Honey Mustard Hen Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado

Honey mustard hen salad is a fast meal that’s nice for the hotter months!
 

Consuming numerous uncooked, darkish leafy greens in salad has turn into highly regarded, however it’s essential to grasp that whenever you’re consuming to assist your thyroid, there are particular uncooked greens which might be finest to keep away from.

Goitrogenic and cruciferous greens can inhibit the thyroid’s potential to make use of iodine. Your thyroid has to have iodine to make thyroid hormones, so consuming meals that decelerate or block this course of isn’t a good suggestion and might contribute to hypothyroidism, goiter, cysts or nodules. 

The excellent news is that cooking reduces the goitrogens, so whereas it’s a good suggestion to keep away from consuming them uncooked, you possibly can nonetheless get pleasure from them cooked! Boiling is one of the simplest ways to scale back the goitrogens, and steaming is second-best.

Here’s a fast listing of uncooked goitrogenic and cruciferous greens to keep away from (and solely eat cooked):
Kale
Mustard greens 
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
Bok choy
Cabbage
Rutabaga
Turnips

Listed below are the greens I like to recommend utilizing for salads:
Butter lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Inexperienced leaf lettuce
Crimson leaf lettuce
Iceberg
Little gems lettuce
Batavia lettuce

For additional studying on the subject of goitrogens, this text written by Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is a superb useful resource.

The honey mustard dressing might be put collectively rapidly, and I wish to hold it in a mason jar all through the week for a fast dressing or to dip uncooked greens like carrots or celery.

This salad would additionally style nice with steak or shrimp swapped out for the hen, or different seeds or greens sprinkled on high!

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Honey Mustard Hen Salad

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• Prep Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
• Prepare dinner Time: 10 minutes
• Whole Time: 1 hour half-hour

For the marinade:

• 4 hen breasts
• 1/4 cup recent lemon juice
• 1/4 cup additional virgin olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon Celtic Sea Salt

For the honey-mustard:

• 1 cup mayonnaise (I used Sir Kensington’s) – or use egg-free mayo for egg-free choice
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons uncooked honey (I used actually uncooked honey)
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon uncooked apple cider vinegar

For the salad:

• 1 head pink or inexperienced leaf lettuce, washed, patted dry and torn into bite-size items
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, lower in half lengthwise
• 2 avocados, lower into bite-size items
• 1/2 English cucumber, lower into bite-size items
• 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (soaked and dehydrated or sprouted most well-liked)

Directions

1. Place the hen in a big baking dish. Whisk collectively the lemon juice, olive oil, garli,c and sea salt after which pour over the hen. Marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.
2. Warmth grill pan over medium warmth for two minutes. Grill the hen till cooked by way of. It’s also possible to grill on an out of doors grill. Cool for 10 minutes after which lower into bite-size items.
3. Place the mayo, olive oil, honey, Dijon, and apple cider vinegar in a blender and mix till clean. The dressing makes greater than wanted for only one salad, so retailer the leftovers in a Mason jar within the fridge. You need to use it for different salads or as a dip for greens or hen nuggets.
4. Place the lettuce, cherry, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, pumpkin seeds, and hen in a big salad bowl and costume with the honey-mustard dressing.