Amish Poppy Seed Salad Dressing
This is a delicious and easy
poppy seed salad dressing
for which I have often been
asked to supply a recipe.
Here is what you will need:
Combine:
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup cider vinegar
Blend in a mixer bowl (best
left to stand overnight).
Then add 1/4 to 1/2 cup
light vegetable oil, (start with 1/4
then taste).
Beat for 5 minutes with
electric mixer.
Then add 3 Tablespoons poppy
seeds.
Blend on low for another 3-five
minutes.
Chill and serve over
favorite salad mixture.
Yield is one to two cups,
keep cool.
Brenda's
Potato Salad
So simple
you won't believe it! So good
you will have to believe it!
Here is
what you will need:
8 large
potatoes washed
6 hard
boiled eggs shelled and chopped in large pieces
12 sweet
gherkin pickles chopped in large pieces
1 large
jar Marzetti's Slaw Dressing
Boil
potatoes until tender but still firm.
Chill
potatoes then carefully remove skins.
Cut into
one inch pieces.
Place potatoes
in a large bowl.
Add
chopped eggs and pickles.
Pour half
the slaw dressing over the
potato mixture and chill for an hour.
Add the
other half of the dressing
to suit your own taste for consistency.
Sprinkle
with paprika if desired.
That is
all there is to it and it's just GREAT!
Seven Layer Salad
Nice
variation!
Here is
what you will need:
Lettuce(Tear into bite sized pieces)
Tomatoes(cut into bite sized pieces)
One
medium sweet onion chopped
Cauliflower
Flowerets(about 1 cup)
Shredded Cheddar
Cheese(about 1 cup)
One Pound
Fried, Drained and Crumbled Bacon
1 cup
frozen green peas
In a
large bowl, layer the above ingredients in order (0r
at least beginning with the lettuce).
For the
dressing:
1 cup
mayonnaise
2
Tablespoons sugar
3 Tablespoons
Parmesan Cheese
Spread
the mayo over the salad making sure it completely covers the
top of the salad like icing a cake. Be sure it touches
the bowl all the way around to form a seal to the salad so no
air can get in. Over
the mayo, sprinkle the sugar and the
Parmesan cheese.
Refrigerate
overnight.
Next day,
toss and serve or serve as is.
7 Layer Summer Salad
Here is
what you will need:
1 head
iceberg lettuce torn in bite sized pieces
1 large
sweet onion chopped
1 cups frozen
peas, thawed and drained
1 pound
bacon fried crispy, drained and crumbled
1 head
cauliflower cleaned and cut in bite sized pieces
1 bunch
fresh broccoli washed and cut in bite sized pieces
1 cup
chicken breast meat cooked and cut in small chunks
1 cup
mayonnaise
1/4 cup
sugar
1/4 cup
grated parmesan cheese
In LARGE
bowl, begin layering
the above ingredients.
Combine
the mayonnaise and sugar.
Spread
mayonnaise over the top
of the salad mixture in the bowl
sealing the mayonnaise around the
top of the bowl. Sprinkle with
sugar, then sprinkle with cheese.
Chill
over night.
Just
prior to serving, toss all
ingredients together. Keep unused
portions chilled.