Southwestern Salad with spicy Chicken

                               Southwestern Salad with Spicy Chicken

With today's fast paced lifestyle, meals can be a problem. This quick and easy recipe avoids the hassles of preparing and cooking a meal.

1 chicken breast

2 plum tomatoes, diced
1 cup baby spinach leaves
1 cup mixed greens
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
½ red onion, sliced into small half rings
½ red pepper, sliced into 2” long slivers
½ yellow pepper, the same
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ roasted sunflower seeds
1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese
1/2 cup Italian dressing
½ ancho chili with Adobo sauce, minced
Salt/pepper

Take Italian dressing and half the ancho chili and mix thoroughly. Set aside.

Take remainder of ancho chili, minced jalapeno, salt and pepper and rub onto chicken breast. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes until done. While chicken is cooking, you can prepare other ingredients for salad.

Place greens and other ingredients in a bowl and mix. Slice cooled chicken breast and place on top, cover with spicy Italian dressing.

Serves 2. Makes a simple, quick and hearty meal.