Chicken Salad with Peaches, Walnuts, and Blue Cheese

You know how much I LOVE a good salad bento, right? I decided to take my basic Salad Bar and try something different - a chicken salad with peaches, walnuts, and blue cheese.

You know, strawberries have made a big appearance in green salads for the past few years. I was thinking about this when I was at the grocery store looking at all the beautiful summer peaches on display, and I thought, "why not branch out a little?"

So I went to work in the kitchen, and put together this sweet/savory combo: salad greens, shredded broccoli slaw,  some grilled chicken breast, chopped walnuts, and crumbled lite blue cheese which I served with a little bottle of my Apple Cider Salad Dressing to top it off - yummy!

I haven't made carrot flowers in a long time, so I tried my ( out of practice) hand at carving some purple carrot flowers. Eh. Let's just say I need a little more practice! Here is a great tutorial on how to make those carved carrot flowers. I think I'm going to spend a little time working on that this summer!

I packed it up in one of my favorite lunch boxes for a big salad - my LunchBots Bento Uno LARGE . It's the perfect size for a hearty salad for lunch!

Are you looking for more refreshing summer lunch ideas to take to work?  Take a look at my Adult Bento, Lovely Lunches, and Spring and Summer Bento Pinterest boards! Even if you don't make "fancy" lunches, it can give you lots of great ideas and get you excited about packing lunches again  🙂