Moved from the Budget Board: Salad recipes?? - Graduation party

[majimikate]

So many of these sound wonderful, let's keep them coming!!!

[luckey-lasvegas]

Straberry Jello Pretzel Salad
This ones to die for!

Crust
2 cups crushed pretzel sticks
3/4 cup of melted butter
3 Tbs of sugar

Filling
8 oz pkg. cream chees
1 cup sugar
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 small container cool whip

Jello
1 lrg. pkg strawberry jello
2 cups boiling water
2 samll container frozen sliced stawberries in sugar

Mix crushed pretzels, butter and sugar and press into bottom of a 13 x 9 pyrex dish. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes . Let cool.
Cream sugar and cream cheese together, and the fold in the coolwhip and crushed pineapple. Spread over the pretzel crust.
Mix jello with hot water until disolved. Instead of using cold water to set stir in the sliced stawberries. Let this mixture stand for 5 - 10 minutes and then pour over whip cream layer. Place in refrigerater to set .

[luckey-lasvegas]

Mediterranean Orzo Salad

1 lb. orzo pasta
1/4 lemon juice
1/4 cp EVOO
1 pound tomatoes diced
1 seedless cucumber quartered and cut into 1/2 inc pieces
1/3 cp pitted Klamata olives, coarsley chopped
8 oz feta cheese crumbled
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Prepare pasta as diected on box , drain in collander and rinse with cold water.
Set aside.
Meanwhile , in a small whisk together the lemon juice and olive oil. set aside.

In a large bowl combine the tomatoes,cucumbers,olives,feta cheese,and Orzo.Add the drssing and toss well to coat. Season with the salt and pepper.

[MomofCKJ]

Originally Posted by yellowfish78

Similar to June's from above:

Broccoli Salad:
1 head fresh broccoli, cut into bite size pieces
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
2 tablespoons white sugar
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sunflower seeds
10 slices bacon


DIRECTIONS
Cook and crumble bacon.
In a salad bowl, toss together broccoli, raisins and red onions. In a separate bowl, whisk together the white sugar, vinegar and mayonnaise. Pour over broccoli mixture and toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Before serving, sprinkle with sunflower seeds and crumbled bacon. Toss and serve.

Love love love this salad!

Allyson

[MouseTrip07]

Blueberry Jello Salad/Dessert-Making this one for company this weekend!

1 (21 oz) can blueberry pie filling
1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 (3 oz) boxes grape jello
2 cups boiling water

1 container cool whip
1 cup sour cream
fresh blueberries for garnish

Dissolve jello in boiling water, add pie filling and undrained pineapple to jello. Pour into 9x9 pan (or mold) and place in refrigerator to allow to set at least 2 hours or overnight. (I let mine chill overnight.) Gently combine cool whip and sour cream and spread over the top of the jello. Sprinkle blueberries on top.

**I have heard of people substituting black cherry or cherry jello and cherry pie filling for the grape jello & blueberry pie filling, but I've never tried that. I'll bet that'd be good, too!**

[beeayekay]

basic recipe

1 lb rotini pasta cooked al dente and cooled
1 pkg. cole slaw mix
1 small bottle Marzetti's slaw dressing
EITHER
1 cup chopped celery
OR
1 tsp. celery seed

Mix and chill.

creative additions -
hard cooked eggs chopped
chopped onion
chicken
ham

whatever!!

enjoy!!

babs

[IluvKingLouis]

Originally Posted by holden

this is always a hit for us!

Snickers Salad:

Cut up apples in to bite sized pieces (Grannay Smith or other tart appple)
Cut up Snickers bars into small pieces
Mix with Cool Whip to coat

The Cool Whip keeps the apples from browning and it tastes like a carmel nut covered apple!

Hmmm....Apples are good for you, and they do have fat free cool whip. Yay!! A health food recipe!! (this sounds wickedly good).

[jacksmom]

I love all of these recipes! They wil be great for all summer activities! I can't wait to hear more! Thanks for sharing!

[sunlover13]

Originally Posted by kat3668

This one always gets raves!!!

