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THREE BEAN SALAD
1/2 cup each: sugar, oil, vinegar and sliced onions 1 t salt
1 16 oz can green beans, drained 1 16 oz can wax or garbanzo beans, drained
1 16 oz can kidney beans, drained
BROCCOLI SALAD DORIS POWELL
4 cups fresh, uncooked broccoli (tops only)
8 slices crisp bacon
Mix together:
1/4 cups raisins 1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup white sugar 3 T red wine vinegar
1 small onion chopped
Pour over broccoli and bacon - mix together.
CARROT SALAD
Peel 1 lb. carrots and slice them into disks. Cook in boiling water until just tender. (Caution! Do not over cook.) Drain. Put carrots in a bowl. Slice 2 med. onions in thin rings and add to the bowl. Cut one green pepper into strips and add that. Add tomato soup undiluted. Then 3/4 cup cider vinegar, 1/2 cup salad oil, 1/2 t Worcestershire sauce, 1 t mustard, 1/2 t salt and 1/2 cup sugar. Mix well and refrigerate.
CARROT SALAD II
Stir 1 pkg. lemon jello into 1 cup boiling water. Cut up 1 1/2 cups carrots and put in blender with the jello. Add 1/2 cup water. When the carrots are chopped put in a 8x4 inch or other small casserole. Refrigerate and serve with a little miracle whip. (When blending try to make the carrots the same size you would get if grated with a hand grater.)
CAULIFLOWER SALAD
1 cup fine dry bread crumbs 3 T butter
9 to 10 c bite size pieces romaine lettuce, about 13 oz.
1 cup mayonnaise
2 T fresh grated parmesan cheese
1 T fresh lemon juice 1 small clove garlic crushed
salt pepper to taste 1/2 head of fresh cauliflower
Cook bread crumbs in butter in small skillet until browned. Set aside to cool.
Put bite size pieces of lettuce in large salad bowl. Mix mayonnaise, cheese, lemon juice and garlic in small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Pour mixture over lettuce and toss well.
Top with bread crumbs, do not toss. Grate cauliflower; there will be about 2 cups. Sprinkle cauliflower over bread crumbs. Serve immediately without tossing.
TAFFY APPLE SALAD ARLENE BRESSLER
20 oz pineapple (drained & reserve juice)
2 cup small marshmallows
Mix and refrigerate overnight.
1/2 cup sugar 1 T flour
1 egg beaten
1 1/2 T vinegar
drained juice
Cook until thick. Refrigerate overnight.
Mix:
8 oz Cool Whip
2 cups chopped unpeeled Red Delicious Apples
1 1/2 cups chopped peanuts
Add marshmallows and thickened sauce. Refrigerate.
GREEN BEAN SALAD
Drain a can of green beans into a bowl. Add 3 T chopped onion. Add a cup or so of cheddar cheese cut into 1/4 inch cubes. Add miracle whip thinned slightly with milk. Mix, add chopped lettuce, mix and serve.
LAYERED SALAD JAN TELESCZCAK
In a glass bowl, make layers of the following:
1 head shredded lettuce 1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced green pepper 1 med. onion diced
1 pkg. frozen peas 16 oz
Mix together:
1 1/4 miracle whip and 2 T sugar
1 pkg. shredded cheddar cheese 1 can bacon
bits
Cover the unmixed salad with the above dressing. Layer on the cheese and then the bacon bits. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Do not mix when serving. Spoon through all layers.
JOANN'S FRUIT SALAD
1 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup diced orange, drain at least 2 hours
1 cup coconut
1/2 pt sour cream
2 cups marshmallows cut in quarters
bananas, cherries and walnuts may also be added
GERMAN POTATO SALAD
Cook peeled, sliced potatoes in salted water. Drain. Fry some bacon until crisp - set two pieces aside for John. Crumble and add to potatoes. Add some onions, either fried or raw at your pleasure. Drain bacon fat from skillet. Add 1 part each: oil, vinegar, sugar and water. Heat sauce picking up bacon juices from pan. Thicken slightly with cornstarch. Pour over potatoes, onions and bacon.
