Gut Healthy Chicken Salad

This Gut Healthy Chicken Salad is loaded with lean protein, nutrient rich veggies, seeds, and healthy fat. Make this easy healthy salad part of your weekly menu!

If you’re looking for more salads, try some of my other faves like Strawberry Balsamic Broccoli Salad, Chicken Sausage Greek Salad, or Avocado Tuna Salad.

A Quick Look At The Recipe

• Recipe Name: Gut Healthy Chicken Salad
• Ready In: 15 minutes
• Makes: 1 serving
• Main Ingredients: chicken, mixed greens, red bell pepper, pumpkin seeds
• Flavor Profile: bright, tangy citrus and herbs with that feels bright and balanced
• Dietary Info: gluten free, no seed oils, dairy free, eggless
• Difficulty: Easy!
• Why You’ll Love It: quick and easy protein salad

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Quick and Easy: I love this salad because it's quick and easy to make. If you meal prep chicken, like I do, all you need to have are veggies and a few other ingredients on hand!
• Packed with Flavor: You get a little salty flavor from the everything bagel seasoning, a pickle flavor from the sauerkraut, crisp veggies and a hearty flavor from the seeds. This is not a boring chicken salad, it's so tasty!
• No Seed Oils: Most store bought salad dressings have seed oils, but this is seed oil free because I'm using EVOO!
• Homemade Dressing: I make my own homemade salad dressing with just 3 ingredients: EVOO, balsamic vinegar, and everything bagel spice mix. This salad dressing has loads of flavor and no seed oils! It's so easy to mix it up on top of a bowl of salad anytime.

Ingredients

• Mixed Greens: I use organic mixed greens in this salad, a mixture of spinach and butter lettuce. But, any lettuce you have will do!
• Red Pepper: I love red bell peppers because of their sweet flavor, but you can use any color.
• Chicken: I use organic chicken breasts with just salt and pepper. I usually meal prep chicken, but if you're making our recipe for How to Cook a Whole Chicken for Dog Food, you can even pull off pieces for you for this salad! Just add some salt and pepper to your portion!

*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.

Easy Substitutions

• Use any kind of lettuce you like, kale, Romaine, or even cabbage, whatever you got works!
• Switch it up with veggies you have in your fridge. Other veggies I like in this salad include cucumbers, carrots, and avocado.
• Replace the chicken with salmon, tuna, or steak if you want. Try using leftover Garlic Herb Beef Tenderloin Steak.
• You could even use tofu, beans, chickpeas, hard boiled eggs, or sweet potatoes if you are wanting to go meatless.
• Use your favorite salad dressing in place of making it or try my Vegan Honey Mustard Salad Dressing or Homemade Creamy Avocado Lime Dressing.
• Add additional seeds like chia seeds or sunflower seeds.
• You can add in cooked vegetables too if you have leftovers such as peas, zucchini, leeks, asparagus, bell peppers, or onions.
• Feel free add nuts for even more protein and healthy fat such as almonds, walnuts, or pecans.
• If you want to add some carbs into this salad to make it more complete, rice is a great option. I love this for an energy boost if I want a little more out of this salad!

How to Make a Gut Healthy Chicken Salad

1. Chop the mixed greens and add to a bowl. Add the diced red pepper and red onion. Chop the chicken into small cubes and add to the salad. Add the sauerkraut, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, and garlic.

2. Sprinkle with everything bagel spice mix and drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic.

3. Mix together.

Gut Healthy Chicken Salad FAQ’s

Serving Suggestions

• I enjoy this as a main meal all the time, but you can also add a side of soup or homemade bread like Lemon Rosemary Sourdough Bread or Sourdough Discard Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread.
• Have a side of fresh fruit like peaches, banana, apples, or blueberries.
• I really love this with Healthy Orange Julius With Protein as it has creamy Greek yogurt and additional protein but feels like a sweet snack too!
• I also love serving this with Garlic Lemon Sweet Potato Fries, Lemon Herb French Fries, or Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries.
• If I'm feeling like eating a little healthier, I opt for a simple dessert with dark chocolate like Strawberry Chocolate Bars, Dark Chocolate Raspberry Truffles With Cream Cheese, Chocolate Covered Raisin Clusters, Salted Almond Dark Chocolate Bars, or Honey Sesame Dark Chocolate Bark.

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