Since my mom was planning to be at our house around 9 a.m., after publishing my morning blog post, I headed into the kitchen to pack a lunch to bring with me in a cooler since my mom and I were planning to drive through lunchtime.
I packed chicken salad, a cup of strawberry banana Greek yogurt and an apple the size of my face into the cooler. I also packed a baggie of blue corn chips for dipping into the chicken salad.
I made my chicken salad by combining the following:
- 1 large chicken breast, shredded
- 2 tablespoons Smart Balance Omega Plus Light Mayonnaise Dressing (The company sent me this to try and I hate mayonnaise, but really like it! It reminds me of Miracle Whip which I actually do like!)
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 2 tablespoons relish
Easy!
It reminded me a lot of my BBQ chicken salad or curried chicken salad, but with less ingredients. Not too shabby for lunch out of a cooler!
And now for a nutty giveaway…
Nuts.com Giveaway
A few weeks ago, I received an email from an account executive with Nuts.com.
Knowing that I’m a peanut butter and nut-lover, he reached out to me asking if I would like to sample some of their nuts.
Of course!
I selected a pound of butter toffee pecans and have enjoyed snacking on them daily.
Pecans are my all-time favorite nut and the butter toffee flavor adds the perfect punch of sweetness.
I’ve loved eating them by the handful or stirring them into Greek yogurt, oatmeal or even pancake batter!
And now you have a chance to win a pound of Nuts.com butter toffee pecans.
To enter this giveaway, please comment below, telling me your favorite way to enjoy nuts.
(Keep it PG, please. 
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I will randomly select a winner tomorrow.
Good luck!
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By the handful!
In peanut butter or course!! I also love eating them plain or in Larabars
Pecans are my favorite! I love to eat them plain or with some dark chocolate chips for a snack. YUM!
Candied pecans!
I love eating them plain or in peanut butter!
Boring answer, but I enjoy them by themselves. They are so addicting though. Great snack.
I enjoy roasting almonds and then making homemade almond butter.
lovee pecans too! dipping them into a fave nut butter (almond or sunflower seed butter) for double the nutty goodness is the way to go 🙂
Just in plain old peanut butter…keeping it simple!
I add nuts to vanilla custard yogurt–it almost seems like dessert.
I like my nuts in handfuls straight out of the bag, because I’m fancy like that 🙂
I love them plain, candied, or I’m trail mix!
I love making homemade trail mix with nuts, raisins, and cereal
I love nuts plain, in my yogurt, or mixed with lots of goodies in trail mix!
I love my nuts warm and covered in cinnamon sugar.
Two favorite ways – by the handful, or in greek yogurt. So delicious! Butter toffee pecans sound especially amazing!
My fav way to eat Walnuts is on a salad. Almonds, straight from the freezer. Pistacios, straight out of the bag! I love nuts for snacks!
I love snacking on plain salted almonds, or peanuts when they’re mixed in to trail mix!
I love walnuts or almond slivers in a salad. But of course, is there a wrong way to eat them?
I love pecans on french toast!
Pecans are my favorite nut too! I really enjoy smoked pecans!
Mmm . . . definitely plain by the handful. So good!
I love cashews by the handful and i also love any nut butter!
In oatmeal. I love adding walnuts, cashews, pistachios, anything my morning bowl!
hard to pick a favorite, but i guess i’d say i like nut butters straight from the jar. i also love toasted nuts on salad
I LOVE walnuts or pecans with plain yogurt and a date. omg – such a delish light snack/dessert!!!
I love to put them into my oatmeal or a smoothie in the morning, it makes my breakfast much more filling!
YUM! Nuts are so delicious. My favorite way to enjoy nuts would have to be in one of the following ways: salads, smoothies, on top of frozen yogurt, by themselves, with greek yogurt, pecan pie, and pretty much every other way you can enjoy some healthy fats! By the way- I love the name of your blog Julie 🙂
I LOVE NUTS!!! Love ‘em with dried fruit! my favvvvve!
I love to snack on plain almonds but the best are chocolate covered of course!
By the bucket -load on top of butter pecan ice cream!!
I like to eat a handful of walnuts with greek yogurt and honey. Chocolate covered peanuts are pretty good too.
Plain walnuts and almonds make excellent desk snacks while at work!
In peanut butter form, obviously 🙂
I usually eat my nuts alone or with another small snack like baby carrots or a light string cheese stick.
snacking or any form of nut butter!
All creamed together into peanut butter for peanut butter fingers!
In my oats!!
I like them straight up! They’re so filling (and calorie dense) they make up the perfect pick me up.
I love them mixed into oatmeal, or sprinkled on salads. Yumm!
If I am being good, a handful make a great pick-me up snack. If I am being bad, mixed into the sinfully decadent Baked French Toast Casserole recipe from Miss Paula Dean.
I love nuts on my greek yogurt! Or plain!
I tried cinnamon roasted almonds at the ballpark once, and they were amazing! If I had had any leftover, they would have been good to add in my yogurt!
My favorite way to enjoy nuts is with a piece of fruit or in nut butter form, of course! 🙂
I love my nuts in trail mix… or cashews in a salad – delish!
Love your super simple chicken salad! I always try to make it too complicated with too many ingredients 😛
I love nuts any way!!!!
In nut butter is my favorite of course! Whenever I go home on break, I buy a bunch of raw almonds/pecans/cashews and make them into my own nut butter.
Heaven on a spoon <3
I love nuts in my salad! They help make it feel more substantial and the extra protein helps keep me full!
I can’t eat nuts for the next month and a week, but I’d still love to win this! 😀
I love, love, LOVE nuts on their own, roasted and salted. I have a problem with eating them out of the bag, though, and using some self control around them. 😉
I enjoy sprinkling walnuts on top of my breakfast cereal!