Chicken, Apple and Pecan Salad in a Jar

• 2 cups kale leaves chopped
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• 2 apple chopped, Granny Smith variety
• ½ cup pecans chopped
• 1 cup grapes

For the chicken salad

• 2 boneless skinless thin-sliced chicken breasts
• salt Kosher salt and freshly ground
• black pepper Kosher salt and freshly ground
• ⅓ cup yogurt plain, Greek
• ¼ cup red onion diced
• 2 celery diced, stalks
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise optional
• 2 tablespoons almonds sliced
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice or more, to taste, freshly squeezed