Fruity Chicken Couscous Salad
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups plain couscous
- 3 cups cubed, cooked skinless chicken breast
- 4 cups mixed fruit of your choosing, cut into bite-size pieces, such as oranges, cantaloupe, peaches. berries, pineapple, apples, and grapes*
- 1/2 cup plain, nonfat yogurt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Leaf of lettuce for serving
- In a medium-size saucepan, bring the broth to a boil over heat. Stir in the couscous, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes, then remove the saucepan lid, fluff with a fork, and transfer couscous to a large bowl. Chill, uncovered, for 10 to 15 minutes in the refigerator.
- Remove the couscous from the refrigerator, and add the chicken and fruit; toss to mix.
- In a small bowl, mix the yogurt, olive oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, orange juice, and lemon juice. Add the yogurt mixture to the chicken mixture and stir gently. Serve each portion on a bed of leaf lettuce.
- How kids can help: Measure ingredients, help make dressing, and stir it into chicken salad.
- *Grapes and apples can be a choking hazard for children under
chicken broth, couscous, chicken breast, mixed fruit, nonfat yogurt, olive oil, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, orange juice, lemon juice
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fruity-chicken-couscous-salad (may not work)