Thursday, January 5, 2012

New Years Chicken Salad!




Happy New Years to everyone!! Today's recipe is the perfect light meal to start the new year off right. I wish I had started this years blogging off right also, but here is what happened.~I put this chicken salad recipe together. As I was just about done, I realized I had no cheese. I mean, you don't need cheese, but I think it adds a lot to the recipe. So I went to the store and picked up the cheese. Of course, you know I couldn't buy just cheese! Oh no, I had to spend 30 minutes, just browsing, picking up this and that, basically accomplishing nothing. I get home, and I make the sandwich, take the pictures, and begin to eat my creation. What's wrong?~Where is the avocado? I have to have the avocado on this sandwich. It's healthy. It's good for me. It has to be a part of this sandwich. Also, I love avocados, and I try to eat one everyday. I have to have the avocado.!!! So I make another sandwich. No problem, they are little, after all. And most of the pictures are of the ingredients being put together, so this can still work!!  I take the pictures of the avocado on the sandwich. They look really nice. I'm using a new camera I got from my husband for Christmas. I love this camera. It works great, and takes better pictures than my last camera! So, now I am downloading the pictures onto my computer from the card. Everything is good. I start to write this post. I go to put the pictures on my post~There are no pictures! What!!  What is happening? I find out that I have erased every picture having to do with this recipe!! I can't believe it! I just sit here dumbfounded for a few minutes. Then I figure, I better at least make another sandwich so I can photograph it! The good news? I downloaded Christmas pictures onto my computer at the same time, and I didn't lose any of those!! So, all was not lost! So, I am sorry for the lack of pictures for this post. I will try to make up for it next time!

This chicken salad recipe is one I came up with as an alternative to using mayo. I love everything in this recipe, and it is really good anytime of year. I hope you like it also!
New Years Chicken Salad
1/2 pound Chicken Breast, cooked and shredded
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Craisins
2 tablespoons Slivered Almonds
1/2 Roma Tomato, chopped small
1/2 Avocado, sliced
1 slice Sargento Baby Swiss(per sandwich)
Oroweat Sandwich Thins Minis 100% Whole Wheat

Mix all the ingredients together. Build the sandwich
starting with the chicken salad, top with 3 slices of avocado,
and a slice of cheese, cut in half.

Enjoy!

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3 comments:

  1. Yum, this sounds wonderful! I never have tried avocado in my chicken salad!

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  2. I really like the different ingredients in your Chicken Salad, I want to give it a try, it really looks good. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  3. Hello Teri,
    Thanks so much for coming over to my place and leaving me a sweet comment!I'm so glad that you liked my Caramel pudding recipe:)You have such an interesting place out here and I would really like to come back and trawl through your posts.So as not to miss out on ya,I'm joining in as your newest follower:)So nice meeting you and do keep coming back!

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