Time to get your green on - as in salad! I've made a vow to myself to get more greens in our diet by finding some tasty salads. Today I'm sharing this BBQ Chicken Salad that is full of fresh veggies and a tangy BBQ sauce.
I know I have a bit to wait but I'm really looking forward to the farmer's market this spring. I love getting my market bag, walking up and down the aisles to get what's in season. One of the first things will be lettuce - I'm not a huge fan of iceberg - it's ok on a BLT but for my eating salad I prefer lighter greens. This salad has baby mixed greens - it was delicious and went well with the other ingredients.
Ingredients
Salad fixings
- 1 small bag of spring greens
- ½ cup chopped yellow pepper
- 8 cherry tomatoes cut in half
- ½ cup black beans, rinsed and drained well
- ½ cup frozen corn thawed
- 1 cup diced cooked chicken
- ½ avocado sliced into 6 pieces lengthwise
- ⅓ cup shredded monterey jack cheese
Dressing
- ½ cup light ranch dressing
- ½ cup your favorite BBQ sauce
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons honey
- Place the spring greens onto 2 plates
- Divide the salad fixings between the 2 plates
- For the dressing - combine the ranch dressing, bbq sauce, pepper and honey in a small bowl then drizzle over the salad.
If you look closely you will see avocado - after X numbers of year of my life (not saying how many) I have decided that I like avocado! Not sure what took me so long and I love guacamole now. I just bought one of those mortar and pestle things that after I finish seasoning it, I will be making my own guac. If you have a recipe, please leave me a link!
Ok, got off track about the salad....
Since I've been making quite a few salads, here's a one stop shop for getting more greens into your life!
Have a great day!!
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Nancy Piran says
Love all of the combinations you've got going on in this salad!!
Carrie R says
So, Deb.... this looks AMAZING! And a BBQ Ranch dressing?? Genius! YUM! 🙂
Cindy says
Yummy Deb--I have a similar one I an going to post soon. Had to do a springy berry pie today!
Marcie FlavortheMoments says
I can't wait for my local farmer's market either, which is 2 weeks away! I love eating big salads like this packed with so much flavor and goodness that I don't need anything else for dinner. That dressing sounds beyond good!
Amy Lee Scott says
Deb, BBQ Chicken salad is my favorite! I love the baby greens (and avocado, obviously). PS: I adore your swirly spoon in the background--lovely!
AnnMarie aka Vintage Junkie aka NaNa says
This is just my kind of salad! Looks so good. Pinned!
Adelina Priddis says
We're eating a lot more salads now too. I'll for sure be coming back to check out all your other recipes. As for guac we just mash it up and mix it with some of our favorite salsa. Simple, but good. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friday
Kelly says
What a great looking salad - love salads with avocado and the bbq ranch dressing sounds fantastic!
Miz Helen says
Thanks so much for sharing your fantastic BBQ Chicken Salad with us at Full Plate Thursday. This says Spring is Here!
Have a great week and come back soon.
Miz Helen
Amy CookingAdventures says
I just made this for today's SRC reveal & it was awesome!! Thank you so much!
Sara Glover says
We are trying to eat more salads now that summer is here so we will add this to the list! it looks great!
Jamie Sherman says
This is my kind of salad, Deb! Easy and delicious!
Cathy Trochelman says
I love everything about this!