Chopped Mexican Chicken Salad – a Big Salad for Elaine

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of KRAFT Natural Shredded Cheese and Safeway. All opinions are 100% mine.

Remember the classic “Big Salad” episode from Seinfeld, circa 1994?

Elaine asks George to buy a “big salad” for her, to go. George and Jerry volley back and forth about what’s in a big salad, anyway (“Big lettuce, big carrots, tomatoes like volleyballs,” Jerry says; hilarity and eyeball rolling ensues), and then there’s a whole usual misunderstanding between George and the world his girlfriend over who gets credit for providing Elaine said big salad. George obsesses, as usual, because he wants everyone to understand he is generous. He is! Really, he is!  

Sounds mundane when I write it out like that, but it was hilarious! And ever since then, a Big Salad has been part of the culinary lexicon. To me, Big Salad = entrée dinner salad.   

A Big Salad is often what’s for dinner at mi casa, and we like to throw it together out of whatever is hanging around the refrigerator.

In this case, KRAFT asked me to make one of the recipes from their website to show off their new cheese packaging, so I chose their Chopped Chicken Salad with Mexican style Four Cheese blend (Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Asadero, Queso Quesadilla cheeses).

I headed to Vons (Safeway Just For You in other parts of the country) and perused the shredded cheese aisle. I often use pre-shredded cheese for convenience, and KRAFT is my trusted brand.

The new packaging is smaller and more compact, but contains the same amount of cheese as before. Best of all, it is now in a handy stand-up pouch, so you easily set it up on the counter and grab the cheese as you need it, with one hand.

My Big Salad was a hit at dinner, with kids and my husband.

Elaine would approve.

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