Grilled Chicken Antipasto Salad

After a very long day of work, I came home and had to make dinner. I was craving something a little different but I knew I wanted a salad. After 20 short minutes of effort, I ended up enjoying one of the best salads I've ever made at home. It's so easy and so tasty!

For salads, I don't really put how much of something I used, if you really like artichoke hearts, put a ton, if you don't like sundried tomatoes that much, just add a little less. I am constantly adding and subtracting things from recipes to make it tailored to what I want to eat. 

Salad Ingredients:  

• Romaine lettuce 
• Marinated artichoke hearts (I got spicy ones because I like to live on the edge like that) 
• Julienne cut, sundried tomatoes 
• Hard salami 
• Basil 
• Parsley 
• Black olives (or you could use Kalamata olives if that's your thing) 
• Grilled chicken (I cooked it on the stove with some avocado oil and seasoning)
• Shelled pumpkin seeds 

Dressing Ingredients: 

• 2/3 cup olive oil 
• 1/4 cup of lemon juice 
• 1/4 cup of water 
• 1 tsp of minced garlic 
• 1 tsp of garlic powder 
• 1 tsp of honey 
• 1 tbsp of dijon mustard 
• big sprinkle of Italian seasoning 
• little sprinkle of sea salt 
• little sprinkle of black pepper 

So this recipe is Paleo friendly but if you are not doing Paleo, I think adding some fat free feta cheese would just take this salad to a whole other level. I think next time, I might also try adding in some bacon...yummmooo!