My Family’s Chicken Salad by Abby L. Vandiver
In Cleveland, where I live, you never know what kind of
weather you’ll get after the end of August. As I wrote in my book, A Deadly
Inside Scoop, a winter blizzard as early as October wasn’t unheard of, which,
when it happened, put a damper on the month’s end festivities—Halloween!
On Halloween at my
house, we’d always have something light. Too many sweets were coming in from
the night’s travels through the neighborhood. I always fixed something that I didn’t
have to stand over the stove to cook because I had to answer the door for trick-or-treaters.
So, a favorite at our house was chicken salad. Like mine pretty simple, but over the years,
we added concord grapes and pecans for some family and friends who stopped by. But
what we never varied on was the toasted, garlic French baguette that we served
with it. No sandwiches or crackers for us!
Chicken Salad Ingredients:
White meat from a baked or roasted
chicken
1/ 4 teaspoon of dill
7/2 teaspoon of celery seed
1 1/ 2 stalk of celery
4 tablespoons of mayo
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Dice the chicken into cubes. Cut up celery into small pieces. Salt and pepper to tast. Put remaining ingredients in bowl and combine.
Homemade Crackers Ingredients:
Olive oil
Parsley flakes
Garlic powder
Directions:
Slice bread. Lay pieces on cookie
sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle bread tops with garlic powder and
parsley. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly toasted.
Serves four (4)
thank you, that looks delicious and the garlic bread is a fantastic idea! We usually had pizza for Halloween super, fast and easy with 3 kids getting ready to head out for trick or treating. Those days are over and as my husband is not a fan of Halloween, I head out to a granddaughter's house(we have 3) and get to help with the craziness and I love every moment.
ReplyDeleteChili was the meal of choice on Halloween at our house. These days I am more likely to make a salad, throw some chicken in and call it good. Easy to manage while sitting out front handing out treats. Happy Haunting!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I'd never really thought about what to serve for Halloween. As far as dinner is concerned, it's just another day.
ReplyDeleteChicken salad is a favorite of my husband and me,
Are you east side or west side? The chicken salad looks delicious!
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