Kathys taco salad

brown 1 - 11/4 Hamburg
add pkg of Ortega Taco seasoning mix - add water as listed on pkg
LET COOL - otherwise heat will wilt lettuce
add meat to 1 head of lettuce torn
add 1 good size valdalia onion sliced thin
add 1/2 cp of doritos chips (your favorite flavor)
mix in Thousand Island dressing to taste
once in the bowl top with shredded mexican cheese and chopped tomatoes

We do the same thing here except we use Catalina dressing instead of Thousand Island and also no dorito chips.

All these recipes sound great!

[squirrel]

How about a cabbage salad-I'm really picky, but I love this!

1 small head of Green Cabbage (chopped) or small pkg of Cole Slaw (I do this fast and more colorful).
1/2 cup Sliced Almonds (I toast these, I like the flavour)
1 pkg. or Ichiban Chow Mein Soup
1/4 cup Toasted Seseme Seeds
Green Onions Chopped (I don't put these in as I don't like them)

Dressing: spice from soup mix, 1 tsp. Salt, 1/2 cup Oil, 1tbsp. White Sugar, 1/4 cup Vinegar.

Add dressing to the cabbage, almonds, soup noodles, seseme seeds and onions. Toss and serve.

If you use the pkg of Cole Slaw don't put all of the dressing on it is too much. Refridgerate left over dressing and use it for another salad.

[Misty89]

I did not read through all the replies, sorry if this is a duplicate.
i had a salad last week at a graduation, and it was very good.......so good i got the recipes ( It's super easy) I am making it for our party this weekend

( Sorry my SIL was very vague)
1lb spagetti noodles
1 Cucumber ( chopped, diced if you like it smaller)
1 Tomato ( same as above)
1 bottle Zesty Itailian dressing

cook the pasta, drain and rinse with cold water.
add the veggies, dressing, and toss.
i think adding another kind of veggies would be good too : )

[Jennifer823]

Originally Posted by luckey-lasvegas

Straberry Jello Pretzel Salad
This ones to die for!

Crust
2 cups crushed pretzel sticks
3/4 cup of melted butter
3 Tbs of sugar

Filling
8 oz pkg. cream chees
1 cup sugar
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 small container cool whip

Jello
1 lrg. pkg strawberry jello
2 cups boiling water
2 samll container frozen sliced stawberries in sugar

Mix crushed pretzels, butter and sugar and press into bottom of a 13 x 9 pyrex dish. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes . Let cool.
Cream sugar and cream cheese together, and the fold in the coolwhip and crushed pineapple. Spread over the pretzel crust.
Mix jello with hot water until disolved. Instead of using cold water to set stir in the sliced stawberries. Let this mixture stand for 5 - 10 minutes and then pour over whip cream layer. Place in refrigerater to set .

I made this at Thanksgiving last year, it was the first leftover to disappear! Seriously yummy.

[Jennifer823]

Originally Posted by Misty89

I did not read through all the replies, sorry if this is a duplicate.
i had a salad last week at a graduation, and it was very good.......so good i got the recipes ( It's super easy) I am making it for our party this weekend

( Sorry my SIL was very vague)
1lb spagetti noodles
1 Cucumber ( chopped, diced if you like it smaller)
1 Tomato ( same as above)
1 bottle Zesty Itailian dressing

cook the pasta, drain and rinse with cold water.
add the veggies, dressing, and toss.
i think adding another kind of veggies would be good too : )

My MIL makes something like this, but puts sliced black olives and Feta cheese in it too.

[Clinex5]

My family loves this one.

Ranch Corn Salad

16oz. frozen corn, thawed
1 15oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
6-8 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
3 green onions, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2-1 cup ranch dressing
1-2 jalepenos, seeded and chopped (optional)
1 4oz. can sliced black olives, drained (optional)

Mix everything together and then add the ranch dressing to your desired consistency. Super eaten right away, but even better if left refrigerated for several hours to let the flavors meld. Yummo!

[Pigeon]

Here's an easy one that's always popular with my vegetarian nieces and nephews.

Lentil Salad

Cook lentils until they are tender. Mix with several cloves of minced garlic, fresh herbs of your choice, minced red onion, olive oil and white balsamic vinegar. Chill.