A New Love

I never liked chicken salad. Nor did I enjoy "curry powder" (the stuff my mother used to have in a plastic McCormick's shaker that lived in our pantry for years).

Recently, however, I started eating meat again (an experiment) and have been poaching a few chicken breasts at a time in order to use the meat on (green) salads. I had about a 1/2 a chicken breast leftover the other day though and inspiration absolutely struck. Chicken salad! But new and improved! I had the ingredients I needed: soft and nutty whole wheat bread, fresh green leaf lettuce and yogurt. Yes, yogurt.

I shredded the chicken and dumped it in a bowl with a squeeze of lemon, a splodge of plain yogurt (about a Tbls.), salt, pepper and a sprinkling of cumin. Then I added a dash of my curry powder (the stuff that I create from whole seeds bought at the co-op, that are toasted and then ground - this stuff lives in my pantry in a glass jar to seal in freshness and never lasts more than a month or two). I mixed it up and slathered it onto lettuce lined slices of bread. It is really good. Bright, fresh-tasting, tangy, lemon-y, chicken-y. Because I used yogurt instead of mayo it isn't heavy or guilt-inducing. This super simple chicken salad is my new recipe darling - I've had it 3 times in the past two weeks!


1/2 chicken breast, shredded or diced
1-2 Tbls. plain yogurt
1/4 lemon, juiced
large pinch each salt, pepper, cumin, curry powder
2 slices bread
2 leaves lettuce

You don't really need instructions do you? Enjoy!