fruited, curried chicken salad

I love chicken salad. Or turkey salad (I often pick apart the turkey carcass after Thanksgiving and, instead of making the more traditional turkey soup, make turkey salad). I always put lots of celery and usually a lot of fruit in it. It ends up crunchy with sweet bursts in it. I had chicken out for something else, but it was too much for that application. I went ahead and cooked the extra up and shredded it.

I chopped up a bunch of celery, apple, and grapes. I mixed the chicken with some mayo to get it nice and lubed up (I do this separately from the veggies/fruit so I can smash the chicken around some without overly damaging the vegetation). Mix the chicken into the vegetation with some garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and a little bit of curry powder. Add more mayo, if necessary, to get it to the right consistency. I did the curry powder on a whim. My fall back position is that, even if I don't like it, Jer will eat almost anything. Though usually he makes due by covering the food in question with cheese, and we're trying to get away from that.

It actually turned out fabulous. I happened to have some wraps on hand and some fresh spinach, and it was a wonderful lunch! Jer liked it a lot, too. I see more of this in our future. After hanging out in the fridge overnight, the flavours had melded some and it was even more delicious. It did not last long. I think the curry adds more scent than taste, but you definitely get the sense of it.

Approximately what's in it:

~2 cooked, shredded chicken thighs
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 apple, chopped
grapes, cut

~½ c mayo (enough to make it desired consistency)

½ t each: salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder

¼ t curry powder

This would be a good way to get rid of stuff in the fridge. If Jer and I liked more veggies, the options would be endless. I can see adding some chopped onion, chopped bell peppers, chopped cucumber (I actually like cucumber and would like it in this, but Jer doesn't), shredded carrots - whatever! Raisins and/or dried cranberries would be a nice addition, as well as some nuts.