Chicken Salad...Mmmm!

As promised, I'm here with the Cranberry Chicken Salad recipe that I took to my in-laws yesterday for lunch. Last week, I put a whole chicken in the crockpot before work so we'd have an easy supper when I got home. That night, we made the chicken (which falls apart because it's so moist!) into baked chimichangas. Later in the week, we used some more of the shredded chicken to top a salad (one of David's favorite meals! Who would have thought a meat 'n potatoes kinda guy would love grilled chicken salad?!). We still had about 3 cups of delicious shredded meat in the fridge, so I thought I'd make us a nice chicken salad. I found the recipe on the back of the bag of Mariani Premium Sweetened Dried Cranberries.

Cranberry Chicken Salad

3 cups cooked chicken, cubed (I shredded mine)

2 celery stalks, chopped

1 cup sweetened dried cranberries

1 cup walnuts, chopped

1 tsp. dried thyme

1/2 tsp. dried sage

1 tsp. garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

Dash of lemon juice

Mayonnaise, to taste

Mix all ingredients together, adding mayonnaise to taste. Chill for at least one hour before serving.