Friday, April 12, 2013

Avocado Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Baby Carrots, Honeycrisp Apples, and Grapes

Lunch #1: Avocado Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Baby Carrots, Honeycrisp Apples*, and Grapes

There's nothing better than a creamy avocado and I make mean guacamole. So, to replace mayo in the chicken salad I basically made guac and used it with the chicken. And, to put more whole fruits and veggies I'm trying to replace not so great sides (chips, fries, pasta salad) with crunchy, whole alternatives.

 The first day I made the sandwiches I assembled them as normal:


However, eating was messy since the avocado mix squeezed out when we took a bite of the sandwich. Not fun.

The next day I learned from my error and made more of a deconstructed plate which I found more appetizing because I love food I get to assemble as I eat.

yeah, I don't know how this pic turned out so well either!

*Honeycrisp Apples
In my opinion, honeycrisp apples are the holy grail of apples.  I'd take them over a good chocolate bar any day. And for me, that's saying a lot. I got bags of them at Sam's Club last year for a good price but I haven't seen an abundance of them this year. I read somewhere that honeycrisp would be scarce this season due to freeze damage and other weather related reasons in Michigan but I'm not sure if that's why.


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