Ode to Costco Vegetable Chicken Salad

Most people probably dont' need a recipe for chicken salad, but this was an idea born out of what we had in our fridge that we really have enjoyed since it's been getting warmer here in CA. (Plus it's easy to make and not super expensive :) )

Serves about 6

Ingredients:

1 can cooked chicken (sometimes I cook my own, but Costco's canned chicken makes it easy and doesn't heat up your kitchen...)
1 red pepper
5 stalks of celery
1 cup of artichoke hearts (once again, Costco!!!)
1/2 red onion
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1/2 cup mayonaise
black pepper

Directions:

Chop everything to a small size, mix and serve with Costco's cook it yourself tortillas, multi grain bread, whole wheat crackers, pita bread, English muffins, croissants, or whatever else sounds good. Sometimes we add tomato, cucumber or avacado slices or lettuce to our sandwiches.

I save some of the chopped veggies out for Cole (he loves to eat raw veggies - especailly onions) and he likes chunks of chicken, but is not a big fan of mayo.

If you like a more meaty chicken salad, it's really easy to add more meat. We're really trying to eat more vegetables, so this works out great for us right now.

You can make it ahead of time and keep it in the fridge or even make entire wraps ahead of time for lunches. (Just a note: if you plan on keeping whole wraps in the fridge for very long use less mayo and lemon juice or keep tortillas and salad separateley. Pre-made wraps get soggy after a day or so.)