Chicken, Avocado And Mandarin Orange Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 10 ounces mixed salad greens (i like the butter lettuce mix or the romaine mix)
• 15 ounces mandarin oranges, well-drained
• 6 ounces of cooked and sliced chicken breasts
• 2 very thin slices red onions, cut in half and sliced into crescents
• 1/4 cup pecans, toasted
• 1/2 cup of bottled light italian dressing or 1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing
• 2 ripe avocados, pitted, peeled and cut into chunks (i use haas avocados, the dark-skinned avocados, but california avocados could also be used)

Recipe

• 1 in a large salad bowl, combine salad greens, mandarin oranges, chicken, onion and pecans.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine dressing and 1/2 cup avocado cubes. mash and blend into dressing. add remaining avocado cubes and dressing to salad. toss and serve.