Food Network's Ellie Krieger on GDLA

Los Angeles - New York Times best-selling author and host of the Food Network's "Healthy Appetite", Ellie Krieger is a renowned registered dietitian specializing in nutrition and health.

Ellie shows us just how easy it is to create light and healthy dishes that taste great and are easy enough for the busy people to prepare.
 

Curried Chicken Salad

This salad is one of my favorites to bring to a party, so it always puts me in a festive mood when I have it for lunch on a work day. With chunks of chicken in a gorgeous yellow, creamy curry sauce, juicy grapes, and crunchy almonds, it somehow manages to be exotic and comfortably familiar at the same time.

¼ cup sliced almonds
½ cup nonfat plain yogurt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon curry powder
2½ cups cubed cooked chicken breasts (about 1¼ pounds)
1 cup halved red grapes
¼ cup chopped cilantro
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
5 ounces mixed greens (about 5 cups lightly packed)
4 lemon wedges
4 ounces pita chips

Toast the almonds in a small dry skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and beginning to turn golden, 2 to 3 minutes.

In a large bowl, stir together the yogurt, mayonnaise, and curry powder. Fold in the chicken, grapes, and cilantro and season with salt and pepper. This salad will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

To serve, put a scoop of the chicken salad on a bed of greens on a plate or in a to-go container and sprinkle with the toasted almonds. Add a lemon wedge to squeeze over the greens just before eating. Serve with pita chips, stored in a separate container, if packing.

DID YOU KNOW?
Curry powder is a blend of many different spices like turmeric, ginger, coriander, cumin, and peppers, which gives you much more than great flavor and brilliant color. Research shows that curry may help aid digestion, protect against cancer, and stimulate the immune system.

Makes 4 servings
Serving size
1 cup chicken salad,
1¼ cups mixed greens,
1 lemon wedge, and
1 ounce pita chips
Per serving
Calories 400
Total fat 16 g
Sat fat 2 g
Mono fat 4 g
Poly fat 4.5 g
Protein 36 g
Carb 26 g
Fiber 4 g
Cholesterol 80 mg
Sodium 460 mg
Excellent source of
Niacin, phosphorus, Protein, selenium, Vitamin a, vitamin b6, Vitamin c
Good source of
Calcium, fiber, iron, Magnesium, manganese, Potassium, riboflavin

and curry powder. Fold in the chicken, grapes, and
cilantro and season with salt and pepper. This salad
will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for
up to 3 days.
To serve, put a scoop of the chicken salad on a bed
of greens on a plate or in a to-go container and sprinkle
with the toasted almonds. Add a lemon wedge to
squeeze over the greens just before eating. Serve with
pita chips, stored in a separate container, if packing.

DID YOU KNOW?
Curry powder is a blend of many different spices like
turmeric, ginger, coriander, cumin, and peppers, which
gives you much more than great flavor and brilliant color.
Research shows that curry may help aid digestion, protect
against cancer, and stimulate the immune system