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Salad Recipes

Creamy Potato Salad

8 cups cubed potatoes
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
3 celery ribs, chopped
3/4 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
2 Tb mustard
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dill weed

Place potatoes in a large saucepan; cover with water.  Cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat; cook for 20-30 minutes or until tender.  Drain and cool.  Place potatoes in a large bowl.  Add chopped egg, celery, onion and garlic.  In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, salt, pepper and dill.  Pour over potato mixture and toss gently to coat.  Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Fresh Broccoli Salad

1 bunch broccoli, chopped
12 strips bacon, cooked & crumbled
2 green onions, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
2 Tb vinegar
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup sugar (or less)

Mix broccoli and green onions.  Crumble bacon and add to vegetables.  Mix mayonnaise, vinegar and sugar.  This mayo/vinegar with water if needed.  Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate for two hours before serving.

Ramen Noodle Salad

1 pkg Beef Ramen Noodles, crushed
1 head (or pkg) cabbage, shredded
2-3 Tb olive oil

Mix olive oil with the beef seasoning packet, set aside.  Shred cabbage and add to crushed noodles.  Pour olive oil mixture over cabbage and toss to coat. 


Salad Dressing for Fresh Fruit

1/3 cup sugar
3 Tb water
2 Tb lemon juice
1 Tb orange juice

Put all ingredients into a saucepan and heat until sugar is dissolved.  Cool and pour over fruit.  You can use up to 8 cups of fruit for this syrup.

Snicker Apple Salad

4-6 apples, cored & chopped (Granny Smith work well being tart)
1 pkg vanilla pudding
2/3 cup milk
8 oz container cool whip (can use whipping cream also)
3-4 snicker bars, chopped

Mix pudding, milk and cool whip until well combined.  Add chopped apples and snickers.

7 Up Salad

1 cup 7-up or Sprite
1 small pkg jello (can use lemon, lime, cherry)
2 cups applesauce

Heat applesauce and pour jello in to dissolve.  Add 7-up slowly.  Refrigerate overnight.