Kids’ Chicken Salad & Pita Chip Lunch
with Dried Fruit Mix, Carrot Sticks, & Apple Slices
- Eggs
- Milk
We’re here to help simplify kids’ lunches with this easy, pleasy 15-minute winner! You’ll whip up a quick chicken salad with fully cooked chicken (easy!) that’s perfect for serving with homemade pita chips. Make it a meal with carrot sticks, apple slices, and dried fruit. Tip: for adventurous eaters, add a little fruit to the chicken salad! Nutrition values are representative of a 1/3 bundle serving.
Ingredients
2 unit
Pita Bread
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
6 ounce
Carrots
1 unit
Apple
1 ounce
Dried Cranberries
1 ounce
Dried Apricots
9 ounce
Fully Cooked Chicken Breasts
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
2 tablespoon
Yogurt
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
2 teaspoon
Olive Oil
Nutrition Values
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. Cut each pita into eight triangles. Toss pita triangles on a baking sheet with a large drizzle of olive oil, half the garlic powder, salt, and pepper. (You’ll use the rest of the garlic powder in Step 3.) Bake on middle rack until lightly browned and slightly toasted, 6-10 minutes. TIP: Pita chips will crisp up as they cool.
Meanwhile, trim, peel, and cut carrots into sticks (like fries; ours were 3 inches long and ⅓ inch thick). Halve, core, and thinly slice apple. In a small bowl, combine dried cranberries and dried apricots. Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Dice into bite-size pieces.
In a medium bowl, combine chicken, mayonnaise, yogurt, remaining garlic powder, salt, and pepper. TIP: Try customizing your chicken salad by dicing some of the apple to mix in or adding some dried fruit mix (or both!).
To serve: Divide chicken salad, carrots, apple slices, and dried fruit mix between plates. Serve pita chips on the side. To stash: Refrigerate chicken salad, carrots, apple slices, dried fruit mix, and pita chips in airtight containers and pack as desired!
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the chicken salad, especially when customized with diced apple or dried fruit for extra taste 🍎.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to assemble, making it perfect for busy parents and kids to prepare together.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more seasoning or spices to boost flavor; some found the chicken salad a bit dry.
- Portions: A few mentioned the servings were small for three, particularly the apple slices and chicken.
- Pita chips: Homemade pita chips were a hit, but toast them lightly as they can become too hard when overcooked.
Reviews from our home cooks
The chicken was tender. Love the yogurt and mayo combo! I put my own twist on it and shredded the chicken and added curry spice to it which diced apple and dried fruit. DELICIOUS! I do wish there was an option for gluten free pita instead
My littles and I all loved this! Chicken salad was delish with the garlic powder in it. Great veggies and dried fruit with it. Everything was very fresh! Will definitely get this again!
Simple easy recipe, enjoyed by the kids! They especially loved all the sides to make the bento box lunch
I ended up mixing the (diced) apples and dried fruit into the chicken salad. The toasted pitas could be addicting.
Carrots were limp and sad after 3 days in the fridge in the paper bag. Replaced them with my own carrots from home. Pitas were good the first day(when made), stale the 2nd, even stored in a plastic bag. Chicken salad was great!
The chicken was good but the portion sizes are really small for 3 servings even for kids.
The chicken salad was so simple to make but surprisingly good!
Kiddo loved it and was easy for dad & the kiddo to do together.
Easy to customize, add more ingredients for more sauce and add spices to taste.
The only issue I had with this is the chicken salad was a little dry. I had to add my own extra mayo etc. but I loved the homemade pita chips!
