grilled chicken salad

[cimorene]

About a bowl of mixed salad, 2 tomatoes, 3 grilled chicken breasts in strips, a double handful of fresh basil leaves & green onions torn roughly into smaller pieces. Dressing: a few tablespoons of pesto mixed in a small bowl with oil (maybe a deciliter or abt ½ cup), a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice and a bit of water to thin it out.

Not exactly surprisingly, this is very very tasty. But I need to be sure and remember the proportions. Last time we had chicken salad, the lack of basil and use of balsamic vinegar instead of pesto and lemon made it much less delicious.

Comments

[sookail]

*is intrigued* I`ve been making variations of this for years, but have always used the vinegar or olive oil+lemon juice. The pesto thing sounds very interesting, indeed.

[cimorene]

Actually it was a random inspiration because I (mistakenly, LOL) thought I was out of olive oil, and rapeseed oil is too flavorless to use as a dressing without some seasoning. Then my eye fell on the pesto - which I typically eat with basil and tomatoes anyway - so I went ahead and mixed it into the dressing. I was shocked how delicious it became.