Salads

Index

24 Hour or 4 Cup Salad
5 - Cup Salad
Broccoli Salad
Calico Salad
Chicken Salad on Cantaloupe Rings
Cole Slaw
Eula's German Potato Salad
Fried Rice Salad
Frozen Cole Slaw
Granny Smith Tuna Salad
Hearty Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Jellied Cranberry Salad
Judy's Cabbage Crunch Salad
Lime Jell-o Salad
Marlene's German Potato Salad
Oriental Salad
Pasta Salad
Pineapple Mellow Slaw
Rice Artichoke Salad
Rice Salad
Spinach Salad
Summer Picnic Salad

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24 Hour or 4 Cup Salad

Recipe By: Crystal Jacobs

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 cup sour cream
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup mandarin oranges - drained
1 cup pineapple tidbits - drained

Lightly fold all ingredients together. Cover - do not stir. Refrigerate 24 hours. Ready to serve.

Description: Nice Summer Salad

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Granny Smith Tuna Salad

Recipe By: Peggy Baudin

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1/4 tsp salt
3 12oz cans solid white tuna in spring water - drained
1 large cucumber - peeled, seeded and diced
1 large Granny Smith apple - diced
1/2 med sweet onion - diced

Mix together the first 4 ingredients. Break tuna into chunks and add diced cucumber, apple and onion. Gently stir in mayonnaise mixture. Chill.

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Broccoli Salad

Recipe By: Carla June Mason

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 large head broccoli
10 slices bacon - cooked and crumbled
5 green onions - sliced
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp vinegar
1/4 cup sugar

Wash broccoli and cut the flowerets into bite size pieces. Place in a large bowl - add bacon, green onions and raisins. Combine remaining ingredients, stirring well. Add to broccoli mixture and toss gently. Cover and refrigerate 2 - 3 hours.

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Calico Salad

Recipe By: Carla June Mason

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1/2 cup cottage cheese - drained
1/3 cup chopped celery
1/3 cup chopped radishes
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
2 tbsp chopped dill pickle
dash pepper
lettuce leaves

In a small bowl, combine cottage cheese, celery, radishes, green pepper, pickle and pepper; mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Serving Ideas : Serve on a bed of lettuce.

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Chicken Salad on Cantaloupe Rings

Recipe By: Peggy Baudin

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
2 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 cup celery - thinly sliced
1 cup green and red grapes - halved
2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1 1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp pepper
4 cantaloupe rings

In a large bowl, combine chicken, celery, grapes and parsley. Combine the next 7 ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Pour over the chicken mixture and toss. Chill for at least 1 hour.

Serving Ideas : To serve, place ½ cup chicken salad on each cantaloupe ring - sprinkle with slivered almonds.

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Cole Slaw

Recipe By: Eula Kidd

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
3 - 4 lbs cabbage - shredded thin
1 med onion - sliced thin
1 tsp dry mustard
3/4 - 1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp celery seed
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup oil

Alternate layers of cabbage, onion and sugar. Set aside. Bring to boil mustard, salt, celery seed and vinegar. Take from heat and add 1 cup oil. Pour over cabbage. Do not mix at this time. Cover and refrigerate. Best overnight. Toss before serving.

NOTES : Keeps up to two weeks.

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Eula's German Potato Salad

Recipe By: Eula Kidd

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
5 lbs potatoes
1 cup water
1 cup vinegar
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp bacon drippings for flavor
lots celery and onions - chopped
celery seed

Cook potatoes. Peel, dice and season with salt and pepper. Add cut up onions and celery.

Make a cornstarch thickening. Pour over potatoes, onions and celery. Keep thickening hot and soupy.

Sprinkle celery seed over mixture, as much as you want.

