Love & Best Dishes: Greek Chicken and Rice Salad Recipe | Easy Chicken Lunch Ideas

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat feta

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Reduced-fat feta lowers calories while cottage cheese offers a similar texture.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats, while vegetable oil is often less expensive.

chicken breast

🥗Healthier: grilled tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Tofu is lower in calories and chickpeas are a budget-friendly protein alternative.

kalamata olives

🥗Healthier: green olives

💰Cheaper: black olives

Green olives are lower in calories and black olives are usually cheaper.

Start by making the dressing with olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, black pepper, honey, and Dijon mustard.

In a large bowl, combine two bags of brown rice and two cups of rotisserie chicken.

Add split red grape tomatoes, diced English cucumber, kalamata olives, and crumbled feta cheese to the bowl.

Fold the mixture gently to combine, ensuring everything is coated with the dressing.

Serve the salad and garnish with fresh parsley.

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