Party Food: Chicken Salad

I've been craving Chicken Salad lately, and when a friend recently hosted an informal late afternoon potluck, I thought I'd try out something new - elegant, but not fussy Chicken Salad Bites on Multi-Grain Baguette.

Ingredients: 

• 1 whole roasted chicken, cooled and shredded (if you buy a rotisserie chicken from your market, do not add salt later in the recipe)
• 1/2 cup diced cucumber
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1/4 cup minced red onion
• 1 cup whole grapes, sliced in half
• 1/3 cup roasted pepitas
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons honey mustard
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, minced
• falt leaf parsley whole leaves (small ones are best)
• sliced multi-grain skinny baguette

Prep your veggies: cut grapes in half; slice the cucumbers into 1/4 rounds, then cut each round into thirds and then thirds again crosswise for consistent cuts.

Slice celery stalks into thin lengthwise strips and then dice.

Evenly mince onion by cutting into it about 1/2" down both lengthwise and crosswise creating a grid, and then (turning the onion on its side) slicing downwards to cut super tiny, perfect minced onion! 

Add shredded chicken and pepitas to large mixing bowl. Add mayonnaise, buttermilk and honey mustard and mix thoroughly.

Top baguette slices with chicken salad and a small leaf of flat-leaf parsley. 

Serve at room temperature. Yummy!