Chicken and Wild Rice Salad

 

Here's another no-recipe recipe for another day when it's simply too hot to cook.

Early in the morning, I cooked one package of Lundberg Wild Rice blend according to the package directions, but I used chicken broth instead of water.

At the same time, I poached a chicken breast, but you could use sliced chicken from the deli or leftover rotisserie chicken. 

Ingredients

• Cooked wild rice blend
• minced red onion
• sliced or shredded cooked chicken breast
• diced cooked bacon (I used turkey bacon)
• sliced avocado
• sliced nectarine
• chopped smoked almonds (optional)

I tucked a bit of chopped napa cabbage in there (just because) and drizzled the salad with a mango balsamic vinaigrette. 

Balsamic Vinaigrette

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons mango balsamic (any flavor of balsamic will do)
• 2 teaspoons honey
• salt and pepper