Chicken Mango Salad

Once the weather starts warming up, I love having salads for dinner. They are generally quick and easy, fresh and healthy and there is so much you can do with them. They are the ultimate in one bowl food! I try and mix them up too – no one want to eat the same salad every week, especially not me! And once mango season arrives, this Chicken Mango Salad quickly becomes a staple in my salad rotation.

It’s got so much going for it. It’s sweet and tangy, salty, textured and so fresh. It packs a flavour punch, but in a perfectly balanced way. And it really is quick to make. Everything is ready in the time it takes to cook the chicken. Or if you are short on time, use a BBQ chicken or some prawns and you have a delicious salad that is ready in under 10 minutes. Amazing!

And don’t be put off from using mango in a salad. I wrongly thought for too many years that it would be too sweet and overpower the other flavours. Turns out that if you balance the sweetness of the mango with acidity from the lemon and vinegar, saltiness from the fetta and crunch from the macadamias you have a winning combination. I’m such a fan these days!