GERMAN POTATO SALAD DANIEL SULLIVAN
4-5
pounds potatoes diced into large chunks 1 pound bacon cut into chunks
1 large onion cut into large chunks
¼ c vinegar
¼ c sugar
Boil potatoes until tender. Fry bacon until almost crisp. add onions and fry until the onions are transparent. DO NOT drain grease add vinegar and sugar to the bacon and onions and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add to drained potatoes and stir until all liquid is absorbed into the potatoes.
HONEY COLD SLAW
About 2 quarts
1 med. head cabbage, shredded 1 green pepper chopped
1 med. onion finely chopped 1/3 cups ea. honey, vinegar, salad oil
salt to taste
Combine cabbage, green pepper and onion in a large bowl. Heat honey, vinegar, sugar and salt to boiling. Pour mixture over vegetables. Mix thoroughly. Refrigerate several hours before serving.
CUCUMBER SALAD
2 large cucumbers peeled and very thinly sliced.
1 t salt 1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup cider vinegar 1/4 t salt
1/4 t pepper 3 T sugar
1/4 t dry mustard 1 onion thinly sliced
Lightly toss cucumbers with 1 t salt; refrigerate until well chilled. Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients except sliced onions. Drain cucumbers. Toss with onions and with sour cream mixture; refrigerate. (If dressing is added too far in advance salad will become soggy.) Yield 6 servings.
PACIFIC LIME MOLD PEG BUCHAU
1 pkg. lime gelatin 9 oz can crushed pineapple
1 cup cottage cheese 1 t horseradish
1/2 cup mayonnaise
PISTACHIO FLUFF
1 pkg. pistachio pudding 1 can undrained crushed pineapple (20 oz)
1 1/2 cups marshmallow 1/2 cups nuts
9 oz pkg. Cool Whip
Mix together and refrigerate
TUNA ASPIC ALICE SULLIVAN
1 cup boiling water 1 pkg. lemon jello
1/2 can grated tuna 1/2 cup diced celery
1 t diced onion
1 no 2 can tomato sauce
1 T vinegar or lemon juice
Dissolve jello in hot water, add lemon juice and tomato sauce. Cool, stir in tuna, celery and onion (green peas, peppers or like vegetables may also be added.
SALAD DRESSING JO GIBSON
1/2 cup oil
1 t paprika
2 T vinegar 1/3 cup
sugar
1 t horseradish mustard pinch
salt
SICILIAN SALAD
mix these ingredients to your taste
Sicilian olives, crushed olive oil (or sub. corn oil)
celery garlic
crushed red pepper
oregano
dash pepper
RIBBON SALAD
Use 7 packages jello, 3 oz size: 4 are various flavors of red, 1 is orange, 1 lemon and 1 lime.
For red jello use 3/4 cup boiling water and 3/4 cup cold water. For citrus jello use 1/2 cup boiling water and 1/2 cold water and 1/2 cup milnot.
Make one large red jello layer in a glass 13x9 or 10x12 inch pan. Refrigerate until set. Add a layer of the citrus jello and let set. Continue alternating red and citrus jello until all 7 layers are set.
SPINACH SALAD
Wash, stem and cut up 1 pkg. spinach. Dry and put in a bowl. Add about 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms and about 1/2 cups sliced onions. Fry out 6 slices of bacon until crisp. Break up into a separate bowl. Pour off most of the fat from the skillet add 1/3 cup each: oil, vinegar, water and sugar. Add all of the bacon bits and bring to a boil. Pour over the spinach and serve. If this does not make enough dressing the quantities can be increased from 1/3 to 1/2 cup.
SPINACH SALAD NANCY GILBERT
1 lb. spinach 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
1 cup small curd cottage cheese
Dressing
1/2 cup sour cream 3 T vinegar
1/2 cup sugar 1 t white horseradish
1/2 t dry mustard 1/2 t salt
GERMAN POTATO SALAD DANIEL SULLIVAN
4-5
pounds potatoes diced into large chunks
1 pound bacon cut into chunks 1 large onion cut into large chunks
¼ c vinegar
¼ c sugar
Boil potatoes until tender. Fry bacon until almost crisp. add onions and fry until the onions are transparent. DO NOT drain grease add vinegar and sugar to the bacon and onions and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add to drained potatoes and stir until all liquid is absorbed into the potatoes.