Grilled Chicken Salad With Cherries

Golden-red Rainier cherries look prettiest in this salad, but any fresh sweet cherries will do.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup salad greens, 3 ounces chicken, 1/4 cup chopped cherries, and 2 tablespoons vinaigrette)

Ingredients

• Chicken:
• 2  teaspoons  olive oil
• 6  (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  black pepper
• Cooking spray
• 
  Vinaigrette:
• 1/3  cup  water
• 1/4  cup  red wine vinegar
• 2  tablespoons  minced shallots
• 1  tablespoon  olive oil
• 2  teaspoons  Dijon mustard
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  minced fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2  teaspoon  sugar
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  black pepper
• 
  Salad:
• 6  cups  gourmet salad greens
• 1 1/2  cups  coarsely chopped pitted sweet cherries
• 6  whole cherries (optional)

Preparation

To prepare chicken, rub 2 teaspoons oil over chicken. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Prepare grill.

Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.

To prepare vinaigrette, combine water and next 8 ingredients (water through 1/8 teaspoon pepper) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.

Arrange salad greens on plates, and top with sliced chicken, chopped cherries, and vinaigrette. Garnish with whole cherries, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

217 (31% from fat)

Fat:

7.5g (sat 1.5g,mono 4g,poly 1.2g)

Protein:

27.8g

Carbohydrate:

8.8g

Fiber:

1.9g

Cholesterol:

72mg

Iron:

1.7mg

Sodium:

290mg

Calcium:

41mg