Festive Greek Chicken Salad + Litehouse giveaway!

Note: Giveaway and coupon are long over, but read on for the yummy recipe!

This week’s recipe is sponsored by Litehouse Foods — and be sure to read on to the end to find how you also can enter for your chance to win some yummy Litehouse products like the ones I used here! Can’t wait? Head over and print a handy coupon for $1.00/1 any Lighthouse product.

I received Litehouse red wine & olive oil vinaigrette, Litehouse Instantly Fresh freeze dried oregano, and Simply Artisan Reserve feta crumbles to create a holiday recipe — so decided to scratch up an easy, light, yet festive salad to help balance out all the heavy meals and desserts we tend to indulge in during this time of year.

I was especially intrigued by the Instantly Fresh oregano, which you use one-to-one like fresh and which reconstitutes in liquid. So, I also wanted to go with a recipe where that oregano flavor could really stand out. This leads us to Festive Greek Chicken Salad, which is both gluten free and low carb.

Festive Greek Chicken Salad

Ingredients

1/2 cup Litehouse red wine & olive oil vinaigrette
Juice of one small lemon
2 tsp minced garlic
1 Tbsp Litehouse Instantly Fresh oregano
1.5-2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
Kosher salt
Black pepper
Olive oil
8 oz bag fresh spinach
Simply Artisan Reserve feta crumbles
Dried cranberries
Olives (I used a jar of Mediterranean blend)
Sliced onion
Additional oregano, for garnish
Additional dressing, on the side

Directions *

Trim chicken and season on both sides with salt and pepper, then place in small nonreactive baking dish. Combine vinaigrette, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano. Pour over chicken, then marinate in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.

Using enough olive oil to cover the bottom of a large pan, heat 2-3 minutes over medium heat before adding chicken. Cook chicken over medium heat 8-12 minutes a side, depending on thickness, until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Let cool, then slice into strips.

Arrange 4 oz spinach on a platter, then decorate your leafy “tree” with chicken strips, feta crumbles, dried cranberries, olives, and onion. Garnish with oregano, and serve with additional dressing to taste.

* Note: The ingredients listed make enough for two festive “trees” as shown here, or just create one finished salad for inspiration and lay out the rest of the ingredients so that everyone can assemble their own to taste. I also added a little “star” to the top of mine that I cut out of Monterey Jack cheese (optional).

Yum!

The chicken here came out super moist and flavorful and paired quite nicely with the feta, cranberries, and spinach in a lighter — yet filling — meal. Festive Greek Chicken Salad received thumbs up from everyone here, although the kids chose to pick out out the onions and go heavier on the chicken.

Festive Greek Chicken Salad, printable recipe

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Festive Greek Chicken Salad + Litehouse giveaway!

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Course dinner, Salad

Total Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Rachel Singer

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Litehouse red wine & olive oil vinaigrette
• Juice of one small lemon
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 1 Tbsp Litehouse Instantly Fresh oregano
• 1.5-2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
• Kosher salt
• Black pepper
• Olive oil
• 8 oz bag fresh spinach
• Simply Artisan Reserve feta crumbles
• Dried cranberries
• Olives (I used a jar of Mediterranean blend)
• Sliced onion
• Additional oregano, for garnish
• Additional dressing, on the side

Instructions

• Trim chicken and season on both sides with salt and pepper, then place in small nonreactive baking dish.
• Combine vinaigrette, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano.
• Pour over chicken, then marinate in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
• Using enough olive oil to cover the bottom of a large pan, heat 2-3 minutes over medium heat before adding chicken.
• Cook chicken over medium heat 8-12 minutes a side, depending on thickness, until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
• Let cool, then slice into strips.
• Arrange 4 oz spinach on a platter, then decorate your leafy "tree" with chicken strips, feta crumbles, dried cranberries, olives, and onion.
• Garnish with oregano, and serve with additional dressing to taste.

Notes

The ingredients listed make enough for two festive "trees" as shown here, or just create one finished salad for inspiration and lay out the rest of the ingredients so that everyone can assemble their own to taste. I also added a little "star" to the top of mine that I cut out of Monterey Jack cheese (optional).

On to the giveaway ** OVER **

What can you win?

• One lucky Mashup Mom reader will win Litehouse products to create their own recipe: One Litehouse Foods cheese, one Litehouse Foods Dressing, and one Litehouse Foods dried herbs.

How do you enter?

• Just comment here and let me know what you think of this recipe — or what you might make with similar ingredients!

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