How often do you roast a Free Range Chicken? It’s become a Sunday Tradition for us and I love the leftovers for soup, chili, salads, or add a scoop to my grilled cheese sandwich.
This chicken salad is one of my favorite recipes to batch-cook with my left over roasted chicken. I having this salad for lunches all week long…or as long as it lasts. My husband loves it too so you may want to double the recipe?.
If you use left over roasted chicken this come together quickly and easily. If you don’t have the time to roast a chicken, there is always the option of grabbing one from your local grocery. Most stores have a separate cooler with whole baked chickens ready to go.
You can easily switch things up and take the boredom out of lunch by serving this on greens one day and in a wrap the next. Or if you love sourdough bread as much as I do, toast your bread, add some avocado and oh my…delicious! But then again everything tastes better with a little avocado?.
Or do you love curry? Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of curry powder mid-week to give your salad a whole new taste. I love to keep my food interesting!
Speaking of interesting…I am sooo curious if you guys do any timed fun runs? Bet you’re wondering how timed training runs can be fun? If you approach them the right way, they seriously can be fun. I love keeping my training interesting which is one reason I love working with my coach in the Fitness Protection Program. Each month I get a new running and strength schedule so I never get bored. My favorite part is there is also a brand new marathon program available every spring and fall I have access to if I choose to run one. It’s nice to receive an email every day which lays out both my run and strength workout for the day. Finally it’s super cool it’s all connected to Training Peaks so I can track my progress.
Locally I also run with a group of amazing women twice a week. My lovely friend always comes up with clever strength and running drills to keep classes fun but challenging. I am so blessed! I have a large support group near and far.
Recently I did another Enhanced Anaerobic Threshold workout my coach assigns every training season. In the past I used to let this workout get to me…Why I have no idea! Maybe because it’s really HARD. But this time I decided to just relax, have fun, hold back my first 2K verses go out too fast, and guess what….I had my best EAT performance to date. I think I have done 8 of them and not one of them did I finish my last 2K faster then my first 2K. In fact, the first 2K in some cases was the fastest. The complete opposite of what you want. HAHA. So you learn from your mistakes and you get better.
The good news, whatever the outcome, you can’t fail. NO one fails at and EAT. You just learn from your mistakes and you keep showing up and you try again and again and again.
DILL CHICKEN SALAD
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup Avocado Mayo or your fave
- 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon pickle brine
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- Sea Salt and Freshly ground pepper
- 4 cups cubed leftover roasted chicken
- 2 green apples diced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1/2 cup diced cucumber
- 1/4 cup chopped crispy pecans
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
DIRECTIONS:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, coconut milk, lemon juice, pickle brine, and dill. Season with salt and pepper
- Stir in the chicken, apples, celery, cucumber, pecans and chives. cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
How often do you do hard workouts during your training?
Are you training for a fall marathon?
Are you a worrying or do you approach each workout with an open mind and tell yourself to relax? I am getting better!
Whats your favorite way to use left over roasted chicken?
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