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sorry if this is the wrong place for this...I notice this is blank..I love salads so if anyone has any recepies or hints I would love to here them

Thanks

I'm posting this under both "Salads" and "Desserts." I made it for a Mother/Daughter dinner at church, and had tons of recipe requests. It's not too sweet like some similar ones.

Overnight Fruit Salad

3 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
2 T. butter or margarine
2 cups green or red grapes
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks, drained
1 15 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
2 medium firm bananas, sliced
2 cups whipping (heavy) cream, whipped
1/2 cup chopped pecans

In a double boiler over medium heat, cook and stir eggs, sugar, and vinegar until mixture is thickened and reaches 60 degrees. Remove from heat; stir in butter. Cool. In a large serving bowl, combine grapes, marshmallows, pineapple, oranges, and bananas; add cooled dressing and stir to coat. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
Just before serving, fold in whipped cream and pecans. 12-16 servings.

Not a recipe but a good idea!
If you haven't yet tried it give Paul Newmans "Newmans Own" original salad dressing a go, it's wonderful!

i am on a diet and tried bulgar wheat as it's low in sat fats this is nice and refreshing

40g of bulgar wheat per 80g cooked serving

place 120g wheat in a saucepan with 600mls water bring to boil cover simmer for 15mins drain

cool

add olive oil to taste
chopped mint to taste
chopped tomatoes
rind and juice of lemon
mix

i have used it at BBQ's served with fish
or just used as an extra salad dish wneb entertaining

for littlesuzie;

Marika's Mum's Ukrainian Potato Salad:

Waxy pink potatoes, steamed, chilled peeled and cubed.
2 hardboiled eggs, shelled and mashed.
1 bunch fresh dill, leaves finely chopped.
1 mild onion, finely chopped.
1 carton/jar of sour cream.
Sea-Salt & black pepper.(both fresh-ground)

Mix together eggs, dill, onion, sour cream, salt and pepper. Take your time, and taste as you go. Use as much or as little of each as suits your own taste!

Gently coat the potatoes with the egg-cream mix, cover and chill. Better if prepared 24 hours ahead. Garnish with dill sprigs.

This quantity will dress enough potatoes for up to 10 people.

My potato salad is a variation of that made by my grandmother, a German who grew up in the Ukraine. I don't think it's exactly what you were asking for, but it certainly has lots in it besides potatoes!

Red potatoes, not peeled, cut in smallish cubes (about 1 cm square or so.)
Two or three eggs
Celery, chopped fine
Onion, chopped fine
Green onions, chopped
Cucumber, not peeled, chopped
Red or green sweet pepper, or some of each, chopped
and, if you like,
A couple of ounces sharp cheddar, cut in 1/2 cm cubes
A half cup or so of cooked ham, or Ukrainian or Polish sausage, cubed.

A good whack of dill, fresh if at all possible
Low fat Caesar salad dressing
Low fat mayo
Mustard, any kind that you like
Seasoned salt
Salt and pepper

Adjust amounts for how much you want to make. You want to have about as much "other stuff" as potatoes - that is, if you have four cups of potatoes, you want four cups or so of other vegetables combined.

Put the eggs in a big pot of water, and set it to boil. When it comes to a boil, add the potatoes. Simmer until not quite done, add the sausage, turn off the heat, cover, and let it sit while you finish preparing all the other veggies. Drain the pot into a colander, and run cool water over potatoes until no longer steaming hot (they can still be warm). Fish out the eggs, put all veggies (including dill), sausage and cheese into a big bowl. Peel the eggs, chop coarsely, and add to the bowl. Stir it up, gently, as you don't want to mash the potatoes. When it's about half mixed, add a good whack of Caesar dressing (for an eight cup salad, I'd use about half a cup), about a teaspoon of mustard (less if it's a real hot mustard) and seasonings. Use enough mayo to coat everything well. You can also use sour cream if you like but it doesn't keep as well, and you need to make sure everything is cool, otherwise it might separate.

If you like, you can also use chopped carrots, or snow, snap, or shelled peas in this. You want them to be blanched a bit, so add them to the potatoes a few minutes before you turn the heat off. If there are any veggies you really don't like, leave them out and substitute something else. The only thing that really doesn't work too well is tomatoes.

To make it pretty, you can slice one of the eggs and scatter the slices on top once it's all mixed, and sprinkle a little paprika over everything.

Joan’s Cauliflower Salad

1 cauli broken into flowerets
Raisins or sultanas
Cashews or pine nuts
Green & red apple

Low fat mayonnaise
1 teaspn tumeric
1 teaspn curry powder (depending on quantity)

Chop apple with skin on. Mix all ingredients.

A very quick and easy salad.. great for a BBQ.

Since we are in the midst of the Holidays, I thought we could share some of our favorite recipes. I see friends posting and 'pinning' on Facebook - how about we share some of those yummies here as well?