Pretty sure I owe the feelings of nostalgia I have toward chicken salad to the many, many times I watched Anne of Green Gables with my sister and one of our closest friends growing up. Every time I see the dish I think of Diana and Anne discussing riches:
Diana: I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad.
Anne: You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens.
Lovely sentiment Anne, BUT, you must admit that chicken salad adds a beautiful shine to all the riches of being sixteen with a wonderful imagination.
This version is my favorite. Bright with lemon and bursting with flavor and crunch from fennel, celery and apple. Tarragon and parsley add freshness and a touch of sweetness comes from grapes and cranberries. Mix all this with mayonnaise (homemade or not) and you’ve got the picture of summer time comfort food.
Feel free to adjust here. If you are a huge fan of fennel but don’t care for celery, add more fennel then celery. Or use raisins instead of cranberries. You get the picture.
Just make this. And then go find a kindred spirit to eat it with and count all the ways (apart from money) that you are indeed, very rich.
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YUM!!! Can’t wait to try this one!! Great for when large group comes over!!
Yay! Totally a great group meal!