This amazing chicken apple mason jar salad is so delicious and so good for you! Chicken, apple slices, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, green onion and lettuce leaves are layered beautifully in a glass mason jar, and flavored with the homemade lemon-Dijon dressing!
1lbchicken breastscooked and chopped (Rotisserie chicken works great!)
1package8 oz cherry tomatoes
1cucumbersliced
2applessliced
4green onionssliced
2cupslettuce leaves
1lemon
4tbspextra-virgin olive oil
1tbspDijon mustard
1/2tspsalt
Instructions
Put apple slices in a bowl. Cut 1/4 of the lemon and squeeze over the apple slices, and toss to coat. Lemon juice will prevent apple slices from browning.
Make a dressing: In a cup, add olive oil, Dijon mustard and salt. Squeeze the remaining 3/4 of the lemon into that cup. Whisk oil, mustard and lemon juice with a fork until combined.
Pour the dressing on the bottom of 4 mason jars.
Next, layers the ingredients into the mason jars in the following order: cherry tomatoes, chicken, cucumber slices, apple slices, green onion and lettuce.
Close the mason jars and keep in a refrigerator for up to 5 days.
To serve the mason jar salad, invert it onto a plate.