Mara's favorite Chicken Salad

I made this chicken salad for Mara a few weeks ago, and she now asks me for it ALL the time! She has definitely developed a love for salads-chicken, egg, her avocado salad....

This chicken salad couldn't get any easier, and its definitely a toddler-pleaser. Even Analese-who is a "peabutter and jelly kind-of-girl", loves to eat this for lunch. We serve it on the Chebe Flatbread-which is truly the best gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free bread for sandwiches and salads.

As for measurements, again we just kind of throw everything together, so feel free to add as much or as little of something, depending on what you like.

Ingredients

• boneless, skinless chicken breast, cooked and chopped or shredded
• apple, diced
• celery, chopped
• dried prunes, chopped thinly
• canola mayonnaise (we use Spectrum's Canola Mayo, but safflower mayo would work, or any other acceptable choice that works for you)
• Salt and pepper to taste
  

Combine ingredients. Done! Serve on a bed of lettuce or spinach, or on warm flatbread....yum!
My husband has also added the following to his: curry powder, or old bay seasoning...both were very good!
(I do recommend making it a few hours beforehand so that the ingredients can combine together in the fridge for better taste, but this isn't absolutely necessary.)

Lunch Ideas

I have been having such a hard time finding some computer time these days!

Becky@ BoysRuleMyLife had asked for some simple lunch ideas, and I must admit...I am not that creative when it comes to lunches! Usually I will make extras fro dinner and use that for the next day's lunch.

However, we do not always have that option, or Mara simply refuses to eat it again (like she did today). So here are some things that work for us:

• Peabutter on rice cake. We haven't attempted nuts with Mara yet, so we use peabutter-which is made from golden peas. It is pretty good! We have also used sunbutter, but Mara seems to prefer the creaminess of the peabutter. It is also good on apples and celery for a snack! I usually serve her this with some fruit or veggies.
  
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• "Toddler Salad": I made this for Mara today. I chopped up avocado, lettuce, some leftover steamed asparagus, raisins, thin carrot slices and celery. I added it all onto her plate and sprinkled some leftover white beans. She loved it!
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• Simple casseroles. My husband is not a fan of casseroles for dinner, so I try and make them for our lunches instead. I made a baked spaghetti casserole, which was very easy- cooked corn spaghetti noddles into a casserole dish and I added some dice tomatoes, basil and sprinkled rice crumbs on the top. I cooked it for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees. The girls loved it!
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• I use Chebe bread to make flatbread/tortillas and then brown some ground turkey with some cumin and chili peppers. We add black beans, corn and avocados and it makes a great meal!
  

I hope that has given you some ideas! I will post some more again soon!