Dill-icious Chicken Salad

First of all, sorry for the slack! Not sure what we have been doing for the entire month of August, but apparently it was not cooking tasty things and telling you all about it...

Now, for my weekend trip to the zoo! Living outside of DC means there are a million and one awesome things to do, and most of them are free! A few friends and I decided to hit up the National Zoo on Sunday and take a picnic with us. I was in charge of menu planning of course, so I settled on chicken salad croissants, bacon ranch pasta salad, chips, sodas, and a bizarre crockpot (mis?)adventure cake. (Maybe that deserves it's own post...)  I cheated on the pasta salad and used a box to save me some time, but the chicken salad was a little different from my normal recipe and it really turned out great!
(Note: I always try to cook to my friends' tastes. One of my buddies coming to the zoo haaaates celery, so I left it out of this recipe. I added in the pecans for our crunch factor)

3 poached chicken breasts (I just used water and some salt to poach in)
Silly amount of fresh dill, finely chopped (what constitutes a silly amount? I bought one of the little plastic boxes of fresh dill from the grocery store and used it all. Probably 2 heaping tbsp once chopped?)
6 green onions, thinly sliced
1 c. mayo
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
Juice from 1/2 a lemon
1/2 c. pecan halves
kosher salt and black pepper to taste

Roughly chop the chicken (I leave pretty big chunks because that's how I like my chicken salad, but obviously you can make it how you prefer) and toss in a bowl with dill and green onions. In small bowl whisk mayo, lemon juice, and mustard together. Slowly fold it into the chicken so everything gets coated nicely. Salt and pepper to taste. Add in the pecans and boom! You're done.

If you don't like dill and pecans you will 100% hate this salad. I personally love dill so I found this super tasty. We served it on butter croissants from Trader Joes with some lettuce and tomato and a small spread of Dijon. Everybody loved it--certainly made for a great day at the zoo!