LUNCHEON LADIES

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The character behind these salad gals was my mother. She'd serve them to my teachers each spring at a special lunch she hosted. I did the same when my children were little. Nowadays, I make them for my friends who love luncheon ideas like this. -Harriet Rummel, Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Lunch

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 celery ribs
4 hard-boiled large eggs
12 whole cloves
4 pimiento slices
20 carrot curls
4 tomato slices
4 lettuce leaves
2 cups chicken salad
12 ripe olive slices
8 whole pitted ripe olives

Steps:

  • Cut eight 1-in. celery sticks and set aside. Cut eight 1-1/2-in. pieces from remaining ribs; with a sharp knife, make lengthwise cuts in each piece, as close together as possible, beginning 1/2 in. from one end. Place in ice water. Refrigerate until celery begins to separate, about 1 hour. , To form ladies, place each egg on a salad plate. Insert cloves into egg for eyes and nose. Add a pimiento for a mouth. Surround top and sides of egg with carrot curls for hair. Position a tomato slice below egg for the body. Tuck the narrow end of lettuce leaf under tomato for skirt. , Spoon 1/2 cup chicken salad under each lettuce leaf. Place three olive slices on each tomato for buttons. Drain frilled celery ribs; place next to tomato for arms. Place celery sticks below lettuce for legs. Place whole olives at ends of celery for shoes. Serve immediately.

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