Homemade Bagel Chips and Chicken Salad

As you probably know, I have had to get creative with cold lunches because with my job we work in unfinished houses.  I take my lunch in an ice chest and there is no way to heat it up:(  I am trying to find new and creative ideas.  Sunday night I decided to make chicken salad for my lunch.  A couple weeks ago a co-worker brought chicken salad and bagel chips-it was all so delicious I decided to re-create it!

 1 can of chicken, 1 celery stalk diced, about 3/4 cup grapes cut, 2 rounded Tbsp Mayo, 1 rounded Tbsp sour cream, 1/4 tsp. salt, pepper to taste

 Stir well and refrigerate

Then I made some homemade bagel chips for the first time.  I used two honey wheat bagels and sliced each bagel into six slices.  It is a little tricky to get them this thin so be careful with your knife...Cliff kept saying, BE CAREFUL!

 

 Then I put drizzled olive oil over them and rubbed it in with my oil brush.  I sprayed pam on the other side.  Sprinkle with your favorite seasonings, I used garlic salt and pepper and a few onion flakes.  Next time I will try it with simple salt and pepper!

Bake at 400 for 10 minutes, flipping after five.  After I flipped mine I added Parmesan cheese!  You may need to play with the time/oven temp depending on your oven.  These were great with my chicken salad, I have had it two days in a row now!  Enjoy:)

Simple Chicken Salad

1 can of chicken (13oz), drained and shredded

1 stalk celery, diced

3/4 cup grapes, sliced (doesn't have to be exact)

2 rounded Tbsp mayo (I like the olive oil mayo)

1 rounded Tbsp sour cream

1/4 tsp salt

pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and refrigerate.  Enjoy with bagel chips if you are up for it!

Easy Bagel Chips

2 bagels of your choosing

1 Tbsp olive oil

Pam cooking spray

S & P to taste

Fresh Parmesan (optional)

Preheat oven to 400.  Slice each bagel into six thin slices.  Place on a large cookie sheet lined with foil.  Rub olive oil on one side and season.  Flip and spray pam on the other side, season again if you want.  Bake for 5-6 minutes and then flip (add cheese if you want) and bake 5-6 more minutes.  Let cool and store in an airtight container.