Gut Healthy Chicken Salad
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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 healthy salads, try some of my other faves like Healthy Asian Salad with No Sugar, Healthy AF Taco Salad, or Sesame Ginger Salmon Bowl.
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While I’ve been figuring out my own hormone and gut health, this Gut Healthy Chicken Salad has been a staple in my diet! While it’s very similar to salads I’ve eaten in the past, there are a couple things I’m doing differently that really make an impact on health. Those are the addition of raw garlic and seeds, and the exclusion of store bought dressing that could contain seed oils. I never buy dressing anymore, I always make my own!
So, I’m going to share my favorite Gut Healthy Chicken Salad recipe because you guys voted on Instagram that you wanted this recipe. I eat some form of this easy healthy salad almost every day. I mix it up with different veggies sometimes or protein depending what I have in my fridge. But, this Gut Healthy Chicken Salad is protein and nutrient packed that will keep you feeling full, energized, and it’s so good!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Healthy and Delicious: I love this salad recipe because it's healthy and it's so good! I kid you not, I eat this almost every day.
Easy: I pre cook chicken breasts, so it makes this salad incredibly easy if you meal prep!
Packed with Nutrients: This easy healthy salad is packed with so many nutrients!
Ingredients & Health Benefits
- Mixed Greens: I use organic mixed greens in this salad, a mixture of spinach and butter lettuce. Spinach is a leafy green that supports skin, hair, and bone health.
- Red Pepper: Organic red peppers have lots of vitamin C and they have the most nutrients of all bell pepper colors as they are left on the vine the longest.
- Red Onion: Organic red onion has loads of antioxidants.
- Chicken: I use organic chicken breasts with just salt and pepper. I usually make chicken for myself and John John at the same time so we always have it in the fridge for treats for him and salad for me.
- Sauerkraut: I use Wild Brine Organic Roasted Garlic Sauerkraut, you can use your favorite. Sauerkraut has tons of probiotics and is great for gut health.
- Pumpkin Seeds: I add organic roasted and salted pumpkin seeds for hormone health and salty flavor!
- Hemp Seeds: Organic hemp seeds have omega-3s.
- Garlic: Organic raw garlic is a super food! This can help with so many things. It’s anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, has loads of antioxidants, can aid in digestion and detoxification and more.
- Everything Bagel Spice: I use organic everything bagel spice for the dressing. This gives bold flavor with minimal ingredients!
- EVOO: I use organic extra virgin olive oil to make my own simple dressing.
- Balsamic Vinegar: Organic balsamic vinegar gives this salad some tang.
What Makes This Salad Healthy
- Lean protein from organic chicken
- Antioxidants from onion, pepper, and garlic
- Probiotics from sauerkraut
- Omega-3s from hemp seeds
- Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory benefits from garlic
- Magnesium, fat, and fiber from pumpkin seeds
- Healthy fat from EVOO
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Chop the mixed greens and add to a bowl.
Step 2
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.
Step 3
Sprinkle with everything bagel spice mix and drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic. Mix together.
Easy Substitutions
- Use any kind of lettuce you like, kale, Romain, whatever you got works!
- Switch it up with veggies you have in your fridge.
- Replace the chicken with salmon, tuna, or steak if you want.
- Use your favorite salad dressing in place of making it.
- Add additional seeds like chia seeds or sunflower seeds.
FAQ’s
Yes, feel free to use salmon, tuna, or steak as well. You can also use turkey lunch meat too for ease! I’ve tried this with all of these are they are delicious.
This is a great salad for meal prep, yes! Just don’t put the dressing on until you’re ready to eat it.
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Gut Healthy Chicken Salad
Equipment
- Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 2 cups mixed greens
- ¼ cup diced red pepper
- 2 slices red onion (diced)
- 4 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts (cooked)
- ¼ cup sauerkraut
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon everything bagel spice mix
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- 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.
- Sprinkle with everything bagel spice mix and drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic. Mix together.
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