Alpha Gal Friendly Recipe
Grilled Chicken & Fruit Salad
Serves 12
9 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2 recipes Good Seasons Italian Salad Dressing or your favorite Italian.
Marinate chicken breasts in salad dressing overnight
Grill until juices run clear, allow to sit covered with foil for 20 minutes, then slice into 1/4 inch thick slices.
1 head red leaf lettuce
1 head iceberg lettuce
Wash and tear greens into large bowl
1 Honeydew melon, cut in bite size pieces
1 Cantaloupe, cut in bite size pieces
2 pints Strawberries, washed, hulled and quartered
1 1/2 cups sliced almonds
1 small bag coconut
Spread almonds on a rimmed cookie sheet
Spread coconut on a rimmed cookie sheet
Toast in a 300 degree oven for 20 minutes, watch carefully and stir often. Coconut will burn easily. Allow to cool before placing in individual bowls for serving. Can be made well in advance.
To Serve: place greens on dinner plate, spoon melon and strawberries over. Place 2/3 sliced chicken breast over fruit. Drizzle with Poppy Seed Dressing and sprinkle with toasted coconut and almonds.
Poppy Seed Dressing
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons vinegar
1/2 slice red onion (or to taste - original recipe calls for 2 teaspoons onion juice)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons poppy seeds
Place sugar, seasonings, vinegar and onion in blender container; cover and blend. Gradually add oil in slow steady stream; blend until thickened. Stir in poppy seeds.
Makes about 1 cup
To serve 12, I made 3 recipes.
I have also substituted orange juice for the vinegar and made Orange Poppy Seed Dressing.
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