Salads

Beet, Orange and Apple Salad

Boiled beet wedges tossed with orange sections and sliced apple in a raspberry vinegar dressing, finished with toasted sunflower seeds.

Black Cherry Salad

Molded gelatin salad of black cherry Jell-O and applesauce, with sour cream, colored marshmallows and nuts folded in.

BLT Macaroni Salad

Elbow macaroni chilled in a chili sauce and mayonnaise dressing, with lettuce and bacon tossed in at the last minute.

“This cold salad is the best I have ever made. It will fly right off of the table. This is perfect to take to parties or get-togethers.”

Blueberry Salad

Three set layers: raspberry Jell-O, a sweetened cream cheese and walnut layer, then more Jell-O with canned blueberries stirred in.

“This is the Topp traditional salad for Thanksgiving.”

Broccoli Pasta Salad

Raw broccoli, bacon, cheddar and rotini in a sweet Miracle Whip dressing thinned with vinegar and condensed milk, chilled overnight.

Broccoli Salad

Raw broccoli tossed with bacon, red onion, raisins and whole cashews; the sugar-vinegar mayonnaise dressing goes on just before serving.

Broccoli Tortellini

Cheese tortellini marinated for hours in Italian dressing and artichoke marinade, with tomatoes and olives added at serving time.

Cabbage Salad

Shredded cabbage and green onion with broiled almonds, sesame seeds and crushed dry Ramen, in a rice vinegar and oil dressing.

Coleslaw

Bagged slaw mix tossed with a mayonnaise and sour cream dressing sharpened with vinegar, grated onion and celery salt.

Coleslaw Sweet and Tangy

Shredded cabbage salted, briefly microwaved and spun dry, then tossed with carrot and a chilled cider vinegar and celery seed dressing.

Cornbread Mexican Salad

Crumbled green-chili cornbread layered with black beans, corn, peppers and bacon under a ranch, sour cream and mayonnaise dressing.

Cranberry Salad

Cooked cranberries and cherry Jell-O set with diced celery, apple, crushed pineapple and nuts if you want them.

Cucumbers

Sliced cucumbers and onion held in a sweet-sour dressing of mayonnaise, vinegar and sugar.

Deviled Eggs

Eggs cooked by the off-heat method and iced, with the yolks pushed through a sieve and mixed with mayonnaise, sour cream and brown mustard.

Faux Potato Salad

Cauliflower stands in for potatoes here, tossed with chopped egg and pickle in a Greek yogurt and Dijon dressing.

Fruit Salad

Sugar and cornstarch cooked with water until thick and clear, sharpened with lemon, and poured cooled over cut fresh fruit.

“I like to use watermelon, pineapple, nectarines or peaches, strawberries, grapes, orange sections, etc.”

Fruit Salad - WW

Canned and fresh fruit tossed with dry sugar-free gelatin, which thickens the juices; keeps two weeks in the refrigerator.

“WW 3 points each serving.”

German Potato Salad

Warm potatoes and bacon dressed with a sweet-sour vinegar sauce thickened with cornstarch, served warm.

Kentucky Fried Chicken Coleslaw

Cabbage and carrot cut fine in a food processor, dressed with a sweet blended mix of mayonnaise, buttermilk, vinegar and lemon.

Knox Blocks

Firm cut-and-eat gelatin squares made by dissolving four envelopes of unflavored gelatin along with flavored Jell-O in boiling water.

Korean French Dressing

Sweet blender dressing of oil, cider vinegar, ketchup and raw onion, meant for spinach salad.

Lettuce Salad

Head lettuce tossed with fried bacon, oven-toasted chow mein noodles, almonds and sesame seeds in a sweet vinegar dressing.

Macaroni Salad

Shells mixed with hard-boiled eggs, grated carrot, pickles and peas in a sweet mayonnaise dressing built on condensed milk and vinegar.

Make Ahead Salad

Seasoned mayonnaise stirred with peas, celery and green onion, chilled for hours, then spooned into a lettuce-lined bowl.

Orange Mint Salad

Crushed pineapple sets overnight with dry orange gelatin and marshmallows, then gets crushed butter mints and Cool Whip and goes in the freezer.

Orange Salad

Orange sherbet beaten into hot Jell-O, folded with mandarin oranges and Dream Whip for a soft, no-bake salad.

“Add a banana if you want.”

Orange-Apricot Salad

Orange Jell-O layered with apricots, pineapple, mandarins and marshmallows, finished with a cooked juice custard folded into whipped cream.

Pear Salad

Lime gelatin beaten with cream cheese and crushed pears, then folded with whipped cream, cherries and pecans and chilled firm.

Potato Salad

Five pounds of potatoes and hard-boiled eggs folded warm into a cooked vinegar-and-egg dressing finished with Miracle Whip.

Scalloped Apples

Ten cups of sliced tart apples tossed with cinnamon-nutmeg sugar and microwaved fifteen minutes until tender.

“I use Delicious and Fuji apples.”

Seven Fruit Salad

Canned peaches, oranges and pineapple with cherry pie filling, strawberries, grapes and blueberries; serves ten.

Spinach Salad

Raw spinach tossed with bean sprouts, sliced water chestnuts and optional bacon, served under a dressing.

Sweet-Sour Cucumbers

Sliced cucumbers steeped in a shaken quart-jar brine of vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed.

Thirteen Bean Salad

Thirteen-bean soup mix simmered until just tender, then marinated overnight in a sweet-sour oil and wine vinegar dressing with red onion and peppers.