Great Ideas For Chicken Salad Recipes

Chicken salad can make a great snack, lunch, or light dinner when you are on a low carb or low fat diet. Many people avoid chicken salad when on a diet. Low carb dieters don't want the bread, and low fat dieters don't want the mayo. Here are some great ideas for chicken salad recipes that won't break your diet.

For low carb chicken salad recipes, it is necessary to cut out the bread. No chicken salad sandwiches for you! But that does not mean that you can't have some great chicken salad recipes. Ditch the bread, and try something different. Get creative. Roll your favorite chicken salad recipes in big leafs of lettuce. Or, you can spread chicken salad on a piece of celery.

Another alternative to traditional chicken salad recipes for low carb dieters is to create a new kind of salad. Make a bed of lettuce, raw spinach, and your other favorite salad greens. Then, make a small mound of chicken salad in the middle of the bed of lettuce. Top this new type of salad with come shredded carrots, fresh cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers. Finally, enjoy your chicken salad recipes in a whole new way!

In case you do not have any great chicken salad recipes, here is one for you to try. If you are using the canned chicken breast, drain it completely and rinse it. Add some mayonnaise to taste, some chopped celery, pickle relish, and chopped hard boiled eggs. Mix well and enjoy!

For low fat chicken salad recipes, it is necessary to cut out the mayonnaise that holds the chicken salad together. You may also want to leave out the bread if you are going really low fat. If you do want to leave out the bread, follow some of the ideas for low carb dieters above. The biggest problem with leaving the mayonnaise out of chicken salad recipes is that you get a very dry chicken salad as a result. But there are some creative ways around this dilemma. Here is a great alteration to chicken salad recipes for you to try.

If you are using the canned chicken breast, drain it completely and rinse. Add some pickle relish, chopped celery, and the whites of hard boiled eggs. (You should not use the yolk if you are going low fat, or if you are worried abut cholesterol.) Mix together. If the chicken seems dry, add about two tablespoons of your favorite low fat dressing. Ranch works best. You use less of the dressing than you would the mayonnaise because it is not as thick, but it will work to add some texture and hold the chicken salad together.

If you are on a low fat, low carb diet, try using the low fat chicken salad recipes with the low carb ideas listed above. You can find more great, healthy chicken salad recipes on the internet or in cook books.