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Fried Rice Salad

Recipe By: Esma Lee Smith

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 box Rice A Roni Fried Rice
1/2 cup green onions - chopped
1/2 cup celery
1/2 cup green pepper - choppe
1 can sliced ripe olives
1 - 2 jars marinated artichoke hearts - quartered and drained, reserve marinate
mayonnaise - to blend

Cook rice according to directions, chill. Add next four ingredients, mix in mayonnaise, stir in 2 or so tablespoons of marinate. Chill.

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5 - Cup Salad

Recipe By: Ann R. McCabe

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 cup pineapple chunks
1 cup mandarin oranges
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup marshmallows
1 cup sour cream

Mix well. Serve

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Frozen Cole Slaw

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 cabbage - shredded
3 cup finely chopped celery
1/2 green pepper - chopped
1 cup white vinegar
1 tsp celery seed
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
3 cups sugar
1 tsp mustard seed

Salt cabbage and let it stand for 1 hour Squeeze out the liquid. Mix pepper, celery and cabbage. Mix the remainder of the ingredients and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Let this cool and pour over cabbage mixture. Put in zip-lock freezer bags and freeze.

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Hearty Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Recipe By: Carla June Mason

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
3 15oz cans black-eyed peas - rinsed and drained
1/2 lb fully cooked ham - diced
3 med tomatoes - seeded and diced
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 med carrot - chopped

DRESSING

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
5 tbsp olive or vegetable oil
3 tbsp cider or red wine vinegar
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cloves garlic - minced
1 tbsp fresh basil - minced or tsp dried basil
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp hot pepper sauce

In a large bowl, toss peas, ham. tomatoes, onions and carrot, set aside. Combine dressing ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid, shake well. Pour over the salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

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Jellied Cranberry Salad

Recipe By: Carla June Mason

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 3oz pkg orange gelatin powder
1 3oz pkg lemon gelatin powder
2 1/2 cups boiling water
1 16oz can whole cranberry sauce
1 8oz can crushed pineapple - drained
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Chill until syrupy. Break up cranberry sauce with fork. Add pineapple and nuts, fold into gelatin. Chill until firm in 1 1/ 2-quart mold.

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Judy's Cabbage Crunch Salad

Recipe By: Cindi Wiest

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
16 oz Angel Hair shredded cabbage
1 pkg sliced almonds (about 1 cup) toasted in butter until golden brown
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 pkg Chicken flavored Ramen Noodles - crushed well
1/2 cup salad oil
1/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp cider vinegar

Shake oil, sugar and vinegar together with the seasoning packet from the noodles.

Toss cabbage, noodles, sunflower seeds and almonds together.

Pour well-shaken dressing mix over at last minute just before serving.

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Lime Jell-o Salad

Recipe By: In Memory of Emma Lee Gatrell

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 lg pkg lime gelatin powder
1 lg can crushed pineapple
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans)
1 8oz pkg cream cheese - room temperature
1 1/2 cups hot water

cream cheese at ROOM TEMPERATURE
Add gelatin powder and mix well
Add hot water and stir
Add nuts and pineapple
Pour into a large square Pyrex dish. And let chill.

Serving Ideas : Serve on lettuce leaf (cut into squares)

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Marlene's German Potato Salad

Recipe By: Marlene Scholten

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
8 - 10 large potatoes
1 lb bacon
3 tbsp flour
1/2 cup vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 tsp salt
5 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp dry mustard
8-10 green onions include tops

Cook potatoes with skins on. Peel and dice. Fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon and set aside. Blend flour into bacon fat until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and stir until thickened. Pour over diced potatoes (while warm is best). Mix green onions with bacon and stir into potatoes.

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Oriental Salad

Recipe By: Cathy Yongue Murphy

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 16oz pkg coleslaw
2 pkgs Ramen noodles (beef flavor(
1 cup 5oz pkg sunflower seeds
1 cup almonds - toasted
2 bunches green onions

DRESSING

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1/3 cups white vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 flavor packets of Ramen noodles

Mix the salad ingredients together and let set overnight or all day. (I put it in large plastic bag)

Dressing; Combine and pour over salad just before serving.

