Summer Orchard Chicken Salad - YEAR ROUND!

This salad just can't be denied and what's even better is that you can enjoy it year round!! So let's take crisp romaine lettuce & rotissery chicken mixed with tart cranberries, salty cashews and creamy swiss cheese tossed with tangy homemade poppy-seed dressing. Is your mouth-watering yet?!

PS. To store leftover dressing, I recycle my old glass salad dressing bottles and Mason jars.


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Summer Orchard Chicken Salad

Serves 2-4 (2 as a main course and 4 as a first course or side)

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes - oh that’s right!

INGREDIENTS
Poppy Seed Dressing:
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
2 tsp grated onion (white or red)
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp poppy seeds

4 cups Romaine lettuce
1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup cashews halves and pieces
1/2 cup Craisins
1 cup cubed Granny smith apple
1 rotisserie chicken breast


INSTRUCTIONS
1. In a blender or food processor, blend together the corn syrup, vinegar, lemon juice, onion and salt until smooth.
2. Add the oil and poppy seed and blend again till smooth. Store in an air tight container (recycle an old glass salad dressing container or Mason jar).
3. In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, cheese, cashews, Craisins, apple and chicken along with enough dressing to coat everything.

TIP: To prevent the apple from turning brown, toss with a teaspoon of lemon juice.