Name: Chicken-Romaine Salad
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: ⅓ cup dried cranberries, cherries, blueberries, or currants; 1 2-2.5 pound purchased roasted chicken; ½ cup bottled balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing; 2 tablespoons orange juice; 1 10 ounce package torn romaine lettuce or torn mixed greens (8 cups); ½ 8 ounce package presliced mushrooms; 1 ½ cups fresh or refrigerated grapefruit sections, mango slices and/or papaya slices, drained; 2 tablespoons dry roasted shelled sunflower seeds

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⅓ cup dried cranberries, cherries, blueberries, or currants
1 2-2.5 pound purchased roasted chicken
½ cup bottled balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 10 ounce package torn romaine lettuce or torn mixed greens (8 cups)
½ 8 ounce package presliced mushrooms
1 ½ cups fresh or refrigerated grapefruit sections, mango slices and/or papaya slices, drained
2 tablespoons dry roasted shelled sunflower seeds

Directions

Step 1
In a small bowl, pour enough boiling water over cherries to cover. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain. Meanwhile, use two forks to pull chicken meat off the bones and shred in large pieces. Discard bones and skin. Measure 2 cups chicken pieces and place in a medium bowl; set aside. Cover and chill remaining chicken for another use.

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For dressing:

Step 1
In a screw-top jar, combine the 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette and orange juice. Cover and shake well.
Step 2
To serve, arrange lettuce on 4 dinner plates or on a platter. Top each with mushrooms and grapefruit sections. Arrange chicken in center of each salad. Sprinkle salads with cranberries and sunflower seeds. Drizzle the dressing evenly over the salads. Makes 4 main-dish servings.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

326 calories; fat 17g; cholesterol 62mg; saturated fat 3g; carbohydrates 22g; mono fat 2g; poly fat 3g; insoluble fiber 3g; sugars 7g; protein 24g; vitamin a 4033IU; vitamin c 41.3mg; thiamin 0.2mg; riboflavin 0.3mg; niacin equivalents 8.1mg; vitamin b6 0.5mg; folate 121mcg; vitamin b12 0.2mcg; sodium 422mg; calcium 50.5mg; iron 2mg.

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