WW Recipe of the Day: Chicken Salad with Apples & Cranberries
(220 calories | 5 3 3 myWW *SmartPoints value per serving)
Leftover rotisserie chicken, apples, celery, and dried cranberries in a light creamy Greek yogurt based dressing combine to create this light and delicious healthy chicken salad with apples and cranberries.
Easy, healthy chicken salad with apples and cranberries
Which reminds me of a classic Waldorf salad – only lighter – and with chicken.
I served this chicken salad with apples and cranberries for lunch on a bed of mixed greens and baby arugula. And garnished it with a little shredded carrot and chopped cucumber.
All I can say is, “YUM.”
The Skinny on Chicken Salad with Apples & Cranberries
I rarely cook chicken just to make chicken salad. It seems like too much work. Instead, it’s a recipe I tend to make when there’s leftover home cooked or rotisserie chicken staring back at me from the fridge.
To keep this chicken salad with apples and cranberries lighter and healthier, I use plain nonfat Greek yogurt and a little Hellman’s light mayonnaise to dress it without drowning it.
WW Friendly Low Fat Apple Cranberry Chicken Salad
Adding apples and celery is a tasty way to add flavor and crunch for minimal calories and points.
This chicken salad with apples and cranberries would be yummy on whole wheat crackers or a toasted english muffin or stuffed into a pita too.
According to my calculations, each serving has 220 calories and
5 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Healthy Chicken Salad with Apples & Cranberries
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 cup chopped apple, about 1 large; I used a Pink Lady and kept the peel because it was organic
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons Hellman's light mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the chicken, celery, apple and cranberries in a bowl and stir to combine and then set it aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, mayonnaise and lemon juice.
- Add this to the chicken mixture and stir to mix well.
- Stir in the parsley if desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Recipe Notes
*PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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Creamy Chicken Salad Recipe – with celery, dried cranberries, and smoked almonds dressed in a combination of light mayonnaise and nonfat Greek Yogurt with 13.6 g fat, 14.6 g carbs. 2.8 g fiber, 39.5 g protein and 8 WW Points+ from Cooking Light found at MyRecipes
Curried Chicken Salad with Apples and Raisins – fruit studded chicken salad for two with with 222 calories and 6 WW Points+ from Cooking Light found at MyRecipes
Ellie Kriger’s Curried Chicken Salad – with grapes, almonds and cilantro has 325 calories and 6 WW Points+ per serving from Ellie Krieger found at the Food Network
Lighter Chicken Salad – from chicken cooked in broth so it needs less dressing with 4 WW Points+ from Gina at SkinnyTaste
Mango Chicken Salad – with yogurt, fresh mango, and mango chutney with 6 WW Points+ from Alanna at Kitchen Parade.
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Hi, I'm Martha. Simple Nourished Living chronicles the easy and delicious Weight Watchers friendly recipes, tips & hints that help me balance my love of food and desire to be happy, healthy and slim. 
Jan
Love this recipe! My husband likes it too! Instead of apples I use red grapes cut in half. Serve on a bed of lettuce or a flat out! Yummy!
Edith
Do you think this will be good if I make it a day ahead?
Marilyn
I have made this salad twice. Both times I used grapes instead of cranberries. It is really good. I’m sure I will made it again. Thank you!
Brandi
I believe if you substitue grapes instead of dried cranberries, then the entire recipe would be 2 points on Purple. You’d only have to count the light mayo.
Jeanne Walz
Delicious! I made a wrap out of it. Total 4 freestyle points. Filled me up. Husband loved it too!
Judi Gowin
We love this salad. Using the greek yogurt adds great flavor without the extra points. Thank you for sharing again.
Marge
I made this salad during the heat of summer when I was having company for the day. It was a winner as everyone enjoyed it. I used rotisserie chicken to further shorten my prep time; a sure hit.
Leslie Jones
Exactly what is a serving? 1/2 cup or what?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Leslie, the recipe says that the serving size is about 1 cup. Hope this helps. ~Martha
Tracey
Great for lunch. Added more craisins than called for to add a little more zing. Put it in a wrap. Just two extra points. Delicious!
Iamlinny
Recipe is deelish but I can’t figure out how the points were figured. For purple only the light mayo and dried cranberries would be counted, I believe. I just cancelled my membership with WW, so I can’t get to the recipe calculator.