NOTES : This does not hold up well after the dressing is put on. It should be served ASAP.

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Pasta Salad

Recipe By: Carolyn Moseley

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 lb noodles - cooked, rinsed with cold water
1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups peanut oil
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp parsley flakes
1 tbsp minced onion
1 tsp Accent seasoning mix
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp pepper
cucumbers, green pepper, red pepper, yellow pepper, mushrooms, sweet onion, cauliflower, celery, cherry tomatoes, etc.

Cook pasta. Rinse with cold water and drain. Mix with cooked pasta and veggies. Refrigerate overnight.

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Pineapple Mellow Slaw

Recipe By: Jennie McRoberts

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
9 cups shredded cabbage
1 can pineapple tidbits - drained
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
3/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp celery seed
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries

In a bowl combine the cabbage and pineapple. In another bowl combine mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, salt and celery seed. Stir into cabbage. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Fold in marshmallows and cranberries 30 minutes before serving.

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Rice Artichoke Salad

Recipe By: Deborah Weaver
submitted by Carla June Mason

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 8oz box chicken Rice-A-Roni
1 6oz can marinated artichoke hearts
4 scallions - thinly sliced
1/2 green pepper - chopped
12 stuffed olives - sliced
1 cup shrimp (small shrimp - 2 cans)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3/4 tsp curry powder

Reserve marinate from artichokes. Cook rice according to directions. Brown good - cool rice. Chop and slice remaining ingredients. Add to cooked rice. Make dressing of marinate, mayonnaise and curry. Add to mixture. Chill several hours before serving.

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Rice Salad

Recipe By: Martha Richardson

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
2 pkgs Uncle Ben's chicken flavored rice
3/4 cup bell pepper
8 green onions
16 stuffed olives
2 6oz jars marinated artichoke hearts - save juice
2/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp curry powder

Cook 2 packages of Uncle Ben's chicken flavored rice according to package directions (leave out butter). Chop bell peppers, onion, olives and artichoke hearts. Add chopped ingredients to cooked rice. Mix artichoke juice with mayonnaise and curry powder. Fold into rice mixture and chill.

NOTES : Better 2nd day

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Spinach Salad

Recipe By: Joyce Yongue Peacock

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach
1 pkg lemon gelatin powder
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 cup cottage cheese
2 tbsp lemon juice
dash salt and pepper

Cook spinach according to box directions. Drain well. Set aside. In large bowl dissolve the jell-o in the hot water. Add remaining ingredients mixing well after each addition. Stir in drained spinach. Pour into 9 x 9 pan. Refrigerate. May be made the day before serving.

Serving Ideas : Garnish with cherry tomatoes or maraschino cherries.

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Summer Picnic Salad

Recipe By: Carla June Mason

Amount Measure Ingredient - Preparation Method
3 cups cooked rice (1 cup uncooked) - cooled
3 ears sweet corn (I used a can of corn)
1 4oz can mild green chilies - chopped, drained
1/2 cup green salad olives with pimiento
1/3 cup green bell pepper
1/3 cup red bell pepper
1/3 cup sliced green onions
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
3 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic - crushed
hot sauce - as desired
3 oz feta cheese - crumbled
4 oz shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Select regular long-grain rice or another favorite. Cook in boiling, salted water as directed on package .Let stand off heat, covered, until cooled. Turn into a large mixing bowl and fluff with fork. Meanwhile, microwave, grill or boil sweet corn. When cool enough to handle, slice kernels off cob into bowl of rice. Add drained green chilies, raggedy salad olives (chop large pieces), bell peppers, green onions, lime juice, olive oil, garlic clove (mince if not throughly crushed) and hot sauce, if using. Toss with a fork.

Just before serving, add feta and Jack cheeses. Toss with a fork.

Serving Ideas : Serve at room temperature.

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