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Balsamic Chicken Salad With Avocado, Feta, and Blackberry

~~If "light meal" had a dictionary definition, it would probably be a grilled chicken salad. But don't worry, this one manages to fit in blackberries and feta alongside avocado and pecans, so it's far from cliché.


   
This super-loaded salad epitomizes summer cooking. It's fresh, celebrates seasonal ingredients, and best of all, it's hardly cooking at all! The chicken marinade is a two-second honey balsamic dressing, the remainder of which does double duty as the dressing for the salad itself. Once the chicken hangs out in the balsamic marinade (30 minutes if you are in a hurry; two hours if you are planning ahead), all that's left to do is to grill it. The remainder of the "cooking" is basic assembly. Add the ingredients to your serving bowl, give them a toss, and dinner is ready to serve.