Three Bean Salad

3 Bean Salad

1 can kidney beans-drained, mashed
1 can green beans, drained
1 can wax beans, drained
1 onion sliced thin
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
1/2 c. corn oil
1 tsp. salt

Combine all ingredients. Best if refrigerated for a few hours before serving.

Pear Spinach Salad Recipe

Pear-Spinach Salad Recipe with Dressing

Core and slice 2 pears, combine with
4 cups torn spinach
chilled torn lettuce
-drizzle with lemon nut dressing-

Lemon Nut Dressing1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnut
Bake 350 degrees 10 min- 12 min.
Combine with:
1/2 cup salad oil
3 Tbl. lemon juice
2 Tbl. vinegar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. tarragon
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. grated lemon peel
Mix well.

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Okay, I tried this and it just didn't go over well with my family, or me. I tried to like it, but the lemon dressing is too lemony!
You'll like it if you like lemon--but I would have preferred some ranch dressing! 
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Cranberry Orange Salad Recipe

This looks easy, and good. But what is orange cranberry relish??
Grammy really liked using jello!


3/4 cup boiling water
1 pkg. lemon gelatin
Orange cranberry relish, frozen

Hippy Salad Recipe

Ok, so this is probably not called "Hippy" Salad, or is it? One thing about Grammy--I can't read her writing (and I don't think I'm the only one!) This recipe was from one of her very good friends and it looks really good!



1- 16 oz can whole cranberry sauce
1- 11 oz can mandarin oranges (drained)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup nuts
1 3 oz package cherry Jello
1 cup boiling water

Dissolve jello with water, beat in sour cream and cranberry sauce-fold in nuts and oranges.

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This is gluten free--just watch the sour cream. I buy Daisy brand sour cream.
Also, I think Jello is also soy free. So this would be soy free and gluten free. Always read labels!

Crab Salad Stuffed Avocado Recipe

I do remember Gram's fondness of Worcestershire sauce. I still don't know the proper way to pronounce it though!

Crab Salad Stuffed Avocado

2 ripe avocados chilled
1 lb. backfin crabmeat

Dressing:
1/2 c. salad dressing
1/2 c. finely chopped celery
1/4 c. finely chopped pimiento
2 tsp. lemon juice
dash Tabasco
1/8 tsp Worcestershire Sauce


Halve avocado lengthwise - remove pits and peel, sprinkle with lemon juice and salt. Arrange each half on bed of greens. Fill with crab meat, top with dressing.

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I'm gluten free, along with my kids. This recipe looks gluten free--you would just have to watch the worcestershire sauce--I get Lea and Perrins. (Always read labels! Don't take my word for it.)

My sister LOVES avocado and it's wearing off on me. Crab salad with avocado sounds really good, or it could even be chicken salad with avocado to make it a less expensive dish.

Pineapple Salad Recipe

Grammy used to make us this pineapple salad. It is one of the foods I remember most from my visits with her. No recipe is really needed and I can't find it in her recipe box, but it is such a "Grammy" recipe that I had to include it.



Ingredients:
iceberg lettuce
cottage cheese
pineapple slices
maraschino cherries


Layer ingredients on individual plates (small plates):
Start with a layer of lettuce leaves to cover the bottom of the plate.
Then add cottage cheese--maybe 1/4 cup, or to taste.
Next add a slice of pineapple ,
and top with a maraschino cherry.
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I always had mixed feelings about this salad; it was really yummy--but, as a kid, I never wanted to eat the lettuce. I did eat the lettuce and remember it was pretty good with the pineapple and cherry juice on it, but I still didn't want to eat it the next time around.

Chicken Rice Oriental Recipe

Wow, two recipes in one day! I'm on a roll. It's so much easier to post with no picture, my scanner is a pain. This is not handwritten - it's cut out from a magazine.



Chicken-Rice Oriental Recipe

1 small clove garlic, minced
2 TBS oil
1 1/2 cups diced or slivered cooked chicken, ham, beef or pork (Or could we use turkey?)
1/2 medium red or green pepper, cut into strips
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups MINUTE Rice (Must be from a Minute Rice ad.)
1 1/2 cups shredded raw spinach, lettuce or escarole
1 TBS soy sauce


Saute garlic in oil in skillet until lightly browned. Add chicken, red pepper, pepper, and water. Bring quickly to a boil over high heat. Stir in rice. Cover; remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Just before serving, add spinach and soy sauce, tossing lightly. Serve with additional soy sauce, if desired. Makes 4 servings.

"Chumky" Fruit Compote Recipe

Mistyped as "Chumky" Fruit Compote

Chunky Fruit Compote

1  17 oz. can apricot halves

1  16 1/2 oz can pitted dark sweet cherries, drained

1  8 oz can pineapple chunks, drained

1 Tablespoon orange-flavor liqueur (optional)

1 teaspoon lemon juice

About 10 minutes before serving:

In large bowl, combine all ingredients.

Makes 4 servings. About 215 calories per serving.

Good Housekeeping  4/89

Double Feature Fruit Recipe from Del Monte Clipping

Double Feature Fruit

1 can (15 1/4 oz.) Del Monte Pineapple Chunks In Its Own Juice
2 oranges
2 apples
2 ripe Del Monte Bananas
Honey

Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Pare oranges and slice thinly. Slice apples into thin wedges. Slice bananas. Dip apples and bananas in reserved juice to prevent browning. Arrange fruits in compote or other dish. Combine reserved juice and honey to taste; mix well. Serve over fruit. Garnish with coconut or grated orange rind, if desired.
6 to 8 servings.

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This is so simple, but sounds so good too. I don't know what a compote is...and I don't really know if I can slice an orange thinly?

Waldorf Salad Recipe

I can't find a recipe for Waldorf Salad in Grammy's recipe box! I was asked for it today for an upcoming family "gathering" thus the pile of recipes! I looked through them all and didn't find one. So I am posting a link here for Waldorf Salad that is not Grammy's recipe, but it is a necessary addition to her collection. Gram made this frequently, we didn't all like it, but she served it up anyway :)

This recipe sounds just like what Grammy made-apples, celery, walnuts, and mayonnaise but it does not include raisins. Add raisins if you want it to be authentic Grammy fare.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/waldorfsalad/r/bl30129d.htm

3 Bean Salad

1 can kidney beans-drained, mashed
1 can green beans, drained
1 can wax beans, drained
1 onion sliced thin
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
1/2 c. corn oil
1 tsp. salt

Combine all ingredients. Best if refrigerated for a few hours before serving.



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I love 3 bean salad!

Tuna Jello Salad

Partly congeal:

3 c. hot water
1 large lemon Jello
6 Tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. salt

Add:

2 cans tuna (drained)
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. frozen peas
2 hard boiled eggs, cut up
1 c. salad dressing
1/2 c. stuffed green olives (cut in half)
Chopped onion to taste
(1 tsp. dried onion)

Lin '89


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It looks like this recipe is from 1989, did people like to put things in jello in the 80's? I thought that was a 50's thing. I guess anything goes with jello.

Anyway..I don't know about that lemon flavored jello! I don't know about any of this :)
Don't remember ever eating this, but it does sound like something Grammy would make.

If anyone ever tries this, I'd love to know how it turns out!