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Paleo Chicken & Cucumber Salad

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Today I thought I’d get in on the Tasty Tuesday action 🙂 
A couple of weeks ago I posted a picture on Instagram of one of my new favorites, Paleo Chicken & Cucumber Salad; it was received well, ergo I’m posting it here.  If you visit often you know I’m trying to keep things Paleo…. trying.  I’m not quite succeeding at this venture but I’m doing okay.  If my fridge were loaded with this salad like a 1990’s Dr. Dre music-video-fridge full of forties,  I would be the happiest girl.

Paleo Chicken Cucumber Salad

Here’s what you’ll need:

2-3 Grilled Chicken Breasts
2-3 Cucumbers
{as many as your heart desires}Heirloom Tomatoes
1 Red Onion 
2 Lemons 
Olive Oil
Salt 
Pepper
Adobo All Purpose Seasoning Lemon & Pepper

I think I love this dish SO much because it reminds me of ceviche. When preparing the red onion slices for the salad you soak them in water and salt, just as you would when you prepare ceviche; this cuts the harshness of the onion. Do not skip this step!

While your red onion slices are soaking begin grilling your chicken. I used my George Forman Grill. Don’t judge, it is the best wedding present ever!
I lightly seasoned my chicken with Goya Adobo All Purpose Seasoning with lemon & pepper.
Once your chicken is cooked thoroughly place on cutting board to cool.  

Begin peeling your cucumbers; my kiddos enjoy “zebra” cucumbers but eh if you like to keep your skins on by all means… 
Chop or slice your cucumbers and tomatoes.
Drain the red onion slices and pat off just to make sure that they are not super soaked.
Chop your grilled chicken.
Once everything is chopped or sliced throw it all into a large bowl. 

The dressing:
I’m an eyeballer, this is a technical term which means I don’t use measurements. I cook and rarely bake, I’ve got people for that.
I used about 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
A dash of the Adobo
A pinch of salt 
Sprinkle of pepper and the juice of 1 1/2 lemons.
Shake well and pour over your salad.

Enjoy!


 

 

 

19 thoughts on “Paleo Chicken & Cucumber Salad

  1. Yona Williams

    June 24, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Cucumber + lemon + chicken sounds extremely tasty…yum!!! I love chicken salads, and this one sounds ideal for a summertime meal or picnic.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      June 25, 2014 at 12:42 pm

      Thank you, Yona.
      The salad is absolutely delicious, please say you’ll try it 🙂
      Someone either on my old blog (I recently transferred to WP) or Pinterest suggested I the salad would be great for a picnic, and I have no idea why I didn’t think of that.
      I will have to try that, maybe fill up little bowls stick them in the cooler and take it to the beach 🙂
      Thanks for stopping by.
      XOXO

  2. Meredith@MommyAtoZ

    June 30, 2014 at 2:58 am

    Thanks for linking up at the Manic Mondays blog hop! Yours is one of the featured posts this week! Check it out at: http://mommyatozblog.com/2014/06/29/join-the-manic-mondays-blog-hop-2/. Hope to see you there!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      July 2, 2014 at 8:23 pm

      THANK YOU!!!! I’m on my way 🙂
      XOXO

  3. Marcia

    July 3, 2014 at 9:59 am

    Your cucumber chicken recipe sounds delicious. I’ll add it to my menu list for next week. Thanks!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      July 3, 2014 at 3:59 pm

      Yay! I’m happy to hear you will be adding my recipe to your menu 🙂 Please let me know what you think.
      XOXO

  4. Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life

    July 28, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    Looks delish! I will definitely try this!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      July 29, 2014 at 4:04 pm

      Yay!! I would love to hear what you think 🙂
      XOXO

  5. Tricia the Good Mama

    September 15, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    Yum! My son loves cucumbers and tomatoes, so we are going to definitely be trying out this recipe. Pinning!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      September 16, 2014 at 9:57 am

      Thanks, Tricia!
      My kids LOVE this recipe! I would love to hear what your son thinks of it 🙂
      XOXO

  6. Joanna Clute @ Motherhood and Merlot

    October 3, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Yum! I love to eat chilled cucumber salads but never thought of adding chicken and other things to it! Great recipe:)

    1. MrsA0K2001

      October 6, 2014 at 11:33 pm

      Thanks, Joanna! This is such a yummy salad, my babies wanted it all summer long.
      XOXO

  7. K. Elizabeth (YUMMommy)

    November 24, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    Love a great salad! I’m pretty sure I could live off of just salad for a year and be so content.

    1. MrsA0K2001

      November 25, 2014 at 10:57 am

      Yes, that would be awesome! You could try a new flavor/style everyday. 365 Salads, sounds like a blog or series to me… should I expect to see it soon 🙂
      XOXO

  8. Kristi Campbell

    December 9, 2014 at 10:01 am

    That looks amazing! Pinned it to my food board! YUM! 🙂

    1. MrsA0K2001

      December 10, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      Thank you! I promise it’s absolutely delicious, we enjoyed eating cucumber salads all summer long 🙂
      XOXO

  9. Jodi Flaherty

    February 13, 2015 at 10:24 am

    My hubby eats semi- paleo (meaning he is not 100% strict) and would love this! I always try to base our meals off of his core items, but I think 3 out of 4 of us would LOVE this!

    1. MrsA0K2001

      February 13, 2015 at 9:49 pm

      I’m semi-paleo too, well, I’ve been more semi than paleo lately. :-/
      I love this salad! I hope you will try it. 🙂
      XOXO

  10. Lori Hil

    May 5, 2015 at 6:48 pm

    Thanks for sharing, this looks so delicious! I was just searching through my paleo recipes. Will add to my pale/keto/low carb board on Pinterest!

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