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Weight Loss Coach Who Lost 250 Pounds Shares Her ‘Buffalo Chicken Salad Cabbage Cups’ Recipe As Fans React: ‘That Looks So Good’

May 20, 2025 by Abigail Connolly

 
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Are you ready to try a new spring and summertime meal that’s filling and can help you lose weight?

A weight loss coach and content creator recently shared her recipe for her Buffalo Chicken Salad Cabbage Cups, which are perfect for the upcoming season and packed with macro-friendly nutrients. Samantha Milton is a social media creator whose content focuses on safe ways to lose weight and healthy eating. After losing 250 pounds despite her PCOS diagnosis and raising three kids, Samantha has been teaching her viewers how to lose weight in an accessible and consistent way.

Her recent video for her chicken salad cups, which are less than 500 calories per serving, is a great example of her simple, healthy lifestyle guidance, and they’re a lot easier to make than you think. Check out how to prepare her tasty meal below.

Samantha Milton Makes Her Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad Mixture

To prep the chicken salad base for her cabbage cups, the health influencer mixes one can of chicken with three aged white cheddar Laughing Cow cheese wedges, which is used as an alternative to mayonnaise, and “binds” the mixture. She then takes three tablespoons of 0% fat Greek yogurt and adds that to her salad base as well for some extra creaminess.

Samantha adds chopped red and green onions to her salad base for extra flavor and fiber. To make it a ‘buffalo chicken’ salad, she adds two tablespoons of her go-to hot sauce, Texas Pete, for a fiery kick. If you’re not a fan of extra spice or want to try the chicken salad plain, you can omit that step. She adds “lots” of garlic powder, salt, and freshly ground black pepper to season her chicken salad.

“I don’t care what anyone says, canned chicken is chicken salad,” explains Samantha in her video.

“I have to use canned chicken.”

Samantha’s chicken salad mixture is a lot healthier and weight loss-friendlier than some you may see premade in the grocery store. Using Greek yogurt instead of full-fat mayonnaise adds much more protein for fewer calories, and the low-fat cheese wedges are a fun way to incorporate extra flavor and creaminess.

Samantha Assembles Her Chicken Salad Cabbage Cups

Assembling the chicken salad cabbage cups could not be easier. All you need is a fresh, crispy head of cabbage, which acts as a crunchy shell for your meal. Samantha simply takes off some cabbage leaves one by one for prep.

To create one 'cup,' she takes two large cabbage leaves and simply fills each one with a hearty scoop of her healthy buffalo chicken salad. If you're struggling to find leaves good enough to make a cup, you could also take two leaves and stack them on top of each other to create a little boat shape.

For some extra flavor and texture, as well as to make her meal "sweet and spicy," Samantha adds a few dried cranberries to the top of each cabbage cup. Then, she's done! At the end of her video, she cracks open a can of Diet Coke "for the haters," as it's her signature tagline.

After her recipe video was shared on social media, her followers chimed in on how tasty the meal looked and stated they wanted to try to make it at home.

"That looks so good," wrote an Instagram user.

"This meal is right up my alley," added another.

Another follower stated that they tried the recipe and loved it, writing, "I’ve never had canned chicken, but I tried this today, and OMG!" "So good," they continued.

"Super filling, too."

According to Samantha, just one serving of her buffalo chicken salad cabbage cups contains a whopping 57 grams of protein and is less than 500 calories, making it an excellent meal to support weight loss and enjoy in the warm weather. Will you give her chicken salad a try?

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