Posted on 05/25/2017 3:33:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
While roaming on Youtube last week, I found a video from the Southern Foodways Alliance about ‘Sally Bell’s’, a little Richmond, Virginia bakery which is famous for it’s boxed lunches. This is a very interesting short video about a family business that has become beloved for its made-from-scratch-everyday menu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm0CaOxEQY
I searched to see if some of their recipes might be available, with no luck; but I did find a recipe for Cheese Wafers with Pecans, which looks similar to those that are always included in Sally Bell’s lunch boxes:
http://www.sweetpaulmag.com/food/my-happy-dish-cheese-wafers-with-pecans-1
Apparently the Chicken Salad is the favorite sandwich at Sally Bell’s; and since they aren’t giving their recipe away, I’ll share mine again. The lemon-basil butter is what really makes this, and for parties I do this on little flower-shaped tea breads made from a special mold. I believe I first found this recipe in the booklet that came with my ‘Pampered Chef’ molds:
Almond Chicken Salad Sandwiches with Lemon-Basil Butter
To make butter spread:
Combine ¾ Cup softened butter with 2 tsps. Lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and ½ cup fresh basil leaves finely chopped, or 2 T. dried basil.
To make filling:
Combine 1 C. finely chopped cooked chicken with ½ Cup mayonnaise, ½ cup slivered almonds, and salt and pepper to taste. (I shred the chicken in the food processor, to get a very smooth, consistent texture.)
To make sandwiches:
Carefully spread each slice of bread on one side with thin layer of butter spread. Then place filling on one bread slice, and top with second buttered slice.
If you take these to a party, they can be made the evening before, and stored in a container with a double layer of paper towels between each layer of sandwiches. The butter spread will help keep the bread from going soggy.
(If you DO want to make fancy bread: I usually use the Bridgford frozen bread dough, cutting dough in half and baking each half in a canapé bread mold sprayed with PAM. To slice the bread for sandwiches, it helps to partially freeze it. Slice thinly.)
Here’s a link to Sally Bell’s website, in case you make it to Richmond this summer:
http://www.sallybellskitchen.com
I know that some of our cooking thread members are familiar with ‘La Tienda’, the online purveyor of gourmet Spanish food items; but I didn’t realize that they have a retail store and a tapas bar at Williamsburg, VA:
https://www.tienda.com/aboutus/retailstore.html
La Tienda has lots of recipes on their website; I’ve never made Paella, and want to try theirs.
-JT
The one I posted is big, but there are serving-size ones, and I have two.
They go inside my cute beige bird lunch box, thank you, which coordinates with everything ;-)
Bird lunch box....so sweet.
Crafters and ‘makers’ have developed a saying: “When in doubt, put a bird on it.”
My version is, ‘When in doubt, buy the one with the bird on it’.
(Unfortunately, I have more than one fetish demanding satisfaction...)
REALLY CUTE...
Neat!
My favorite chicken salad.
I add chicken and a touch of Lawry’s seasoning salt to your Waldorf salad recipe. Yum!
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I now living in the fear of my shower tomorrow!!!!! Forget the dang bathtub. It’s a death trap!!! LOL!
The warranty on our parts is wearing out and we no longer bounce like we use to.
I had a couple of incidents today as well. I think I’m going to find a seniors chat area where I can blow off steam.
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