Ingredients

• 2  cups diced cooked chicken
• 1  cup diced celery (2 stalks)
• 1/2  cup diced green apple
• 3  slices bacon, crisp cooked, drained, and crumbled
• 1/2  cup dairy sour cream
• 1  cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
•   Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 28  slices firm whole wheat and/or rye bread, trimmed into tombstone shapes
• 1  8-ounce container whipped cream cheese
•   Finely chopped toasted pecans
•   Purple kale

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine chicken, celery, apple, and bacon.

2. In a medium bowl, stir together sour cream, mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Add to chicken mixture; stir to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover; chill for 2 to 24 hours.

3. To make tombstone sandwiches, spread chicken salad on half of the bread tombstones. Top with remaining bread tombstones . Spread the edges of sandwiches with cream cheese and roll edges in pecans to coat. Use cream cheese to stick tombstones to plate. Add purple kale for a creepy groundcover. Makes 14 tombstones.