Cranberry Apple Chicken Salad Wraps are loaded with chicken, apples and dried cranberries in a creamy dressing. They're perfect for a light lunch or dinner!
There was a time, not long ago and not too far away, when my kids absolutely avoided salad in any way, shape or form. Seriously, the mere mention of salad would make them gag and moan! Luckily, the little buggers got over it because we now have salad for dinner at least once a week, especially in the summer!
They say that if you keep on serving your kids a certain food, eventually they'll learn to like it, or at least, accept it. And that's pretty much what happened here. Of course, you'll have your die-hard haters. My pickiest eater is now a teen, and she still won't touch zucchini without putting up a fight. She even tries to hide the offending veggie under her plate or in her napkin! Sigh.
Anyway, that never happens when I make chicken salad, especially Southwest chicken salad or our favorite easy cranberry apple chicken salad. It's crunchy, creamy, a little sweet and slightly tart, with just a hint of cinnamon. It's absolutely delicious, and it's positively bursting with flavor.
Originally, I made this chicken apple salad with sour cream in the dressing. I also added walnuts for extra crunch. But since I like to change things up now and then, I've been leaving out the walnuts, and I've also been using organic plain yogurt instead of sour cream. Personally, I think this version is even better!
This chicken salad tastes amazing on a croissant roll, but I think it's even better in a wrap. I use spinach tortillas, add a little leafy green lettuce and some chicken salad, roll it up and eat it up! You will need to start out with cooked chicken, so you need to plan ahead.
To make cooked chicken for salads and sandwiches, you can:
- Make Crock-Pot shredded chicken
- Bake chicken breasts the night before or in the morning
- Use rotisserie chicken from the store
I usually ty to meal prep and bake a few chicken breasts on the weekend or the night before I need them, but in a pinch, buying rotisserie chicken is the easy way to go. After that, just make the salad, assemble the wraps, and you're good to go.
You can have chicken salad wraps for a light dinner, or you can pack them in school lunches. My kids love having these babies for lunch!
How to Make Cranberry Apple Chicken Salad Wraps
Cranberry Apple Chicken Salad Wraps
Ingredients
- ½ cup yogurt
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 small cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts cubed
- 2 diced Granny Smith apples, washed, cored and diced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- green lettuce
- spinach/vegetable tortillas
Instructions
- Add yogurt, mayo and mustard to a large bowl, and mix until well combined
- Stir in the sea salt, pepper and cinnamon
- Add the chicken and apples, and drizzle with lemon juice
- Add the dried cranberries, and mix well
- To assemble wraps, place some lettuce and chicken salad on individual tortillas, and roll them up, burrito style
Nutrition
I hope you give these easy cranberry apple chicken salad wraps a try. Let me know what you think!
Happy Munching,
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Erin says
Could I use vanilla Greek yogurt for this?
Dee says
Yes. I've used that before, and it was fine.
Miz Helen says
I love the combo for your delicious wrap! Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us here at Full Plate Thursday. We hope to see you again real soon.
Miz Helen
Anita says
This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.
Dee says
Thank you so much, Anita. It's now one of our favorite dinners!
Lauren Hall says
You give me hope then that one day my children will like salads! Until then I'll eat their portions of this.
Dee says
They usually do come around, eventually. Thanks, Lauren!
Cathy @ Lemon Tree Dwelling says
This is pretty much my ideal chicken salad! It looks perfect!
Sandi says
This wrap looks awesome. I love the ideas on ways to cook the chicken for this recipe.
Amanda | The Chunky Chef says
I love a great chicken salad for lunch on the hot summer days!
Dorothy Reinhold says
I am always trying to come up with new and different lunch options. My kiddos are home for the summer and get tired of the same old thing. This looks amazing, and they will love it!
Dee says
Thanks, Dorothy. My kids just love this stuff!
Jen says
I love getting a rotisserie chicken from Costco and shredding it up to use for lunches and this would be perfect for that! Looks so light and delicious!
Dee says
Thanks so much, Jen. It really is!
Michele says
Oh, Dee - those look absolutely mouth-watering perfect for summertime dining. YUM! Thanks for the inspiration, recipe and gorgeous stimulating photos. I am now STARVING to eat those! MMMMmmmm!
Dee says
Thanks so much, Michele! I wish I could send you some right now! 🙂