Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

Confession: Even though I’m a (sometimes) grown-up who doesn’t have children, who is not a student or a teacher or someone who works in education I still love this time of year, also known as back-to-school.

I miss my trapper keeper, Esprit tote bag, and Guess jeans. Can anyone relate?

 So while we were perusing the grocery store shelves last weekend I think the back-to-school bug bit because we filled our cart with all sorts of stuff for take-to-work lunches. I can’t justify buying school supplies, but the season has spark lunchtime inspiration. Totally makes sense, right?

When we paid out the girl who helped us said, “Oh, looks like it’s back-to-school time at your house – you’ve got a lot of stuff for lunches!” Seeing as we don’t have kids we just laughed and then quietly judged ourselves for buying three cans of Pringles.

So in celebration of back-to-school I’m sharing a great take-to-work lunch option: chicken salad lettuce wraps. You can make the chicken salad ahead and keep it in the fridge so all you have to do is pack it, along with some butter lettuce, before you leave for the day.

There’s all kinds of good stuff happening in the salad – grilled chicken, crunchy diced celery, tart dried cranberries, chopped walnuts, and little bites of creamy blue cheese. It’s all tossed with just the right amount of mayonnaise and fresh parsley. When you’re ready to dig in just scoop some salad into the butter lettuce leaves and eat it like a taco. It’s an easy and delicious way to brighten up your work day. Oh, and treat yourself to a brand-new lunchbox to carry it in – the back-to-school spirit isn’t just for kids!

PS: Don’t forget the Pringles

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