Poppy Seed Salad

Dressing:
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 Tbsp. onion, pureed
1 Tbsp. poppy seeds
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup oil

Combine all salad ingredients and refrigerate overnight to meld flavors together.

Salad:
1 lb. bacon
2 heads green leaf lettuce
1 head iceberg lettuce
1 lb. Swiss cheese, grated
1 small carton small curd cottage cheese

Cook bacon and crumble into small pieces.  Wash and tear lettuce; toss with cheeses and bacon and dressing just before serving.

Poppy Seed Spinach Salad

Salad:
Baby spinach leaves
Cucumber, sliced
Strawberries, quartered
1 large can Mandarin oranges
Sliced purple onion
Sugared slivered almonds

Dressing:

1 cup mayo
1 cup oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. poppy seeds

Whisk dressing in gredients together.  Toss enough dressing to coat salad ingredients.

Easy, Delicious Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• 1 (29 ounce) cans peach slices, undrained
• 1 (20 ounce) cans pineapple chunks, undrained
• 1 (3 1/8 ounce) boxes dry vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 lb strawberries, stemmed and quartered
• 1 banana, sliced
• 1/2 pint blueberries
• 1 bunch grapes (I used green)
  (Supplement with whatever fruit you like/have on hand. I prefer to leave out the blueberries and add oranges instead. I also added apple chunks.)

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine peach juice, pineapple juice, and vanilla pudding mix.
2. Mix well until pudding is dissolved.
3. Pour desired amount of pudding sauce over fruit and stir.
4. Chill.

Cha-cha chicken salad and lemonade

2 (12-ounce) packages linguine – cook til al dente, drain

1 cup soy sauce

1 – 2 bottles Soy Vay Cha-Cha Chinese Chicken Salad Dressing

1 package shredded cabbage (cole slaw)

1 package shredded carrots

1 red pepper and 1 yellow pepper, diced

baby grape tomatoes

2 bunches asparagus – cut into 1 – 1 ½ inch pieces and blanched

1 ½ pounds fresh snow peas, cut in half

5 – 6 chicken breasts, marinate in ½ cup sugar and ½ cup soy sauce. Grill and slice thinly.

Cook linguine noodles, drain and marinate in soy sauce in a zip-lock bag. Prepare additional ingredients. Toss with dressing. Serves !2 +


SO delish!!

LEMONADE WITH FRESH OJ

Prepare one can of frozen lemonade concentrate according to directions. Add ½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice for each can. Chill well.

*if adding ice to serve, reduce water.

A Sarah Salad

1 head iceberg lettuce
5 strips bacon
½ 10-oz pkg. frozen peas
½ cup shredded Swiss cheese
2/3 cup chopped green onions
¼ tsp. sugar
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
¼ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup miracle whip

Wash and drain lettuce, dry thoroughly; set aside. Dice bacon sauté until crisp. Drain on paper towel; set aside. Run hot water over peas and drain; set aside.

Tear lettuce into bite size pieces and put in salad bowl. Add bacon, peas, and onions.

Combine sugar, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, and miracle whip to make dressing. Toss with salad immediately before serving.

Frog Eye Salad

1 16-oz Acini de Pepe
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
½ tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 20-oz cans pineapple tidbits (reserve juice)
1 20-oz can crushed pineapple (reserve juice)
3 11-oz cans mandarin oranges
1 8-oz carton whipped topping
1 10-oz. pkg. miniature marshmallows
1 cup coconut

Cook acini noodles according to package directions; drain, rinse and set aside.

Combine sugar, flour and salt in a medium saucepan. Add pineapple juice from cans (will be about 1 ¾ cup) and bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a whisk.

Temper beaten eggs before adding to the heated pineapple mixture by slowly adding about 1/2 cup of heated pineapple mixture into the beaten eggs while stirring constantly (to avoid getting scrambled eggs!). Beat warmed egg mixture well, then slowly add it to the rest of the pineapple mixture and continue cooking. Boil until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add lemon juice. Let cool slightly.

Lightly mix drained noodles with pineapple mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Also let pineapple & mandarin oranges drain overnight in refrigerator in a separate colander.

Before serving, combine pineapple mixture, fruit, whipped topping, marshmallows & coconut.