This past weekend was labor day weekend; it’s a bittersweet time of saying goodbye to summer and hello to autumn. I thought that I was completely ready and enthused to jump into autumn, but was surprised by my hesitancy to bid summer farewell. My husband and daughter had picked out a yellow watermelon to have with dinner on labor day, so we made it a “in memory of summer” meal. Although, between you and me, I’ll be making this again within a week.
We made this the same day we started our September Whole 30 Challenge. The program doesn’t allow for the majority of processed food. Thankfully, I had ordered Avocado Mayo last month; which is compliant with the program with its total of 6 totally recognizable and pronounceable ingredients. I get the mayo for a fraction of what the price is at most health food stores by purchasing from Thrive Market. About a year ago, a nutritionist friend of mine told me about thrive market and how her family was saving so much! She told me that Thrive Market was an online, wholesale health store! I checked it out and compared the prices to other sources, and these were by far, the best! Now, our family usually places a monthly order that includes coffee, soaps, clean cereals, our little girl’s favorite quinoa pasta, a myriad of other things, and obviously primal mayo.
At first glance, this recipe serves 4-6 people, but I have to be honest, our family of three ate it all in one sitting! Given that it takes one cutting board, some utensils and one mixing bowl to make this meal, we enjoyed minimal clean up and finished the evening feasting on our yellow watermelon.
- 2 cups grilled and diced chicken
- 1/4 cup diced chives
- 3/4 cups diced grapes
- 1/2 cup Avocado Oil Mayo
- salt and pepper to taste
- romaine lettuce leaves
- Mix all ingredients (except the lettuce) in a bowl
- Scoop the chicken salad onto the lettuce leaves
- Enjoy!
Looks great and healthy! Will try this for lunch this week!
What a yummy way to end the summer! Thanks for sharing!
This looks so good!
Thanks Lindsay!
YUM! I really like avocado oil mayo – Thanks for sharing this! I eat Paleo most of the time since I have a lot of food allergies and intolerances, so thank you for sharing this great info!
Thanks Emily! It can definitely be a struggle to eat paleo, but I feel like I see more paleo friendly products everyday!
Oh this would be ideal for my lunches! I am off to the store and need to get chicken. I have the rest – thanks for the recipe!
That’s great Kim! Thanks for reading.
These look absolutely scrumptious! Im going to have try this soon, very soon.
This is probably one of my favorite lunches when I’m doing Paleo! Thanks for the easy recipe!
OH MY GOSH! These look so good and are such a great alternative to bread! Love it.
Love this! Healthy, fresh and yummy…. perfect for the hot summer days here!
I love avocado oil mayo! So delicious. This recipe looks delish!
Ooooh my husband is always asking me to make chicken salad! I will have to try this out!!
Let me know what he thinks of it! I’ve been following you for a little while and I LOVE your blog! Looking forward to your future posts.
This looks great! I’ll have to try this recipe soon. Have you tried making the Whole 30 mayo?
Thanks Lesley! I haven’t yet. My friend made it and RAVES about it. I’ll have to try it soon.
Looks really good, and easy to make!
I love avocado! I haven’t tried avocado oil mayo and didn’t know it even existed! Definitely adding this to my grocery list. Love how you combined the chicken salad with the lettuce to make a wrap. Great, healthy dish I could use for lunch as a busy mom! 🙂
I totally agree Jennifer! It’s nice to have in the fridge and throw on some lettuce and feel like I have a real lunch for myself, haha.
Well this just looks delicious! I am definitely going to add this to our recipe book! I am also checking out Thrive Market–it sounds awesome!
Thanks Emily! Yes, thrive market is awesome! I love your website. The Zoey and Evan engagement shoot was beautiful!
Looks delicious! I’m always looking for healthy things to eat for lunch. This is great.
Thanks Sarah! I really enjoyed your county fair post!
Healthy and delicious wraps you got there! It’s also easy to make. Will try it out sometime!