Best Cantaloupe Chicken Orzo Salad Recipes
CANTALOUPE CHICKEN-ORZO SALAD
Too hot to cook? Then try a main-dish salad served on cool, refreshing cantaloupe wedges. Serve with a grainy muffin or hard roll and pitchers of iced tea. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice, mint, lemon zest, honey, salt, pepper and pineapple juice until smooth. , Drain pasta and rinse in cold water. Place in a large bowl; add the chicken, celery, red pepper, onions and pineapple. Add mayonnaise mixture and toss to coat. Serve on cantaloupe wedges. Sprinkle with cashews.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 345 calories, Fat 8g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 58mg cholesterol, Sodium 473mg sodium, Carbohydrate 43g carbohydrate (18g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 27g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
CANTALOUPE CHICKEN-ORZO SALAD RECIPE
Too hot to cook? Then try a main-dish salad served on cool, refreshing cantaloupe wedges. Serve with a grainy muffin or hard roll and pitchers of iced tea.
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, drain pineapple, reserving juice; set pineapple aside. In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice, mint, lemon peel, honey, salt, pepper and pineapple juice until smooth.
- Drain pasta and rinse in cold water. Place in a large bowl; add the chicken, celery, red pepper, onions and pineapple. Add mayonnaise mixture and toss to coat. Serve on cantaloupe wedges. Sprinkle with cashews.
- Yield: 4 servings.
- Originally published as Cantaloupe Chicken-Orzo Salad in Country Woman
- July/August 2006, p51
- Nutritional Facts
- 4 cantaloupe with 1 cup chicken salad equals 345 calories, 8 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 58 mg cholesterol, 473 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 27 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat.
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