2-3heads of romaine lettuce, chopped, can use another leafy green of choice
3eggs, hard boiled, diced
1apple, chopped, I prefer Gala, Fuji, or Red Delicious
1medium avocado, ripe, sliced
1small container of cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
1/2cucumber, diced, can remove peel or leave it on
1/4red onion, diced
Lemon Vinaigrette
1/4cuplight olive oil, do not use extra virgin
2tsplemon juice
1tbsporange juice
Instructions
Add olive oil to saute pan or cast iron skillet. Heat pan to medium high heat.
Slice chicken horizontally to create thin cutlets. This helps us cook the chicken faster and gets us better browning on all sides.
Add chicken to hot pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder, and dried basil on top of each cutlet. Cook until chicken has some browning on bottom side, about 3 to 5 minutes. Flip chicken. Add lemon juice to the pan. Cook until remaining side of chicken is browned, about 5 minutes.
To assemble the salads, divide your chopped lettuce into bowls. Top with tomatoes, apples, cucumber, hard boiled eggs, and red onion. Slice your chicken and add it to the salads. Add your sliced avocado at the very end to prevent browning.
Combine all Lemon Vinaigrette ingredients in a jar and shake. Drizzle over each finished salad when you're ready to serve!
Notes
This recipe is plenty to serve to 4 people as an entree. If you're just making it for one I recommend going ahead and making the full recipe because this salad does beautifully when made in advance. (Just don't add the dressing or avocado to the salads until you're ready to serve.) It's so much easier to eat healthy when you meal prep!If you have extra Lemon Vinaigrette leftover just store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.