Recipe Monday: Chicken Salad with Maple Dressing

This was a recipe I developed several years ago.  My sister-in-law, Margaret, summers in Vermont and on the way home, she always brought me a bottle of real Vermont maple syrup.  I used it to flavor the dressing and it was so good!  But when I became diabetic, I thought I would have to forget about this dish.  Then, one day, I remembered that I had a bottle of maple flavoring that I had once used in a cinnamon roll recipe!  I substituted it in the recipe, and it's as delicious as I remember it being - with no added sweetener!

Chicken Salad with Maple Dressing (makes one serving.)

1 cup cooked chicken chunks

1/2 to 1 apple, chopped (I like to leave the skin on)

1/3 cup chopped celery

3 tbsp. chopped pecans

1/4 cup low fat mayonnaise

1/4 tsp. maple flavoring

Put chopped ingredients in mixing bowl.  Stir flavoring into mayonnaise and fold into the chopped ingredients.  Chill and serve.