which means you may want to assemble kabobs that are all chicken and all veggie so nothing comes off the grill at the wrong time.