Mouth Healthy Recipe: Chicken Waldorf Salad

waldorfchickensaladThis chicken salad recipe is easy to make with leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken. If you use rotisserie chicken, keep in mind that it’s salty and omit the salt in the dressing.

Ingredients
1/3 cup mayo
1/3 cup plain yogurt
2 tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp salt
3 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
1 medium red apple, diced
1 cup halved red or green grapes
1 cup sliced celery
½ cup chopped walnuts

Directions
Whisk mayo, yogurt, lemon juice and salt together in a bowl. Add chicken, apple, grapes, celery and ¼ cup walnuts. Top with remaining ¼ cup walnuts and serve on sandwich bread, in pita pockets or wrapped in tortillas.

Servings: 4 | Calories: 356 | Fat: 16g | Protein: 31g | Carbs: 23g | Fiber: 3g
Recipe courtesy of Eating Well.

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Ashlee Hackney
Ashlee Hackney serves as the fundraising associate for Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation. Prior to working for the Foundation, Ashlee worked as a community relations coordinator at a dental office in Texas, where she learned how important oral health is to overall health. After noticing the oral health disparities in low-income families, she decided that she wanted to continue to work in the oral health industry and educate those on the importance of good oral hygiene. Ashlee is wild about satin floss and wishes they made it in strawberry shortcake and blueberry flavors. In her spare time, she enjoys pampering her dogs, African drum dancing and horseback riding. [Editor's Note: Ashley is no longer a current DDAZ employee.]