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Apple-&-Mango Salad with Grilled Chicken

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Ingredients:

GINGER VINAIGRETTE
  • 2 tb Rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tb Fresh chives; chopped
  • 1 ts Fresh ginger; grated
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1/4 ts Freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tb Sunflower oil
REST:
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1/4 ts Freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4 ts Cumin
  • 1 pn Ground red pepper
  • 4 Boneless; skinless chicken breast halves
  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • 8 c Mixed salad greens
  • 1 lg Mango; peeled and sliced
  • 2 Golden Delicious apples; peeled, cored, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 c Sunflower seeds
  • Sesame flatbread; (optional)

Directions:

1. Make Ginger-Vinaigrette: Combine vinegar, chives, ginger, salt and pepper in small bowl; gradually whisk in oil. Makes 1/4 cup.
 
2. Combine salt, pepper, cumin and red pepper in cup. Sprinkle over both sides of chicken. Lightly coat heavy grill pan or cast iron skillet with vegetable cooking spray. Heat 1 to 2 minutes over medium-high heat. Cook chicken 5 to 6 minutes per side, until cooked through. Transfer to cutting board.
 
3. Toss greens, mango and apple slices with 3 tablespoons dressing. Arrange salad on 4 individual dinner plates. Slice chicken and divide evenly over greens; Dizzle remaining 1 tablespoon dressing over chicken. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds over each salad. Serve with sesame flatbread, if desired.
 
Per serving: 103 Calories; 6g Fat (50% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 562mg Sodium
 
NOTES : It's a salad with a twist: a parade of trendy flavors including mango cumin and peppers. Just one serving provides all the vitamin E you'll need for the day, thanks to the sunflower seeds and oil.
 
Recipe by: LHJ
 
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Lisa Minor <lisa@cybermill.com> on Feb 4, 1998