I’m happy to partner with Mighties® Kiwi to bring you this fresh Kiwi and Chicken Salad with Goat Cheese Dressing recipe.
It’s that time of year where my self control goes out the window. With all the cookies, candies and cocktails everywhere we look, staying on track to maintain a healthy lifestyle isn’t the easiest. I’m horrible at resisting temptation, so I have to make sure that all along the way I have good food options too. That way, making healthy choices is a bit easier.
In addition to all the holiday goodies lying around, I always make sure to have bowls of fruit and vegetables at the ready. Mighties® Kiwi are one of our favorite, healthy staples. Known for being always ripe and ready to eat, Mighties® Kiwi are one of the easiest to eat snacks there is. Around our house, they go into lunch boxes, get taken on the bus to basketball games, are a common after school snack, a healthy side dish at dinner and more. From my 7 year old up to my teens, Mighties® Kiwi are much loved in our home.
Did you know that Mighties® Kiwi aren’t just for snacking? I love to use this versatile fruit in all kinds of recipes too. My most recent favorite use for Mighties® Kiwi is in salads, and this Kiwi and Chicken Salad with Goat Cheese Dressing recipe is an absolute favorite. I could eat it for lunch and dinner every day and be happy. Salads are naturally healthy, but when you add this superfood boost to your salad, you’re getting:
- More vitamin C than an orange
- More potassium than a banana
- More fiber than the leading cereal brand
- More vitamins E & K than an avocado
Why not throw a sliced up Mighties® Kiwi into your next salad creation and see for yourself how delicious they can be? Do like I do and keep the skin on your kiwi – it’s really rich in fiber!
If you are like me and are looking to counter the tempting treats of the season, do so by keeping Mighties® Kiwi on hand during the holidays. From recipes to a quick superfood snack, you’ll feel like you aren’t sacrificing a thing when you eat a Mighties® Kiwi.
For more recipe inspiration using Mighties® Kiwi, make sure to follow them on Instagram! Be prepared to be inspired.
Kiwi and Chicken Salad with Goat Cheese Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- For the dressing
- 3 ounces goat cheese crumbled and softened
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- For the salad
- 5 ounces mixed baby greens
- 2 Tablespoons fresh sweet basil leaves finely chopped
- 1 cooked boneless skinless chicken breast cut into bite size strips
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
- 2 Mighties® Kiwi sliced then cut slices into fourths
Instructions
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For the goat cheese dressing:
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Pour whole milk and lemon juice in a bowl and let set for 5 minutes or until milk curdles.
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Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a small bowl until smooth.
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For the salad:
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Toss together salad greens and basil in a large bowl. Top with chicken, cranberries, pine nuts and Mighties® Kiwi. Drizzle with prepared goat cheese dressing when ready to serve.
Disclosure: I’m pleased to partner with Mighties® to discover the many nutritional benefits of this amazing fuzzy fruit. While this is a sponsored post, the thoughts expressed are my own.
We absolutely love kiwi here. I am allergic to bananas and having kiwi on hand helps with the potassium issue for me – when I was running they were a must!
The goat cheese dressing sounds lovely with the salad ingredients. I’m going to have to try it!
This look so delicious. Will be making this a recipe for my family.
Wonderful! Enjoy!
Random question… You don’t take the skin off the kiwi before eating it?
The skin is definitely edible and how we eat it, but the reason a lot of people peel the kiwi is because they don’t like the texture. We don’t mind it (and like most fruit there are a lot of extra nutrients – like fiber – in the skin). Eating it with the skin on is definitely easier 🙂
I figured there were plenty of nutrients in the skin. I was raised eating peeled kiwi, so it never occurred to me to try it with the skin on!
PS. Caroline prefers it with the skin on. How do we know? She reached out and grabbed a kiwi and just took a bite. She refused to eat it after we gave her a piece that was peeled. 😉
See, she’s just trying to make your life easier!
I grew up eating it without the peeling too, but once I had kids I’d cut it in half circle slices and or triangles and let them eat it that way. And now that’s how we eat it. It all came from me being lazy 🙂
Not lazy. Just more efficient. 😉