Mum's Chicken Salad

K and I have often lamented that no matter how hard we try, we can never make chicken salad as perfect as our mom's.  While that may be true, it's still pretty darn delicious when I try! Here's a very loose "recipe" she recently emailed me so that we all may soldier on in our attempts:

there was a time when I only posted highly manicured food photos on this blog, but let's just celebrate an actual post eh? also my dog is cute

Shredded baked or rotisserie chicken
Red or green seedless grapes sliced in half
Sliced almonds
Sliced celery
Mayo
Black pepper
All amounts to taste

I like to serve on rye or multigrain toast with a leaf of romaine underneath.  I also at times sub some or all of the mayo with greek yogurt.

Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

This is an email I sent to my family:

"I just made the best cupcakes of my LIFE.  

I used this recipe: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/super-moist-chocolate-cupcakes/

Except I replaced oil with cinnamon applesauce and buttermilk with whole fat yogurt. 

And, I used this frosting, and sprinkled them very lightly with flaky salt over the frosting: https://www.twosisterscrafting.com/buttercream-frosting/ 

SO FREAKING GOOD.  Highly recommend."