Light Chicken Salad

Light Chicken Salad is wonderfully creamy but is light on the mayonnaise for a healthy, slimmed down version of traditional southern chicken salad. For a low carb meal, serve on a bed of lettuce or with sliced cucumbers and red bell pepper.

To keep it super creamy without adding tons of fat and calories, I use a mixture of cottage cheese and mayonnaise. They get processed in a food processor to get rid of the lumps in the cottage cheese. The result is a smooth and creamy blend that makes a deliciously light chicken salad.

As an added bonus, the cottage cheese gives this Light Chicken Salad extra protein. Cottage cheese is a wonderfully versatile and healthy ingredient. Use it to add creaminess to other foods like Skinny Deviled Eggs. It also makes a great sub for sour cream in dips and casseroles.

Cottage cheese is a wonderful addition to a healthy diet.

For added flavor, this Skinny Chicken Salad has garlic powder, white pepper, paprika, celery, and red onion. You could also add a little hard boiled egg.

One serving of this Light Chicken Salad only has 128  calories.

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Light Chicken Salad

Light Chicken Salad is wonderfully creamy but is light on the mayonnaise for a healthy, slimmed down version of traditional southern chicken salad. 

Course Salad

Cuisine Southern

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 128 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 to 3 cups cooked and chopped white chicken meat
• 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/3 cup chopped celery
• 1/3 cup chopped red or sweet onion

Instructions

1. Place chicken in a large bowl.

2. Process cottage cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and honey in a food processor until smooth.

3. Add to bowl with chicken. Stir in remaining ingredients.

4. If you desire a more chopped up texture, place half of chicken salad in processor and pulse a few times to grind it up and then mix back into the other half.

Nutrition Facts

Light Chicken Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 128 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Fat 2g3%

Cholesterol 2mg1%

Sodium 151mg7%

Potassium 43mg1%

Carbohydrates 3g1%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 2g4%

Calcium 16mg2%

Vitamin C 1.3mg2%

Vitamin A 65IU1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Note: Nutritional values are provided as a guideline only.