Monday, October 26, 2009

Weight loss menu: Minted Chicken Salad

To shed a few pound requires a lot of hardwork and discipline, not only in toning those muscles but also adjusting your meals. While some may find it hard to adjust one's meal to cope up with one's weight loss diet program, the best thing that you can do is to think positive about it. An option that you can have is to experiment with the foods that you like best and see if you can create a recipe that would be perfect while you are losing weight too! Minted chicken salad is one of the great ideas created to let you enjoy your chicken while at the same time, munching on a delicious meal.

There are several varieties of minted chicken salad. There are those who prefer doing it with spices, champagne, lentils or peas. But what we have here is a creative variant on a fruit mix perfect for your weight loss menu!


You will need the following ingredients to create a luxurious minted chicken salad for weight loss:

1 pound box farfalle pasta
2 cups asparagus, cut into 2" pieces
1 pound cooked chicken, cubed
1-1/2 cups vanilla yogurt
2 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint OR 2 drops mint extract
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup honey
2 Tablespoon raspberry vinegar
4 cups strawberries, halved
baby spinach leaves
fresh raspberries

Cooking instructions:

In a large cooking pot, boil the farfalle pasta according to the instructions in its package. Five minutes before the pasta get done, add the asparagus. Meanwhile, prepare the dressing. Combine the Mix yougurt, mint, mayonnaise, honey, and vinegar in a medium bowl, until they are uniformly blended. Set aside. Drain the pasta and the asparagus when the pasta is cooked and the vegetable is tender and crispy. Stir in dressing. Add chicken and strawberries and toss gently. Place salad in refrigerator at least two hours to a maximum of one day. When ready to be served, garnish the pasta with spinach on top and fresh raspberries.

Cooking minted chicken salad is very easy to do and you do not have to worry about it when losing weight. In fact, this is very ideal when you are on a diet program!

Set your muscles not for the gym but for the kitchen this time with Minted chicken salad and add it up to your weight loss diet!

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