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Home » Recipe » Dairy Free » Clean & Green Paleo Chicken Salad

Clean & Green Paleo Chicken Salad

Published December 6, 2015. Last modified April 10, 2020 By Anne Marie 5 Comments

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This Clean & Green Chicken Salad recipe is full of healthy saturated fats which help boost your bodies ability to burn its own fat stores. This is a tasty, quick, and healthy recipe for anyone following a paleo, primal, gluten free, or ketogenic diet.

While I can't necessarily call this chicken salad “lean” as it's full of fat, it's still my go to recipe for a quick and healthy lunch.

If you're wondering how a recipe with a good amount of fat can be considered ‘healthy'… well, you're in the right place (or on the right webpage, that is).

Not only are healthy fats a huge part of the Ditch Your Nutritionist Online Program, but I have plenty of blog posts which share the benefits of consuming fat on a daily basis. I outlined 4 fabulous reasons to eat more fat here, & shared 5 fatty foods you should be eating for breakfast here.

This recipe contains healthy fats from three of our favorite sources: avocados, olives, and egg yolks.

Avocados

  • high in omega 9 fatty acids, also called monounsaturated fats
  • great source of fiber
  • excellent source of potassium (3xs higher than a medium banana), which is essential to help balance the excess sodium in the average western diet

Olives

  • high in omega 9 fatty acids
  • contain a small amount of the essential fatty acid, linoleic acid
  • antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits due to the high phytonutrient content
  • ability to reduce blood pressure due to the oleic acid content

Egg yolks

  • great source of choline, a crucial micronutrient that assists the liver in processing fats
  • natural source of vitamin A, vitamin D, and omega 3 fatty acids
  • excellent source of healthy dietary cholesterol

How's that for a nutrient dense, high fat meal? Get to grilling, folks. This chicken salad is about to be your new go to lunch time meal.

This Clean & Green Chicken Salad recipe is full of healthy saturated fats which help boost your bodies ability to burn its own fat stores. This is a tasty, quick, and healthy recipe for anyone following a paleo, primal, gluten free, or ketogenic diet.

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5 from 1 vote

Clean & Green Paleo Chicken Salad (AIP)

Prep Time1 hr
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time19 hrs 12 mins
Course: Main Dish
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Anne Marie

Ingredients

  • 2 medium avocados, sliced and diced
  • 2 Tablespoons Primal Kitchen Mayo, or my Egg Free Cilantro Mayo for AIP
  • 1.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast (cooked and shredded) or 2 cans shredded chicken
  • 4 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 1/4 cup kalamata olives, chopped, optional
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
  • salt to taste
  • romaine leaves, to make lettuce wraps, optional

Instructions

  • Mash diced avocado in a large bowl, and stir in mayo.
  • Add chicken, celery, olives, herbs, tomato (option), salt and pepper to the avocado/mayo mixture. Stir to combine.

Notes

  1. If you're running low on time, swap out the chicken breast for canned chicken.
  2. If you're currently following the autoimmune protocol, you can swap out the mayo for 2 tablespoons of my egg free mayo.
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Anne is a certified Integrative Nutritional Health Coach and Interior Designer who is passionate about whole home and body detox, as well as personalized nutritional therapies tailored to the individual. She's the creator of several online programs and ebooks including Ditch Your Nutritionist, Autoimmune Accomplice, and Detox Your Life.

When she's not creating content for her wellness business and website Grass Fed Salsa, you can find her snuggled up to her daughter GG, her husband James, and their pups Cohen and Kiki.

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Comments

  1. Kate Breuer

    August 26, 2019 at 4:47 am

    The recipe has time planned for a marinade but no marinade. I think I’m missing something…

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  2. Aimee

    March 31, 2019 at 11:19 am

    5 stars
    Hi, we really love this recipe! Haven’t made it all winter, but now that it’s getting warm again, we are planning on it for this week….but what happened to the marinade? It’s missing from the page, and it was such a yummy marinade! Would you be able to link to it? I couldn’t find it anywhere on your site. All I remember is that it had apple cider vinegar and was delicious!

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  3. KATERINA

    March 26, 2019 at 11:28 am

    NOT SURE WHAT I AM MISSING BUT WHAT IS THE MARINADE FOR THE CHICKEN? IS IT THE AVOCADO AND MAYO MIXTURE?

    Reply
    • Anne

      March 26, 2019 at 1:19 pm

      Hi! I updated the recipe and hadn’t notices I’d left in the marinade in the cooking instructions. It’s updated appropriately now!

      Reply

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