Ingredients:
6 tbsp lime juice
1/4 cup honey
3 tsp low-sodium soy sauce
1/4 tsp red chile flakes
2 tsp ginger root - (very finely minced)
2 cup cooked chicken, shredded
1 cup california dried figs - sliced cros, swise
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup mint, chopped
1/2 cantaloupe, pared - and cut into 1/2
1 red bell pepper - cut into 1/2 cube, s
1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded, - and cut
10 iceberg lettuce leaves
1/4 cup roasted peanuts (optional) - (coars, ely chopped)
GARNISH
1 mint sprig (optional)
Instructions:
In small bowl, combine first five ingredients. Place chicken in
medium bowl, and toss with figs, green onions and chopped mint. Pour
marinade over chicken mixture with cantaloupe, bell pepper and
cucumber. Arrange lettuce on a chilled platter. Mound chicken salad
attractively in center. Sprinkle with peanuts and garnish with mint
as desired.
Each serving contains approximately: Calories 250, Fat 2.88 g, Dietary
Fiber 7.16 g, Carbohydrates 43 g, Protein 17.2 g, Sodium 228 mg,
Cholesterol 39.3 mg
Calories from protein: 26% Calories from carbohydrates: 64% Calories
from fat: 10%
Source: Low-fat Recipes Featuring California Figs Reprinted with the
permission of The California Fig Advisory Board Electronic format
courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Servings: 6
Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting
Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.
Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.
"If God grants me longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a chicken in the pot every Sunday." Henri IV of France, in a conversation with the Duke of Savoy
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