Chicken & Spinach Salad with Creamy Feta Dressing

The creamy feta dressing steals the show in this protein-rich salad that makes a perfect lunch or quick and easy dinner. While you can buy feta cheese already crumbled, we like crumbling our own fresh from the block for this salad. While we prefer the slightly sharper flavor of sheep’s-milk feta, cow’s-milk feta works just as well.

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Creamy Feta Dressing

• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 cup whole-milk plain yogurt 
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon grated garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill

Salad

• 1 (5-ounce) package baby spinach
• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
• 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added chickpeas, rinsed 
• 2 medium Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced on an angle
• 1 cup sliced bell pepper
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

• Prepare dressing: Combine feta, yogurt, oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a mini food processor; process until smooth, about 10 seconds. Stir in dill.
• Prepare salad: Divide spinach, chicken, chickpeas, cucumbers, peppers and almonds among 4 plates. Drizzle each with 1/4 cup dressing before serving.