Chicken Apple Salad with Bacon

September 17th, 2009 by justJENN

The Kid, as a new kindergarten-er, is unhappy with the school lunches I’ve been packing. He said, “Can’t you put together something else for lunch, say…fruit? Maybe some chicken salad with a little mayo?” You’ve GOT to be kidding. Suddenly it’s Top Chef: Lunch Bag edition up in here.

So I’ve been trying out recipes at dinner to see what he likes and doesn’t and what will work in a lunchbox. So I threw together a chicken salad PER HIS HIGHNESS’ REQUEST. I added apples for crunch and bacon, for well – bacon, and the kids ate it up! Great. Now I gotta bust out the silver spoon and linen napkins for the Clone Wars lunchbag…

ingredients:
2 cups roasted chicken, chopped
1/2 cup apples, small cubes
3 slice bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 Tablespoons mayonnaise**
1/2 teaspoon mustard
1 Tablespoon relish
ground pepper

lettuce
4 croissants split

In a bowl, toss the chicken, apples and bacon. Add the mayo, mustard and relish and toss to coat. I like to add a fair amount of pepper to offset the salt-i-ness of the bacon, but it is up to you.

I feel this tastes the BEST with lettuce on a croissant, but any bread will do. But. Try the croissant. You’ll thank me later.

**I am not a fan of mayo. Nope. Like bananas, it is on my hate list. But in salads, I seem to be able to tolerate it. This recipe uses very little mayo, but feel free to add more if you like.