I’m all about changing up chicken salad…unless that means adding grapes or craisins (or any other fruit). That means I’m often looking for ways to keep it interesting but savory. I recently bought a large tub of chicken salad for Finn to eat when we were out on a date night and I decided to have fun with the leftovers.

Pile chicken salad on top of toasted sourdough, squirt some kewpie mayo on top (yes, I know chicken salad already has mayo, but this one wasn’t super mayo-heavy, plus kewpie adds a little something extra) and then pile some of Trader Joe’s cracked olive salad on top. If you don’t have this fun TJ’s product, you can make your own (chopping basic black and green olives along with capers, herbs, and marinating in oil with some garlic) or use giardiniera mix, which can be found in most grocery stores in the pickle aisle and will give off the same vibes.