Blueberries are one of the lowest carb fruits that you can eat, and they have the bonus of incredible taste! Blueberries add interest and flavor to this chicken dinner salad recipe, but keep it low carb. Besides being a healthy superfood, blueberries freeze perfectly, making them one of those fruits you can enjoy year-round.
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Salad for Dinner?
While this blueberry chicken salad by itself was filling enough for me as a low carb summer dinner, my family thinks they need several courses when we sit down to the table. As soon as I put this out I hear, “Is that all we’re having?”…”well, it looks good for an appetizer”….”I’m starving!”.
So…if you’re making this blueberry dish as dinner for a family like mine that thinks they’re undernourished, you might want to add another side of sorts. I sautéed some summer squash in butter and mint and they were happy and satisfied in the end. It’s a great dish for a low carb summer lunch if you don’t like salad for dinner.
Blueberry Popsicles
These blueberry Popsicles (with or without rum) are great fun to take to a party, or have outside or at the lake. They’re ever-so-easy, a good way to use up any leftover jam in the fridge, and they keep you cool and happy.
Ingredients & Directions:
- 1 cup blueberry jam
- 2 cups water
- 2 oz. rum
Ingredients & Directions:
- 1 cup blueberry jam
- 2 cups water
- 2 oz. rum
- In a medium saucepan, add about 2 cups of water for every cup of your favorite jam (I used Blueberry Lime Mint), and melt mixture over low heat. If the jam is fairly sweet you will want to add more water, both to make it taste more like an ice pop, but also to help it freeze better as too much sugar will prevent the Popsicles from freezing solid.
- Cool and pour into Popsicle molds and freeze for 6 hours or until frozen hard.
- For a fun adult Popsicle treat, after the jam mix has melted, add 2 oz. rum or vodka for every 3 cups of jam mix.to the pot before pouring into molds. Just don’t add too much or they won’t freeze as the alcohol will change the freezing point.
- If you don’t have Popsicle molds, place 6-10 dixie cups in a shallow square pan, cover tops of cups with aluminum foil, and poke a Popsicle stick or sturdy stir stick through the foil in the center of each dixie cup (the foil will hold the sticks upright).
Blueberries for Breakfast
Blueberry smoothies were my kids’ favorite lunch during the summer, until they became teenagers and started thinking it was too much like a milkshake and therefore too high in calories.
I make these blueberry protein smoothies now with protein powder and unsweetened coconut milk for myself for my standard low carb breakfast. And when the adult “kids” are home these days I’ll make one for them also.
Freezing Blueberries
Remember, blueberries freeze really nicely. Just pour them (unwashed) on a cookie sheet, freeze till solid, and pour in freezer bags for use throughout the year.
More Berry Recipes:
- Easy Blueberry Poke Cake
- Strawberry Fool!
- Low Carb Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce
- Savory Blueberry Bourbon BBQ Sauce
- Blueberry Crumble
Blueberry and Chicken Dinner Salad
Chicken & Blueberry Salad
Equipment
- bowls
- box grater Or other grater
- Indoor grill Optional
- large ziplock plastic bags
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper
- 3 chicken breasts halves
- 2 carrots shredded with grater,
- 2 celery ribs chopped
- 1/2 cup onion diced
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper chopped
- 4 cups torn salad greens
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Whisk together oil, vinegar and garlic with some salt and pepper and pour into large plastic bag.3 Tbsp olive oil, 1/2 cup white wine vinegar, 2-3 cloves garlic, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper
- Add chicken breasts to bag and massage bag so the marinade covers chicken pieces. Let marinate for about an hour3 chicken breasts halves
- Remove chicken from marinade and discard marinade. Grill chicken breasts over med-high to high heat for 6-8 minutes on each side, or until done (depends on how thick your chicken breasts are).If you don’t want to grill them, just boil or microwave chicken until break-apart tender.
- Combine carrots, celery, onions and pepper with your favorite salad dressing, tossing to coat.2 carrots, 2 celery ribs, 1/2 cup onion, 1/2 cup red bell pepper
- Place chicken over greens. Top with vegetable/dressing mixture, and sprinkle with berries.4 cups torn salad greens, 1 to 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
