Cantaloupe-Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Creamy Tarragon Dressing

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Cantaloupe-Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Creamy Tarragon Dressing From Cooking Light

Adding fruit to a chicken salad boosts fiber and vitamin C (a serving of this recipe provides almost one-third of the daily recommended value). A little reduced-fat mayonnaise offers creaminess and rounds out the floral tarragon back notes.

1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 cups (1/2-inch) cubes cooked chicken breast (about 1 pound) 1 1/2 cups (1/2-inch) cubes cantaloupe 1/3 cup chopped celery 4 cups mixed salad greens 1 1/3 cups thinly sliced cucumber 6 (6-inch) whole wheat pitas, cut in half

Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl; stir with a whisk. Add chicken, cantaloupe, and celery; stir gently. Cover and chill 30 minutes.

Divide salad greens and cucumber slices evenly among pita halves. Spoon about 1/3 cup chicken salad into each pita half. Serve immediately.

Wine note: This fabulous sandwich goes well with a glass of chilled white wine. The cantaloupe's fresh fruitiness calls for a wine that's equally fresh and fruity, without any toasty oak flavors to get in the way. A dry riesling is ideal. I love the Trefethen Estate Dry Riesling 2005 from Napa Valley, California ($20). --Karen MacNeil

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 filled pita halves)

NUTRITION PER SERVING CALORIES 262(13% from fat); FAT 3.8g (sat 0.6g,mono 0.6g,poly 1.5g); PROTEIN 18.6g; CHOLESTEROL 25mg; CALCIUM 44mg; SODIUM 667mg; FIBER 6g; IRON 3.2mg; CARBOHYDRATE 42g

Laura Zapalowski Cooking Light, MAY 2007