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Chicken Salad

I just returned from my trip Boston not to long ago to visit with family and to go to the Paramore and Fallout Boy concert, which I thoroughly enjoyed.


I may have screamed a little more than I should have.

But during my vacation me and my sister agreed we needed a day at the beach since all winter we were collecting an indecent amount of bathing suits. We decided to go to the beach in Gloucester MA, which is where her mother in law live. We stopped in with her for a bit and had lunch and chatted. We couldn't help but to rant and rave over her amazing chicken salad that she served with delicious crusty bread. She told us her secret, to cut down on time she bought a roasted chicken from the store and to it she added mayo, cayenne pepper, curry powder, and grapes. I was amazed at how so little ingredients made something taste so amazing. So I just had to try it myself.



So for my recipe I kept the grapes, mayo and the ingeniously thought out roasted chicken from the store. But, to it I added dijon mustard, green onions, salt, pepper, turmeric powder and a splash of lemon juice. I opted for fresh spinach leaves instead of the crusty bread this time. This makes the perfect noontime meal. Enjoy!

Ingredients
Shredded Roasted Chicken (de-boned, remove skin)
Dijon Mustard
Mayonnaise
Turmeric Powder 
Lemon juice
Two green onion stems (green and white parts)
Grapes
Salt and Pepper to taste (optional)
Spinach


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