Curried Chicken Salad Sandwiches

I'm a bit late posting this, but since I was on afternoons this week, Monday's meal was once again lunch time food. The recipe for these sandwiches comes from the tasteofhome Contest Winning Annual Recipes 2010 cookbook.

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Thoughts and Variations
I didn't make a lot of variations on this one, though with the exception of the lemon juice, curry powder, and mayo I was a little under (chicken) or over (most of the other stuff) on the measurements. I did my best, but this is a recipe that doesn't really require great precision. I wouldn't mess with the mayo, lemon juice, curry powder ratio too much since that is your sauce basically, but even that has some wiggle room, especially if you like your chicken salad a little lighter on the mayo. I chose to skip the lettuce because I would have had too much left, but I don't think the sandwiches suffered any for not having it. The butteriness of the croissants worked well with this, though you could certainly use regular bread if that is your preference.

This was a really good recipe and I found all of the ingredients mixed really well together. It wasn't too heavy although it is on the rich side, but there was a nice balance of sweet and savory and crunchy and that little bit of something from the curry powder. Seeing as how I ate the left over chicken salad just by itself and not in a sandwich (and it was still just as delicious), I'm definitely going to mark this recipe as a make again.

Bottle Episode Bingo Card

I have decided to take a crack at the August Intimacy Bingo fest this year, and I liked the look and idea of the Bottle Episode bingo card. The idea is to take two characters and throw them in a situation together, then try to see how many prompts you can fit in that same set up. My very first thought was Gibbs and Fornell from NCIS so that's what I'm going to try. I have a game plan all set up, and have ideas for 23 out of the 25 prompts, but I don't know if I can actually pull this off.

First, this will be my first time writing fanfiction of any kind and I don't know if I'll be able to stay in character. Second, writing isn't my strongest suit, so things like continuity and smooth transitions are still hard for me. Third, I sometimes have a hard time flipping from dialogue to narration and back again, so this probably won't end up being very polished. I'm still exicted to give this a try though, so we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck, I'm gonna need it!

If anyone wants to see the card I'm working with, it can be found here along with my other August bingo cards. Creativity ahoy! (I hope.)