I love cole slaw.  Different kinds.  Home made kinds.  All kinds.  Love it!  The broccoli slaw mix in little bags from the HEB or giant bags from Costco is awesome as a slaw or sprinkled for crunch in salads.  I joke that my love of all kinds of cabbage goods is geneticly tied in through my German genes.

Darlene can tell you that I also LOVE chicken salad!  I’d never had chicken salad prior to this past weekend up in Rockwall.  At lunch time on Saturday, Mary gave local eating options for participants and one of which was Square Market.  We got lost at first which is difficult to do, I’m sure, during normal times but we were distracted by the road construction and, in our defense, we were following folks who we thought knew where they were going.  Once we figured out our mistake we corrected and found the place just like Mary had said.  Square Market has deli-cut meats, specialty cheeses, sandwiches, desserts and chicken salad.  Darlene got one of their chicken plates and I got the salad and was in love.  It was awesome!  For the life of me I can’t think of why I’d never eaten chicken salad.  At the last Paleo party I brought chicken balls (chicken balls for goodness sake!) and they were a hit!

So anyway, today I was trying to come up with lunch and had on hand cooked chicken breast and shredded cabbage.  Soo…here’s what I came up with.   This is a beginning and base for future meal options.

Chicken Coleslaw Salad

3 cups chopped cooked chicken
6 cups shredded cabbage
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup canola or olive oil based mayonnaise
1/4 cup Brianna’s Real French Vinaigrette dressing

Toss dry ingredients together to mix in BIG bowl.  Mix wet ingredients with a fork in a seperate bowl until well blended, then pour into dry ingredients.  Mix thoroughly.

I didn’t add any other spices or seasoning since this is my first run at this and there is plenty of flavor in the vinaigrette.  Next time I’ll probably add chopped red grapes and celery.  Maybe some garlic.  I also love garlic.  The whole family loved this!