This post is sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. All comments, opinions, and recipe are my own.
Hello, friends – Happy New Year! Who is already busy working on some big goals this year?! I get asked a lot about how I am able to maintain a healthy lifestyle and my number one tip for people is this: Don’t overwhelm yourself. Seriously, whenever I’m trying to make a big change I try to make the transition as easy as possible on myself. That means finding shortcuts and hacks in whatever areas I can. One of the biggest areas I’m able to do that is in the kitchen by using convenient products like Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips.
These chicken breast strips are a lifesaver when I don’t have time to cook my own chicken…. and we allll know how important chicken is if you’re a WW member. #ZeroPoints! These strips are 98% fat free and are 100% natural, made with white meat chicken and no antibiotics ever. Each serving contains 19g of protein and is 0 WW SmartPoints. The thing I love most about these strips is that they come frozen in a large 22oz bag so I don’t have to worry about opening a package and trying to use the whole thing before it spoils. The freezer bag makes it easy to remove exactly how much you need and allows you to keep the rest on hand for the next time you need a quick protein solution. So. Easy.
I purchase the Tyson Grilled & Ready Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips at my local Walmart. (And truth be told, I usually use the Walmart Online Grocery Pickup because, again, I’m all about making my life easier. The service is free as long as you spend $30 so definitely check it out if you’ve never used it.) The chicken strips are super versatile and make meal prep a breeze. This quick and easy zero-point protein is also great way to bulk up recipes and stretch your points. I love adding the chicken strips and lots of veggies to higher point dishes like pasta. I also use them in quesadillas, lunch wraps, burrito bowls, hummus pitas, you name it. Today I’m using the strips to make a delicious Apple Pomegranate Salad.
My Apple Pomegranate Salad is the perfect combo for this time of year – it’s hearty and full of delicious flavors. Mixed greens topped with flavorful Tyson Grilled & Ready Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips, crisp apple, creamy goat cheese, bright pomegranate, hearty quinoa, and tangy red onion. Salad perfection.
Fun salad combos like this keep me from getting bored and burnt out on regular ol’ plain Jane salads. It might look fancy but it’s ridiculously simple to make. This salad is great to serve as an entree or you can divide it into smaller portions for a fancy side salad which I hiiiighly recommend if you have dinner guests. I also like to meal prep a few of these for lunch by layering everything into a large quart jar so that they’re ready to grab and go.
When you’re meal prepping the salad into a jar, make sure you put the dressing in the bottom and then layer starting with the most hearty ingredients and working your way up to the lighter ones. Always end by putting the lettuce on the top – you’ll be surprised how much you can fit in there! When it’s time to eat I simply pour everything out into a large bowl and dive in!
Do yourself a favor and make your life easier by picking up a bag of these Tyson Grilled & Ready Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips from the freezer section next time you’re at Walmart. From 1/12/19 until 2/10/19 you can save $1 on any Tyson Grilled & Ready product at Walmart with this Ibotta rebate offer.
My Apple Pomegranate salad is 6 Blue WW SmartPoints/8 Green WW SmartPoints and 360 calories. Enjoy!
- 3 oz Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips
- 3 c mixed greens
- ½ small apple, diced or sliced (I prefer fuji or gala)
- ¼ c pomegranate arils
- 1 oz. goat cheese, crumbled
- 2 Tbsp. red onion, sliced thin
- ¼ c cooked quinoa (feel free to buy precooked quinoa)
- 2 Tbsp. light or fat free balsamic vinaigrette
- Cook chicken according to package directions (I prefer to heat mine in a skillet).
- Layer a large bowl with mixed greens and top with the chicken, apple, pomegranate, goat cheese, red onion, quinoa, and dressing. Enjoy!
For multiple servings simply multiply the recipe by desired number of servings.
Blue SmartPoints Breakdown: goat cheese (3sp), quinoa (2sp), balsamic vinaigrette (1sp), all other ingredients (0sp)
*The balsamic vinaigrette I use is FF and is 1 SmartPoint for 2 Tbsp. Depending on the brand you use you may need to adjust the points.
Nutritional information is calculated with MyFitnessPal and may vary based on brands used. Smart Points information is calculated with the Weight Watchers app and may also vary based on brands used.
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