DELICIOUS ORANGE CREAM FRUIT SALAD

ORANGE CREAM FRUIT SALAD

1 can (20 oz) pineapple tidbits, drained
1 can (16 oz) peach slices, drained
1 can (11 oz) mandarin oranges, drained
2 med firm bananas, sliced
1 med apple, chopped
1 pkg (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
1 1/2 c milk
1/3 c frozen orange juice concentrate
3/4 c sour cream

In a large salad bowl, combine fruits; set aside. In a small mixing bowl, beat pudding mix, milk and orange juice concentrate for 2 mins. Add sour cream; mix well. Spoon over fruit; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hrs. Yield: 8 - 10 servings.

MY MADE-UP CHICKEN SALAD GOOP

CHICKEN SALAD GOOP

USE A LARGE MIXING BOWL.....

2 cans (12.5 oz ea) 98% Fat Free chicken (I use Premium brand) drain
1 cup pecans, chopped
6 spears of kosher dill spears, chopped or you can use relish
4 stalks of celery, chopped fine
Red seedless grapes (I slice a bunch and dump them in, depending on taste)

THIS IS THE SLURP TO MIX IT UP WITH:
2 cups Lite Miracle Whip
16 oz. Sour Cream
1 cup Bland Farms Vidalia Mustard (If I have it, I use Ken's Steak House Honey Mustard)
Pepper - to taste
Salt - to taste
Sugar - to taste

Mix and pour over chicken mix, and stir up really good. I like to refrigerate before eating.

ENJOY AS I DO!!!

ITALIAN COLE SLAW

THIS IS TOTALLY DELICIOUS - AN ITALIAN FRIEND FROM MARYVILLE, IL. GAVE ME THE RECIPE AND I LOVE IT.

ITALIAN COLE SLAW

6 to 8 oz crumbled Feta cheese

1 bag of cole slaw mix

1 can of black olives, diced

1 bunch of green onions (5 or 6 onions, chopped)

2 or 3 tomatoes, diced

8 to 12 oz hard salami (chopped)

1 pkg of Good Season Italian Dressing mix. Mix according to directions on package.

Pour over items, toss and refrigerate overnight for best results.

PRETZEL SALAD

PRETZEL SALAD

2 1/2 Cups chopped pretzels
1 1/2 sticks oleo

2 Cups Pineapple Juice
2 small (or l large) pkg Strawberry Jello (I used Wild Srawberry)
2 small pkgs sweetened frozen sliced strawberries
1 - 8 oz pkg Cream Cheese
1 Cup powdered sugar

l Large Cool Whip (I used French Vanilla Cool Whip)

Crush pretzels, add oleo. Mix well and press into 9x13 inch pan and bake 10 mins at 400 degrees. Let cool.

Bring pineapple juice to boil and dissolve jello in it. Add 2 pkgs strawberries, stir and set mixture in refrigerator.

Mix Cream Cheese, sugar and Cool Whip and spread in pan on top of pretzels.

When jello mixture beings to set - pour over top of the Cool Whip mixture.

Refrigerate - and when ready to eat

SHOVEL INTO MOUTH!

FRESH CRANBERRY SALAD

My daughter, Jane gave me this recipe a few years ago, and I buy cranberries in the fall when they are fresh, make a bunch of batches and freeze so I can enjoy the year around. Delicious!

12 oz. fresh cranberries
1 lg. apple
2 small oranges
peel from 1/2 an orange
1 - 1 1/2 c. sugar
16 oz. crushed pineapple

Grind cranberries, apple and oranges in a meat grinder - coarse setting. Grind orange rind on fine setting. Blend all ingredients in a medium bowl. Chill and serve. This relish freezes well for future use