These chicken salad crostini are a great light lunch or big snack! They’re great with crisp bread if you’re watching the calories by avoiding bread or if not, slices of toasted sourdough.
It’s also a great recipe for using up leftover pieces of roast chicken with the dressing prepared in a flash. The combination of the walnuts and grapes work great and even though the recipe is low in calories it’s full in flavour so you don’t feel you’re missing out.
Chicken Health Benefits
Chicken is a very good source of protein that is low in fat and super easy to prepare. The classic chicken soup, which is renowned for treating colds, have been shown to affect some aspects of the immune system resulting in relief of some of the symptoms of the common cold. According to Chinese medicine, chicken in moderate amounts is good food for building energy as well as providing support to the digestive system.
Grape Health Benefits
Grapes are an excellent source of flavonoids with the darker the colour the more flavonoids there are. I always go for the dark ones!
Grape seed extracts have been used to treat varicose veins and other disorders associated with the veins. Grapes flavonoids have also been found to reverse atherosclerosis which is when fatty deposits build up in the arteries. This is what is thought to explain the ‘French Paradox” in that whilst the French eat a diet rich in saturated fats and cholesterol they have a relatively low level of heart disease. One reason behind this is thought to be their consumption of grapes and wine since both red wine and grape juice have been shown to increase the antioxidant capacity of the blood and hence prevent serious potential blood clots.
Grapes also contain resveratrol which acts as an antioxidant. It reduces the build-up of plaque in arteries which is the cause of blocked arteries leading to heart problems.
So there are lots of great health benefits associated with chicken salad crostini, so tuck into a healthy summery lunch!
Chicken Salad Crostini
Left over chicken with grapes and walnut come together in a summery, light salad served with crispbread. Delicious!
- Bowl
- 250 gram Chicken, cooked and shredded (about 1 chicken breast)
- 1 cup Grapes, red and halved
- 1/3 cup Chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup Greek yoghurt, low fat
- 1/4 cup Celery, chopped
- 1 tsp Honey
- 1 tsp White wine vinegar
- 4-6 Crispbread or slices of toasted sourdough
- Rocket leaves
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Add the leftover, roasted shredded chicken to a bowl. Add the grapes and walnuts and mix.
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Combine the yoghurt, celery, honey and vinegar to make the dressing. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Pour the dressing over the chicken and mix. Serve with either crispbread or bread, with rockets leaves.