Saturday, September 19, 2009

Moroccan Chicken Salad


What is healthy? How would you define healthy eating or a healthy diet? In my opinion any food that supplies the correct amount of nutrients to the body, without any unhealthy additives is healthy. It also depends a lot on the way you cook it. You can make healthy foods unhealthy by frying them, and then you can make easy healthy recipes by sticking to roasting and boiling. Chicken by itself is pretty healthy food, but if you're going to fry it, or add sodium to it, you're going to ruin it. So here are some easy healthy recipes to get the best out of your chicken!

Healthy Chicken Recipes
Moroccan Chicken Salad
Ingredients
•2 cups cooked rice
•2 cups shredded cooked chicken
•2 cups shredded carrots
•2 tablespoons of chopped fresh cilantro
•1/4 cup sliced scallions
•1/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
•1/4 cup chopped Kalamata olives
•2 tablespoons of chopped fresh mint
•2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil
•1/3 cup orange juice
•2 tablespoons of lemon juice
•1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
•Salt & pepper to taste
If you have left over some rice and chicken from last night, this is the best thing to do. The long list of ingredients should not put you off. Making salads in general is very simple and so is this one. Mix the chicken broth, lemon juice, orange juice, oil, cayenne, mint, cinnamon, cilantro, salt and pepper in one bowl. Take another large bowl and combine the cooked chicken, carrots, scallions and olives. Combine the two and add a rice topping and toss it in the bowl. And your Moroccan salad is ready!

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