Mother's Day Luncheon

I had my Mom and Grandma Nina over for a ladies' luncheon early this spring. The bulbs were blooming, my table-runner was finished, and I even had enough time to make some chocolate angel-food cake in my heart pan (yes it was back during spring break!). We had chicken salad and chocolate strawberry short cake. I couldn't have asked for a better Saturday. In case you need some ideas for mother's day celebrations, here are the pictures and the recipes.

Above: Chocolate Angel Food Cake: Martha Stewart's version (what did you expect?!)

* I used cocoa powder instead of melted chocolate chips like she called for.

Below: Curried Chicken Salad Recipe (adapted from Southern Living)

Boneless skinless chicken breasts boiled and torn into bite-size pieces (I used 3 breasts of chicken for 3 people)

1 package neufchatel cheese (a lighter version of cream cheese with more protein too!)

3 green onions, diced

2-3 Tablespoons mayo

1 Tablespoon curry powder

red grapes to taste

1 stick celery diced

salt/ pepper to taste

Mix the cheese, mayo, and curry powder. Toss chicken, celery and green onions and mix with curry mixture. Add grapes last so they don't break apart. Serve on a leaf of lettuce or on toasted English muffins. Yummmm..... I added deviled eggs to the menu for the finishing touch (And so I could use my pretty deviled egg plate that my grandma gave me last year for my birthday!) This chicken salad is easily made a day ahead of time and refrigerated.

A happy memory! (And pretty too... spring is my favorite!)