That’s right…it is hockey playoff time! My two favorite teams, Anaheim and Nashville, are battling for the Western Conference Championship with the winner leading us to the Stanley Cup Finals. I feel like a dirty mistress as I am rooting for Nashville even though Anaheim has been my steady partner for years now.

Needing a healthy, quick, easy meal that may be eaten in front of the television without mess for game nights, here is my Face-Off Chicken Salad solution…

What you will need

• 1-2 cups chicken chopped or shredded
• 1/2 head of purple cabbage chopped
• 2 orange bell peppers diced
• 1 avocado diced
• 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbled
• 1/4-1/2 cup alfalfa sprouts
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• dried basil, dried dill, dill seed to taste (about 1-2 teaspoons each)
• salt and pepper to taste (seasonal salt is great here)

Steps:

• add olive oil to a cooking pan and cook chicken, seasoning it with salt as it cooks.
• once chicken is cooked thoroughly, remove it from the pan and save the drippings in the pan; chop up the chicken and add it to the salad bowl.
• roughly chop purple cabbage into strips and add it to the pan with the remaining oil; cook until it’s slightly wilted then remove cabbage from the heat and dump the cabbage with all the juice into the salad bowl.
• dice the orange bell pepper and avocado and add them to the salad bowl.
• add the sprouts, dried basil, dried dill, dill seeds, and crumbled feta cheese to the salad mix.
• season with pepper and a bit more salt (if needed) and a bit more olive oil (if needed).
• toss and serve.

Now that you have your Face-Off Chicken Salad ready, you’re in your seat in front of the television waiting for the hockey game to begin, let’s do some singing…

The Good Old Hockey Game Sing-Along