Chicken and Cheese Salad

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Salads are great foods when it is too hot to cook, and we have been in the middle of a heat wave here in Maine. The following is just one of many salad ideas for your consideration.

Ingredients:

chicken, sandwich meat

cheese slices

cabbage

Romaine lettuce

radicchio

baby spinach

cucumber

shredded carrot

cherry tomatoes

1. Cut the chicken meat into strips.
2. Do the same with the cheese.
3. Shred the cabbage, lettuce and radicchio.
4. Chop the spinach.
5. Slice the cucumber.
6. Place those ingredients into a bowl, and the shredded carrots along with the tomatoes. Mix it all up.

Tips:

• Use produce from your garden to save money.
• Most of these ingredients will be available at your local food cupboard.
• Sandwich meat and cheese can be frozen for later voice so, if a sale occurs, stock up – especially if you have coupons.

Serving Suggestions:

• Serve with homemade bread or rolls.
• This would also be good served with soup.

What are your favorite non traditional uses for sandwich meats and cheeses? Let us know in the comments for this post.

Shannon