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Spring Salad with Chicken & Berries Ingredients
homemade chicken fingers stir fried in coconut oil 8 handfuls lettuce or greens of choice 4-6 ounces crumbled goat cheese 1 cup toasted pecans ½ cup dried cranberries or raisins 1 cup sliced strawberries 1 batch of homemade honey mustard dressing (see p.2) or homemade dressing of choice
Preparation
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Cook the chicken fingers or strips in refined coconut oil. Prepare honey mustard and set aside. To serve: Put two big handfuls of lettuce/greens on a plate. Chop chicken and top each salad with equal amounts of goat cheese, pecans, cranberries, strawberries and dressing. Enjoy!
Homemade Chicken Fingers Ingredients 3 medium chicken breasts (free range) 2 eggs 1 cup almond flour 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt By Deb Cyrel, CNC BHN. Adapted ½ teaspoon pepper 1 cup coconut oil for cooking from http://wellnessmama.com/8577/ spring-salad-berries/
Instructions Cut the chicken into strips or nugget size. Beat eggs with 1 teaspoon of water in a medium bowl. Add chicken strips and toss well. In another bowl, mix almond flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Heat coconut oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. (continued, p.2)