Chicken-cucumber Party Sandwiches

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise (reduced fat is okay, do not use fat-free)
• 3 cups finely diced cooked chicken
• 3/4 cup peeled seeded and diced cucumber
• 3 celery ribs, finely diced
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, finely diced
• 6 green onions, chopped small
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste, i use seasoned salt)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 84 slices fresh bread or 84 slices whole wheat bread

Recipe

• 1 in a medium size bowl, stir together the softened cream cheese and the mayo until well blended (i use a whisk).
• 2 with a wooden spoon, stir in the chicken and the next 7 ingredients.
• 3 cover and chill the filling for 4-24 hours.
• 4 when ready to prepare the sandwiches after the 4-24 hour chilling time cut the crusts off of the bread slices.
• 5 using cookie cutters, or assorted metal shaped cutters (medium-size round biscuit cutters work great too), cut the bread slices into desired shapes.
• 6 spread half of the bread shapes with the chicken mixture, and top with the matching shape.
• 7 roll the sandwich edges in chopped fresh parsley if desired.
• 8 refrigerate, covered with plastic wrap until ready to use.