Chicken Salad Sandwich

I really enjoy Chicken Salad Sandwiches because I love the crisp, fresh flavor of the onions and the celery and the red grapes are especially my favorite. I usually made the sandwich like this: chop celery, chop onions, mix with cream cheese and canned chicken, then stir in red grapes. Joel & I have always liked it that way.


Although recently, I tried out making it a new way, since I know that some people put mustard or mayonnaise in theirs. I also happened to be out of red grapes this time, which is disappointing because they are such a great part of the sandwich, but it tasted really good regardless. So the way I made it yesterday is basically, to take the same ingredients (celery, white onion, caned chicken and cream cheese, but no grapes this time, although I would have if I had some) and to add a little bit of honey mustard (like 2 tablespoons) and 1/4 cup miracle whip. We really liked this because unlike the previous one that I usually make, it was creamier and easier to spread. Also, I really liked the flavor that the honey mustard added to it. I would like to make this meal for lunch about once a week as well! (oh, and I usually serve it on toasted wheat bread)

BBQ Dinner

Joel has been wanting BBQ, so we bought some sauce and have made two great meals. The first meal, we had for Easter.

We got Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, which is sweet and it tasted pretty good. I wasn't crazy about it though, since a main ingredient was high fructose corn syrup and it just tasted syrupy. We also bought Stubbs Spicy BBQ Sauce, which i really liked because this sauce tastes more unique and was more tomato based or something, not so syrupy. Joel liked them both. Along with the BBQ chicken made with white onions, we had mashed potatoes with garlic and cheese, mixed vegetables with cheese and some Texas toast.

The second meal, we just had last night, it was wonderful as well! Last tiem, i cooked the chicken by cutting it up and i made two different batches, once with Sweet Baby Rays and the other with Stubbs. This time, i made the chicken with a BBQ seasoing mixture i put together that includes the following spices: Cumin, Paprika, Cayanne Pepper, Chili Powder, Garlic, Salt and Sugar. Then we put BBQ sauce on top of that while we ate, and I didn't cook the white onions this time, so they were fresh and crisp. We also had a little bit of corn on the side as well as pinto beans and potato wedges. It all tasted great and everything went well with Stubbs BBQ sauce! This time we bought the original, which isn't the spicy version, although it is still a little spicy. And of course, Texas Toast to go on the side. We have now decided to have a BBQ meal once a week.