Chicken Salad Sandwiches

This is great lunch idea that is so easy and so good. I actually made it for an RS activity and it was a hit. Of course the recipe is one of Debzees. She always has some good ones.

I normally make it with croissants, but didn't have any at this time, but I was craving the chicken salad, so I used the bread I had at home. I recommend it with croissants though. But I think anything stuffed into a croissant is fantastic.


4 cups chicken or turkey (you can use canned, I did)



Add:
1 cup finely sliced celery
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1 cup red grapes
Shredded lettuce (can be added later)


In another bowl whip
1/4 cup whipping cream

Then add:
1 cup mayonaise
1 tsp poultry seasoning (you can use chicken boullion, but the Poultry seasoning is better)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp curry (optional- not in original recipe, but I add curry to things whenever I can)

Mix all together.

Add Mayo mixture to chicken mixture. This is when you can add the lettuce. Add enough to 'fill-in' the mixture.

Spoon into bread or croissant.

The mixture can be kept in the fridge for a few days.

After Dinner Mints

I found this recipe when I was a little girl and made them once. I loved them. I hadn't thought of them in a long time and then out of the blue one day I thought "I need some of those after dinner mints'. I looked in all my usual recipe books hoping that it would be in one of them. No such luck. I had someone look in books at my moms house. No such luck. Then, its location came to me one day. It was destiny.

I had to make them. Oh, and they were just like I remember. I basically ate them by the handful. They are so easy. I mean, I made them when I was a kid. Not sure how old I was, but old enough to work a hand-held mixer I guess.

Ok, on to the recipe.

Mix together well;

2 1/2 cups icing sugar

3 tbsp butter, softened

3 tbsp cream

1/2 tsp peppermint extract

Dough should be stiff, but still pliable to roll.

Add more icing sugar or cream for correct consistency.

Divide into separate amounts to make different colors. I made blue and white and pink. You can really make any color you want.

mix in a few drops of food coloring for desired color.

Roll into a rope. 1/2 inch diameter

Cut into pieces.

Let stand on wax paper several hours or overnight.

I let mine sit overnight and then I put them in a containerand kept them in the fridge.

perfect popable mints.

Makes several dozen mints.

You can also press them into candy molds.