Pasta Salad

1 box penne pasta (cooked)
chopped thick cut salami
1 can black olives (sliced)
1 jar green olives with pimentos (sliced)
feta cheese
crushed red pepper flakes

Dressing:
one envelope Italian Seasoning
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
3 TBS water

Serve with fruit salad and chicken burgers

Vicki Larson's Sunday Salad

3 Romaine Hearts
1 Bag Spinach
Rotissere Chicken - breast cut up (optional)
1/2 Red Onion - diced (optional)
1# Bacon - cut small
Swiss Cheese grated

1/4 C. Sugar - melt slowly in skillet, then add
1/2 C. Almonds - stir until coated with syrup mixture
Place on waxed paper to cool - break up into small pieces
Then toss all ingredients in dressing below.

Dressing: (this makes a lot of dressing - you may only want to use 1/2)
1/2 C. Sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 C. Oil
2 tsp. Dry mustard
2/3 C. Red Wine Vinegar
1 Tblsp. Poppyseeds

Mix top ingredients and add dressing.

Taco Salad for 200

We provided a Taco Salad dinner at P3's "Linger MUCHO Longer."



9-10 Crockpots with 5 pounds each of cooked taco meat

Buy the below items at Costco:
SEVEN 3lb bags of lettuce for salads
FOUR bags of Nacho Chips
TWO #10 cans of sliced Black Olives
TWO #10 cans of Corn
ONE 8 can pkg of Black Beans
THREE containers of Sour Cream
TWO large bags of shredded cheese
TWO bottles of Salsa
ONE bottle of hot sauce
2-3 large bottles of Ranch Dressing

Other Misc:
10 bunches of green onions
4 people to make homemade guacamole (using 8 avocados each)
2 Nacho Cheese Machines



RECIPE FOR SHELLEEN'S TACO SALAD DRESSING:
1 can tomato soup
¼ C. Sugar
¼ C. Vinegar
½ C. Oil
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Onion Powder
1 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Paprika
Dash cayenne pepper

Put all of the ingredients into a blender and blend. Put into the fridge for most of the day. Blend again to mix just before serving.


LAUREN TUKAUFU'S SHREDDED CHICKEN:
1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1 T Chili Powder
1 T Cumin
3 cloves minced garlic
5 lbs chicken breat

Cook all together in a crockpot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook another hour.

Karen Fisher's Spinach Salad

This is a very yummy and crowd pleasing salad!

The ingredients for the salad are:

Spinach, red onions, cashews, bacon, craisins, feta cheese and broccoli.

The salad dressing is:
1 cup of mayo
1/2 cup of brown sugar
3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.

Frog Eye Salad

STEP 1:
Cook 1 lb. Acini De Pepe Pasta (1 box); rinse in cool water, drain and cool

STEP 2:
In sauce pan combine:
1 c. sugar
2 T. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 beaten eggs
1-3/4 c. pineapple juice and mandarin orange juice

Cook on medium until smooth and thick. Remove from heat and add 1 T. lemon juice and let cool.

***STEPS 1 and 2 can be combined the night before.

STEP 3: Add --
1 cup mini marshmellows
1 cup coconut
2 cans mandarin oranges (broken up and drained)
1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
2 9oz containers of Cool Whip

NOTE -- If you are making this salad for 4th of July put it into a rectangular pan and decorate it with strawberries and blueberries like the above picture.

I just had to include the below picture. It is my most memorable moment with FROG EYE SALAD. It was the 4th of July and we were just arriving to my brother's home for a fun weekend. I was carrying my festive FROG EYE SALAD decorated as an American Flag when I trip on their front porch. My only thought at the time was....SAVE THE SALAD and the $8 Big Lot white ceramic dish (looked just like I had bought it from Pottery Barn) it was in. Good news -- I SAVED the salad and the dish. Bad news -- I CRACKED my diamond ring and scrapped my knee! I was THRILLED with my SAVE and DEVIN was shocked with my decision to save a "stupid dish!"

My Mom's (and Misty's) Jello Salad

1 large box orange Jello (dry)
2 cups Sour Cream
2 cups Cottage Cheese
2 cups Cool Whip
1 can Crushed Pineapple (drained really well)
1 can Mandarin Oranges (drained really well) - optional

Mix all the ingredients together and refrigerate.

You can use raspberry jello or lime jello.

Spinach Salad with Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing

INGREDIENTS:
spinach
craisins
roasted pecans
grated swiss cheese

DRESSING:
3/4 TBS poppy seeds
3/4 cup Canola oil
1/3 tsp. mustard
1/3 cup raspberry vinegar
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 tsp salt

Cabbage Crunch Salad

1 head Cabbage, sliced thin
4 Green Onions, sliced thin
1 pkg chicken flavor Top Ramen, uncooked and crushed
1/2 cup slivered Almonds
1/4 cup Seasame Seeds

Toast almonds and sesame seeds in oven on cookie sheet at 375 for 7-10 minutes. Watch that they don't burn.

DRESSING:
1/3 cup veg oil
1/3 cup Red Win Vinegar
2 TBS Sugar
1 pkg chicken flavoring from Top Ramen
Salt and Pepper to taste

You can add shredded chicken and mandarin oranges to this salad for lunch.

Dad's Potato Salad

Judy's Broccoli Salad

6 cups broccoli
1 purple onion, chopped
1 cup craisins
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cups sunflower seeds

Stir together:
2 cups mayo
6 TBS milk
4 TBS sugar
2 tsp lemon juice

Toss with broccoli salad.

Holly's Raspberry & Blackberry Mixed Green Salad

Mixed greens
Blue Cheese Crumbles
Pine Nuts
Fresh Raspberries
Fresh Blackberries (cut in half)
Red Onion (diced) - optional

DRESSING:
1/2 C Sugar
1/3 C Cider Vinegar or Red Wine vinegar
2T Lemon Juice
2T finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 C Veg Oil
2-3 tsp poppy seeds

I put everything in this order - reserve the poppy seeds until end before you serve....enjoy!