Chicken Bites Appetizer = DELICIOUS!!!

This weekend was a GREAT one!!!  It was the weekend of Steve Aday's wedding.  We had the rehearsal dinner Friday night, and the wedding & reception Saturday night.  The wedding was very nice & they did a great job putting it all together.  Everyone had a blast!  

Saturday evening we had JayO's family, Aunt Abigail, Hatley & Tristan over for wine & appetizers.  Baxter & Josh also stayed with us for the weekend.  

With Jay O. being so busy studying lately, my favorite part of the weekend was actually being able to hang out with him! :)

One of the appetizers I prepared Saturday was a new recipe that I definitely plan to make a staple in my recipe box:

CHICKEN BITES (no, I don't like the name of this recipe...but I guarantee you'll love it):

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 package (8 ounces) 1/3 less fat cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf basil, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• dash thyme leaves, crushed
• 1 cup minced cooked chicken
• 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
• 1 jar (2 ounces) chopped pimiento, drained
• 2 cans (8 ounces each) crescent rolls (reduced fat if you want to cut calories)
• 1 egg, beaten
• sesame seeds (you can find these with the spices in the grocery store)

DIRECTIONS:

• Combine cream cheese, lemon juice, basil, salt, thyme; mix until well blended. Stir in chicken, celery, and pimiento; mix well.

• Separate dough into eight triangles, firmly pressing the perforations to seal. Spread cream cheese/chicken mixture over each rectangle, leaving 1/2-inch uncovered on one long edge. Roll up, starting with the long edge which has cream cheese right to the edge; seal edges. Brush rolls with egg; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Cut each roll into 4 portions. Place chicken bites, seam side down, on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown. Serve immediately.  

OR what I chose to do was I separated the triangles, put a spoonful of the chicken mixture on the long side of the triangle, & rolled up the crescent roll making sure that all of the edges were sealed.  Then I brushed the egg & sprinkled the sesame seeds.  I baked it at 350 for 13 minutes.  This made 16 little sandwiches & turned out looking great:)

• Makes 32 chicken appetizers or 16 mini sandwiches

I have one more recipe I will share with you very soon that I also prepared.

For spirits, I was excited to find that VOGA now has a sparkling Pinot Grigio.  I absolutely loved it & plan to purchase it again!

Between $13.99 & $15.99

All of this made out to be a fun filled weekend, & a very productive one too!