Chicken Salad With Sweet & Spicy Lemon Ginger Dressing

I hope that you will enjoy this simple tasty salad as much as we have. The dressing is best served at room temperature.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup dark brown sugar
• 3  tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1⁄3 cup fresh lemon juice, meyer
• 2⁄3 cup light olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 2  teaspoons  garlic chives, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons candied ginger, chopped
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons candied lemon peel, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt, coarse
• 1 -2  teaspoon  jalapeno pepper, diced
• 4  cups romaine lettuce, baby
• 3  cups  cooked chicken, chunks, skinned
• 1  red onion, sliced in rings
• 2  carrots, julienned
• 1  cup grape tomatoes, whole
• 1⁄4 cup golden raisin
• 1  apple, spartan, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 cup pineapple chunk, fresh
• 1⁄4 cup green seedless grape, halved
• 1⁄8 cup  macadamia nuts, halved & roasted

Directions

1. Into your electric blender add sugar, maple syrup, lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, garlic chives, candied ginger and candied lemon peel, sea salt and jalapeño pepper.
2. Puree the mixture until smooth.
3. Let the dressing sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
4. Place all the prepared salad ingredients into a large bowl, toss with dressing and enjoy.