Skinny Greek-Style Chicken Spinach Salad
I love a big salad for dinner! Not only is this salad colorful and packed with flavor, but it’s also loaded with very healthy ingredients. First off spinach is a real superfood! In addition, a variety of chopped veggies and lean chicken are all tossed with a bottled light dressing. I added a few ingredients to the dressing to create a more Greek-style dressing. Each skinny main course salad has 259 calories and 8 grams of fat. This recipe serves 2 but can easily be doubled, tripled, and so on.
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Makes 2 main course salads (each salad about 4 cups)
Healthy Benefits
Spinach is considered to be one of the “superfoods.” No wonder, it’s rich in iron, vitamins A, C, and beta-carotene.
Shopping Tips
Newman’s Light Balsamic, Vinaigrette, Ken’s Lite Caesar Dressing, and Cardini’s Light Caesar Vinaigrette can be found in the salad dressing aisle of most supermarkets. Fat-free feta cheese is sold in most supermarkets either in the cheese aisle or the deli’s gourmet cheese section. Trader Joe’s also sells this cheese.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 3-Blue
WW SmartPoints 4-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 6
Healthy Benefits
Spinach is considered to be one of the “superfoods.” No wonder, it’s rich in iron, vitamins A, C, and beta-carotene.
Shopping Tips
Newman’s Light Balsamic, Vinaigrette, Ken’s Lite Caesar Dressing, and Cardini’s Light Caesar Vinaigrette can be found in the salad dressing aisle of most supermarkets. Fat-free feta cheese is sold in most supermarkets either in the cheese aisle or the deli’s gourmet cheese section. Trader Joe’s also sells this cheese.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 3-Blue
WW SmartPoints 4-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 6
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 main course salad (about 4 cups) 259 calories, 8g fat, 30g protein, 18g carbs, 5g fiber, 256mg sodium, 3g sugar |
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 main course salad including olives on top 281 calories, 10g fat, 30g protein, 19g carbs, 5g fiber, 321mg sodium, 3g sugar |
Skinny Greek-Style Chicken Spinach Salad
Ingredients
Ingredients for Dressing:
- ¼ cup Newman’s Light Balsamic, Vinaigrette, Ken’s Lite Caesar Dressing or Cardini’s Light Caesar Vinaigrette, see shopping tip
- 1½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- ⅛ teaspoon dried oregano
Ingredients for Salad:
- 6 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 1 cup chicken breast, cooked and chopped (remove skin)
- 1 cup cucumbers, chopped
- 1 cup yellow, orange or red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
- ⅓ cup red onions, chopped fine
Ingredients for Topping:
- ¼ cup fat-free feta cheese
- 5 Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced, optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl add dressing ingredients and mix together. Refrigerate until ready to toss the salad.
- In a large bowl, add all salad ingredients. Toss with dressing.
- Divide salad among 2 plates. Top each salad with 2 tablespoons cheese and 1½ tablespoons olives, if desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 4cupsCalories: 259kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 30gFat: 8gSodium: 256mgFiber: 5gSugar: 3gBlue Smart Points: 3Green Smart Points: 4Plus Points: 6
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