TMTT buttonTomorrow is our MOPS Annual Tea.  As hostess of our MOPS program, I am making sure everything will be perfect for our mothers.   I am excited about this menu and cannot wait for tomorrow morning to arrive. Thankfully the other members of our steering team are helping prepare the food.   So, with all the help it is sure to be great.

We are serving cucumber sandwiches, individual fruit pizzas, chicken salad served on crescents, blueberry scones, yogurt served with fresh fruit, and finally oreo truffles.  I will have water, coffee, lemonade, and raspberry tea available.   What do you think?  Don’t you wish you were a mother of preschoolers (MOPS) mom?

Today I want to share my favorite recipe for chicken salad, which I am requested to bring each year for the Tea.  I have shared this in the past, but it has been a few years.  So, I thought I would share it again.  I just stepped out of the kitchen after making the chicken salad and had a hard time not eating it!

 

ingredients chicken salad with bacon and almonds

The Ingredients to add with Chicken

combining chicken salad ingredients

Combine chicken with celery, almonds, bacon, and grapes.

dressing for chicken salad

Mayo, sour cream, lemon juice, and salt will be added to the dry ingredients.

Chicken Salad with Bacon and Almonds

  • 4 cups cooked, cubed chicken
  • 2 cups chopped celery
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
  • 4 to 5 slices of bacon crisply cooked and crumbled
  • 1 cup seedless purple or green grapes, sliced in halves
  • 1 cup mayo ( I use Kraft olive oil mayo)
  • 1 cup sour cream ( I use light sour cream)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  1. Combine chicken, celery, almonds, grapes and bacon.
  2. In another container, combine mayo, sour cream, salt, and lemon juice.
  3. Toss chicken mixture with the dressing and chill thoroughly before serving.

best chicken salad recipe
I hope you enjoy this chicken salad recipe. It truly is awesome and I know you will enjoy it.

Salad SocialIf you are looking for other salad recipes then  Come join The Salad Social at TidyMom sponsored by The International Olive Council’s Add Some Life.  There are many great salad recipe being shared all week.  There is also a great giveaway!  Don’t miss out!

 

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Tempt My Tummy {Spotlight}

by Lisa on May 12, 2012

Midwest Blue Sky

My big blue sky.

Happy Saturday.  It is a truly gorgeous day in St. Louis.  My husband and daughter have been outside all day.  When I wasn’t running errands or getting my Mother’s Day pedicure, I joined them.  I love days like these.  It is so pretty, I had to take a picture of our pretty Midwest blue sky.  I hope you like it.

A relaxing laid back day, such as this, is the perfect time to look back at our TMTT link up and bookmark the recipes I will have to try soon.

temt my tummy spotlightI hope you have had a chance to visit many of the recipes.  If you have not, let me share with you a few that caught my eye. First, if you did not see my Iced Lemon Pound Cake, you don’t want to miss it! This cake is super moist and beyond lemony good.   I cannot wait to make it again. Soon!

I hope you enjoy checking out the spotlighted recipes from this weeks link up.  Now I am hungry and  thinking about the overly ripe bananas in the kitchen.  I may be trying out Recipe Addicts bread much sooner than later.  :-)

What are you craving right now?

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An adoption story…

May 11, 2012

Today I want to introduce you to my friends Eric and Darci.  Eric is our youth pastor and I consider Darci a dear friend.  They have two children of pre-school age whom my Grace plays with on a frequent basis.  Eric and Darci have felt the Lord lead them to expand their family and directed [...]

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Are we really thinking about getting a puppy?

May 9, 2012

I can’t believe we are talking about it. Hubby has refused to even humor such discussions for so long. Every time Gracie brings up the subject of getting a puppy – WHICH IS EVERYDAY – my hubby will remind her we are not getting a dog. End of subject….. Until recently. Well, she still thinks [...]

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Tempt My Tummy Tuesday…Iced Lemon Pound Cake

May 7, 2012

Happy Tuesday!  I love link up day and all the great recipes you share, each week! Today I am sharing a recipe I originally found via Pinterest.  Awe, Pinterest.  Do you love it as much as I do?  I pinned the iced lemon pound cake recipe to my Tempting Sweets board and knew I would [...]

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Tempt My Tummy {Spotlight}

May 6, 2012

  Welcome to another week of Tempt My Tummy Spotlight, where I highlight a few recipes from this past week’s link up. There are so many to chose from, I hope you enjoy.   For a healthier take on chocolate chip cookies, you need to check out Mrs. Green Jeans’ recipe with some pretty great [...]

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Living life with no regret…

May 5, 2012

On  Tuesday I received word that a dear friend had died.   I was stunned, in shock, and heartbroken.  He was only 43, but he had lived a full life.   I won’t say he lived a life without regret.  Having fought the demons that accompany one who suffered abuse at a young age, fought addiction, and [...]

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eMeals {Winner}

May 3, 2012

Congrats to Liz from Liz’s World who is the winner of the three month subscription giveaway to eMeals.com.  Thanks to all who came by and participated. Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 25 Timestamp: 2012-05-04 01:56:18 UTC www.Random.org

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Tempt My Tummy Tuesday… Sunday Pot Roast

April 30, 2012

First I want to remind you to head over to my eMeals giveaway for a free THREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION.  There is still time to WIN!  The giveaway ends on May 3rd.   I do not know what Sunday morning looks like at your house, but at our home it is a frantic rush.  My husband [...]

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Tempt My Tummy {Spotlight}

April 28, 2012

First I want to remind you to head over to my eMeals giveaway for a free THREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION. Don’t miss out!   I know it can be overwhelming to try and visit all the great sites that link up to Tempt My Tummy each Tuesday.  I have decided to start sharing a “Spotlight” post [...]

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