Phew. This week has been *rough*. I absolutely love my job and what I do, but right now it is so busy and stressful. I’m having a hard time keeping days straight in my head! Yesterday I spent the ENTIRE day thinking it was Thursday. It was not.
But today is and I’m embracing the rest of the week.
I’ve also embraced rotisserie chicken this week. It was on sale at the grocery store so I picked one up and figured that I could pick at it for a few days to make lunches and the random dinner. Problem? Solved.
For the most part my rotisserie chicken just was plain (just pulled that skin off and measured out 3 oz) and eaten in front of my kitchen sink, but for a few lunches I jazzed it up into a chicken salad.
3 oz. chicken

2 tbsp. non-fat plain greek yogurt

About 5 sliced grapes (I used my fun new Grillos Pickled Grapes!) and a bunch of fresh ground pepper.

All together now and in a different bowl. Oops…small bowl mishap!

Rather than eat my chicken salad plain, I took a page from the ol’ Tone It Up Nutrition guide and made a wrap. Instead of a whole wheat wrap, I used lettuce. Nothing inventive, but certainly crisp and a nice change.

I used to love those lettuce wraps from PF Chang’s. There was something addictive about those! I tend to make quite a bit of sandwich type stuff for lunch lately and go through a head of lettuce a week just for the wrap part. That is a lot of lettuce washing, which I’m really lazy about. Gross huh?
Luckily the folks at OXO sent me a Salad Spinner to try out. I used to have one when I was in college, but it was a piece of junk I picked up at the dollar store and I’m pretty sure it put more liquid on my salad than it took off of it.
Not so much with this salad spinner. This sucker is powerful! Just stick your freshly washed greens in the removable basket.

Slide the lock button to the left and it releases a non-slip handle that is used to pump the salad spinner around. WHHEEEEEE!
Once you have done a few WHHEEEEs at the top of your lungs as the salad spins, press the built in brake on the right to stop the spinner from doing its thing.

This is the result of my spinning. I had actually washed and done my typical drying method, but there was still plenty of liquid on those lettuce leaves. I think this says a lot about not only my lazy nature and that I can’t even dry lettuce properly, but also how great this spinner works.

Usually when I make my wraps at night they are a bit soggy by the time I eat them the next day at lunch. After using the spinner I am happy to report that my lovingly packed chicken salad wraps were dry and perfectly edible. AND they didn’t get the cute reusable bags I bought the other day all wet again. FYI…wet chicken salad is gross. Wet chicken salad juice all over your reusable bags is even grosser.

This is going to be super handy when my CSA starts in just a few weeks!
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Ready for the giveaway?! One lucky winner will receive their very own OXO Salad Spinner!

Straight from the OXO website:
- Easy, one-handed operation
- Patented pump mechanism and brake button
- Soft, non-slip knob locks down for convenient storage
- Non-slip ring keeps bowl steady on countertop
- Basket and non-slip bowl can be used separately
- Bowl capacity is 6.22 qts; basket capacity is 4.95 qts
- Clear lid disassembles for easy cleaning
- Top-rack dishwasher safe
- BPA free
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1. Comment on this post telling me what OXO product you are lusting after from their website. oxo.com
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Contest will close Sunday night, 5/13.
*Just a note…the spinner was given to me by OXO for a giveaway. All opinions and ridiculous statements are all my own. *

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