Salads and Soups
I have many recipe pages. This one has many of my favorite salad and appetizer recipes. I have a main dish page and a desert page and a page of recipes that children will enjoy making and everyone will enjoy eating. I also have recipe pages for all of my holiday pages. Scroll down and click for other recipe pages.
Ambrosia Sour Cram
Salad
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1 can mandarin oranges,
drained
1 c chunk pineapple,
drained
1 c miniature
marshmallows
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1 c coconut
¼ c sour cram
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Toss slightly and
refrigerate
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Cauliflower and Broccoli
Salad
I have read many
different versions of this recipe. This is my way of making
it.
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1/2 head raw
cauliflower
1/2 bunch raw broccoli
1 small red oinon diced
1 cup shredded carrot
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I/2 pound bacon cooked and
crumbled
Salt and pepper to
taste
Hidden Valley Rance
Dressing
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Mix all the ingredients
together the day before serving. It really does need to sit
overnight for the correct flavor.
Sometimes I add chopped
chicken and or shredded chedar cheese to this salad. Makes a
very good meal.
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Cheese Soup
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1 cube butter
1\2 c green onions, chopped.
Tops and all
1\2 c chopped celery
1\2 c grated carrots
1\4 c flour
2 tbsp. cornstarch
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1 qt rich chicken broth
1 qt. mild (room
temperature)
1\2 tsp salt
1\4 tsp. peper
1\8 tsp. soda
1 c. grated cheddar
cheese
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saute vegetables in butter
over hight heat until cooked well. Add four and cornstarch.
This will be foamy. Add chicken broth. Leave on heat and
stir from bottom== it's easy to stick. Add milk, sald,
peper, and soda. Add cheese gradually and continue to heat.
Do not boil.
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Chicken Salad
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1 chicken
1/2 c French dressing
1/2 c chopped celery
1/2 c chopped green
peper
1 can Mandarin oranges
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1/2 cup Miracle Whip Salad
Dressing
1 tbsp.grated onion
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tsp. curry powder
Lawry Seasoning Salt
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Cook chicken with Lawry
Seasoning Salt. Season to taste. Cool chicken, remove from
bone, and chop. Marinate overnight in 1/2 cup French
dressing. Drain oranges and mix allingredients together.
Chill.
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Cowboy Stew
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1 large onion
1 green pepper
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 lb ground beef
4 cups canned tomatoes
salt and opepper to
taste
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1 tbsp chili powder
1 can whole kernel corn
1 can Ranch Style Beans
2 cups diced potatoes
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Chop onion and green
peper and cook in small amount of oil until soft. Add ground
beef and cook until meat loses its pink color. Dice
potatoes. Add remaining ingredients including the liquid
from canned vegetables. Cook until potatoes are done.
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Jim's Potato Soup
This recipes is from
Victorian
Sampkler Cookbook. Victorian Sampler Tea Room is a
wonderful restaurant in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
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4 peeled, cubed
potatoes
1 cup celery (3/4 inch)
2 cups water
2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk or half and half
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1 cup whipping cream
3 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. dried parsley
flakes
1/2 tsp. caraway seeds
1/8 tsp. pepper
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Combine potatoes,
celery, water, salt in large Dutch oven. Simmer, covered,
about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Mash mixture
several times with potato masher, leaving some vegetable
pieces whole. Stir in remaining ingredients, return to heat
and cook, stirring constantly, until soup is thoroughly
heated.
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South of the Border Chicken
Soup
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1 whole chicken
3 large celery stalks
3 med carrots
3 med onions
10 cilantro sprigs
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2 bay leaves
1tsb whole black
peppercorns
8 medium potatoes
I can corn
1 ½ tsp salt
¼ cup lime
juice
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Combine chicken,
celery, carrots, onions, cilantro, bay leaves, black pepper
corns and peeled potatoes and 10 cups water
heat to boil
Simmer 35 to 45 min.
Transfer chicken and
vegetables to a separate bowl. Mash the potatoes with 1 cup
broth. Add chicken, potatoes, salt, corn, and heat. Just
before serving, stir in lime juice and chopped cilantro.
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Spring Garden Pasta
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Blanch
8 broccoli flowerets
1 sm zucchini, sliced
4 asparagus spears,
sliced
Saute
¼ lb mushrooms,
sliced
2 garlic cloves
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Add
Blanched vegetables to
sautéed vegetables pluse 174 lb. snow pes
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp basil
Stir fry until tender
Fold in:
2c chopped tomatoes
8 ox cooked pasta
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Cook and stir until
hot. Top with Parmesan cheese.
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Summer Chicken Salad
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1/4 cup mayonnise
1/4 c whipped topping
3 8oz. cans chuck of
chicken
1 1/2 c sliced celery
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1/2 cup sliced pimento
1/4 cup seedless grapes
halved
1/4 cup sliverd almonds
toasted
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Mix all ingredients.
Serves six.
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