Italian Chicken Salad

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

* 2 -3 cups cooked chicken (you can also use 2 forks & shred to a consistency similar to tuna or pulle)
* 1⁄3 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
* 4 ounces Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
* 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
* 1⁄3 cup chopped onion
* 1⁄2 cup pitted black olives, drained & chopped
* 1 (6 ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained & chopped
* 1⁄4 cup pinoli nuts, chopped (pine nuts)
* salt to taste
* pepper to taste
* garlic powder to taste
* 1 dash oregano

How To Cook:
1. I use my mini-food processor to chop all of the ingredients except the chicken -- I just give them a few "pulses" per ingredient so they are not pureed in the food processor.

2. Mix mayonnaise, and cream cheese together in bowl until creamy. Stir in chicken & remaining ingredients. Chill until ready to serve.

3. Can add more or less of the mayonnaise & cream cheese mixture according to taste/texture desired.

Note:
you can buy the chicken pre-cooked or make it ahead of time. I recommend using all white meat.
Also, you can substitute the pinoli nuts with chopped almond slivers if budget-conscious.