Recipes

Four Fruit Compote

Four Fruit Compote

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Drain pineapple chunks, reserving ¾ cup juice.
  • In a saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch.
  • Add reserved pineapple juice, lemon juice, and orange juice.
  • Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
  • Cook one minute longer.
  • Remove from heat and set aside.
  • In a bowl combine pineapple chunks, mandarin oranges, apples, bananas, and grapes.
  • Pour warm sauce over the fruit.
  • Stir gently to coat.
  • Cover and refrigerate.
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Course; Fruit / Salad

Taffy Apple Salad

Taffy Apple Salad

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Ingredients

  • 1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks
  • 6-7 cups cubed cored apples
  • 2 cups tiny marshmallows
  • 1 8 oz. container cool whip
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 10 oz. jar maraschino cherries, drained and
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • halved
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • 1 cup peanuts
  • 1 beaten egg

Instructions

  • Drain pineapple, reserving juice.
  • In large bowl, stir together pineapple chunks and marshmallows; cover and chill for up to 24 hours.
  • For dressing, in a small saucepan stir together the sugar, flour, reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, and egg.
  • Cook and stir over medium heat, just until mixture bubbles.
  • Reduce heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
  • Transfer the mixture to a small bowl.
  • Cover and chill.
  • To serve, add chilled dressing and apples, cool whip, cherries, and peanuts to marshmallow mixture; stir to mix well.
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Course; Fruit / Salad

Strawberry Nut Salad

Strawberry Nut Salad

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Ingredients

  • 2 small or 1 large pkg. strawberry gelatin

Topping:

  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 packages frozen sliced strawberries
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 3 bananas mashed
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 No. 2 can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 1 cup broken walnuts
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • 1 pint sour cream I don’t use this much.
  • 1 cup heavy cream or 1 pkg. Dream Whip

Instructions

  • Dissolve jello in hot water; stir in thawed strawberries and juice, pineapple, banana and nuts.
  • Pour ½ mixture in 9 x 13 pan or large mold; refrigerate until firm, about 1 ½ hours.
  • Spread with sour cream, then spoon gently the remaining mixture and refrigerate.
  • For topping, combine sugar, flour, and egg; stir in pineapple juice.
  • Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick; remove from heat.
  • Add butter and cool.
  • Then fold in the cream that has been whipped (or the Dream Whip prepared according to package directions).
  • Can be put on jello salad ahead of time.

Notes & Wine Advice

Optional:
Top with shredded mild cheddar cheese.
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Course; Fruit / Nuts / Salad

Red Hot Salad

Red Hot Salad

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Mix jello powders, applesauce, and red hots together in sauce pan.
  • Bring to a boil over low heat.
  • Pour into glass 9 x 13 serving dish and carefully add 7 Up.
  • Place in refrigerator until set.
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Course; Salad

Cranberry Peach Mold

Cranberry Peach Mold

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup jellied cranberry sauce
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 package raspberry gelatin
  • 2 cups sliced canned peaches
  • 1 ½ cups boiling water
  • 1 cup dairy sour cream
  • 1 package lemon gelatin

Instructions

  • Mash cranberry sauce; add raspberry gelatin.
  • Pour 1 ½ cups boiling water over to dissolve the gelatin.
  • Pour into a 5 ½ cup mold; chill until almost set.
  • Dissolve lemon gelatin in ½ cup boiling water.
  • Drain peaches, reserving ½ cup syrup; add syrup to gelatin.
  • Stir in sour cream.
  • Chill until partially set; add peaches; pour over raspberry layer.
  • Chill till firm.
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Course; Fruit / Salad

Jello Cranberry Mold

Jello Cranberry Mold

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Ingredients

Makes 3 ½ cups or 10 relish servings.

  • 1 3 oz. package jello, any red flavor
  • 1 can 8 oz. whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 cup diced apples or celery
  • ¾ cup canned pineapple juice
  • 1/3 cup coarsely chopped nuts

Instructions

  • Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
  • Add pineapple juice and cranberries.
  • Chill until slightly thickened.
  • Stir in remaining ingredients.
  • Pour into 4-cup mold or individual molds.
  • Chill until firm.
  • Unmold.

Notes & Wine Advice

Recipe may be doubled; use only 1 cup canned pineapple juice.
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Course; Fruit / Salad

Fresh Cranberry Salad

Fresh Cranberry Salad

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Ingredients

16 servings.

Instructions

  • Grind cranberries in food grinder, stir in the sugar to blend.
  • Set aside.
  • Dissolve gelatin in water; cool until mixture begins to thicken.
  • Add to cranberry mixture.
  • Add oranges, nuts, and pineapple.
  • Stir well; pour into lightly oiled 8-cup mold.
  • Chill overnight.
  • