Grilled Chicken & Pineapple Salad

Ingredients:

* 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
* ½ tsp salt
* ½ tsp pepper
* ½ tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder
* Juice and zest of 1 lemon
* 4 tbsp olive oil
* 4 slices of fresh pineapple
* Baby spinach
* Cherry tomatoes
* Strawberries
* Blackberries
* Red onion
* Red pepper
* Olives, Optional

Method:

Toss all the above ingredients together in a Ziploc bag and marinate chicken for about a half hour before cooking completely on the grill. At the same time you can grill pineapple. Allow the chicken to rest for 5 minutes before slicing and serving along with the grilled pineapple on a salad made from baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries, red onion, red pepper and olives.

Balsamic Dijon Dressing
Ingredients:

* 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
* 1 tbsp brown sugar
* ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
* ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
* Salt and pepper to season

Method:

Combine all ingredients in a container with a tight sealing lid and serve immediately.

Creamy Tomatillo Dressing

Similar to Cafe Rio - yumm
Ingredients:

* 1 cup Buttermilk
* 1 cup mayonnaise
* 1 pkg dry ranch buttermilk dressing
* 2 jalapenos (to taste)
* 2 tomatillos
* ½ bunch cilantro (fresh)
* 2 cloves garlic
* ½ fresh lime juice

Method:

Add all ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth.

Tip: I like to make a lot of this and freeze it in small batches so I can easily make the dressing quickly for dinner without having to have tomatillos on hand. Blend all the ingredients except the buttermilk and mayonnaise. Freeze this in 3 small containers. To use, thaw (it goes pretty quick, but you can speed up the process by running hot water over the container) and mix with enough mayonnaise and buttermilk for a dressing consistency.