Chicken Redux

I have had such a hankering lately for that most pedestrian of dishes--chicken salad. Since a distressing quantity of my Super Easy Lemon Chicken was still hanging around in the fridge, I came home from knitting group on Friday, and made this:

Addictive Chicken Salad

4 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
2 cups diced celery
1 medium-sized sweet onion (Vidalia)
1/2 cup chopped, toasted pecans
1 Tbls. pickle relish
Enough Mayo to bind loosely
Salt & Pepper to taste

I've been living on this for the past two days. I eat it on lettuce leaves, or ciabatta bread, topped with sweet-hot mustard, or mixed with a Tablespoon of barbeque sauce. I firmly believe that our bodies crave what they need, so what is in this humble chicken salad that makes it so compellingly delicious?

Soon, it will be all gone...and then I'll have to find something else to eat compulsively.