Brown Bag It

Both my husband and I take our lunch to work often. Our brown bag staples: turkey sandwich, pretzels and pineapple chunks. But a girl can not live on turkey alone! To spice up our lunch bag a bit, I recently experimented with some different types of chicken salad.

I have mentioned before my love of rotisserie chicken. Once again, those chickens have come to my rescue. This basic recipe for chicken salad (pesto, lemon, chicken and scallions) can be jazzed up with sun-dried tomatoes or any other add-in that sounds good to you. It doesn't have any mayo, but the pesto provides plenty of moisture.


Chicken Salad
1 tub (1 cup) store-bought pesto sauce
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cooked rotisserie chicken, pulled from bone
4 scallions, chopped
1 jarred whole roasted red pepper, chopped
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Place the pesto in a large bowl and stir in the lemon juice. Add the chicken, scallions, roasted red pepper and toss coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.