Sue's Salad /
Vegetable Recipes
BROCCOLI - LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE
1 small bag frozen chopped broccoli 1 small bag frozen lima beans
1 small can water chestnuts (drained) 1 carton sour cream (8 oz)
1 envelope dry onion soup 1 can mushroom soup
TOPPING:
3 C. Rice Crispies cereal browned in 1 stick of margarine.
Cook vegetables till tender. Combine rest of ingredients and add.
Put in a greased 2 qt. baking dish. Spread Rice Crispie topping over all of it.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
BROCCOLI SALAD
1 bunch broccoli, separated into florets
1 head cauliflower, separated into florets 8 bacon strips, fried and crumbled
1/3 C. chopped onion 1 C. chopped seeded tomatoes
2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced 1 C. Miracle whip
1/3 C. sugar 2 T. vinegar
In a large salad bow, combine broccoli, cauliflower, bacon, onion, tomatoes and
eggs; set aside. In another bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar and vinegar; mix until
smooth. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss. SERVES 6
PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE SALAD
1 pkg. lime Jell-O 3/4 C. hot water
1/3 C. juice from pears 1 pkg. cream cheese (5 - 8 oz)
2/3 C. mashed pears 2 T. Miracle Whip
1 small bowl of Cool Whip
Dissolve Jell-O in hot water, then add pear juice. In another bowl, mix the
Cool Whip, cream cheese, and Miracle Whip and beat with a mixer. Then pour this
mixture into the Jell-O and add the pears and stir. Cover and let set in
refrigerator until firm. Makes 1 quart.
FRENCH ONION POTATOES
6 medium potatoes--cubed and unpeeled
1/4 C. butter
1 1 oz. onion soup mix
2 C. shredded mild cheddar cheese
1/2 C. sliced green onions
Put cubed potatoes into baking dish. Dot w/butter and sprinkle w/dry onion soup.
Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Stir potatoes and bake another
30 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle w/cheese and sliced onions. Serves 6.
But for hearty appetites, you might want to increase the number of potatoes
to 8 - 10.
MUSHROOM-RICE CASSEROLE
1 C. chopped celery 1/2 C. chopped onion
1/2 C. chopped green pepper 1/2 C. canned mushrooms (drained)
1/4 C. butter 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 C. milk 1/2 C. instant rice (not cooked)
1/4 C. copped pimento (optional) 1/2 t. salt
1/8 t. pepper 1/4 C. minced parsley (optional)
In skillet, saute celery, onion, green pepper and mushrooms in the butter.
When tender, add rest of ingredients except parsley. Pour into casserole dish.
Cover w/lid or tin foil and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
Uncover and stir. Add parsley to top and bake uncovered 10 minutes to form a
slight crust.
OVERNIGHT LETTUCE SALAD
1 head lettuce 1 red onion - thinly sliced
1 pkg. frozen peas - cooked and salted and drained
6-8 pieces fried bacon - crumbled
Mix all ingredients in large salad bowl. Cover top completely with Miracle Whip.
Top all that with a layer of grated Parmesan cheese. Cover bowl tightly with
Saran Wrap and refrigerate overnight.
PRETZEL SALAD
2 C. crushed pretzels (not too fine) 3 t. sugar
1-1/2 stick butter
Combine the above. Put in well greased 9 x 13" pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes, then cool.
1 - 8 oz. cream cheese (softened) 1 C. sugar
Mix very well, then fold in 1 large Cool Whip. Spread over top of cooled
pretzel mixture. Refrigerate while doing next step.
Dissolve 1 6-oz pkg. strawberry or raspberry jello into 2 C. boiling water.
Then add 2 10-oz. pkg. frozen strawberries. Mix, and put in refrigerator until
it starts to set. Then pour over the cream cheese mixture and cover.
Refrigerate. SERVES 12.
SPICED CARROTS
4 C. sliced carrots 1 medium onion-chopped
1 green pepper-chopped 1 can tomato soup
1 t. mustard 1 C. sugar
1 t. salt 1/2 C. oil
1 t. pepper 3/4 C. vinegar
Cook sliced carrots until crisp/tender. Drain. Add chopped onion and green pepper.
In another bowl, mix the tomato soup, mustard, sugar, salt, oil, pepper, and
vinegar. Pour over the carrots and refrigerate in a tightly closed container.
Will keep for 2 weeks (Refrigerated).
WALDORF SALAD
2 C. diced tart apples 1 T. sugar
1/2 t. lemon juice 1 C. chopped celery
1/2 C. chopped nuts 1/4 C. Miracle whip
1/2 C. whipped cream or Cool whip 1 C. Small marshmallows
1 C. halved grapes Dash of salt
Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for several hours.
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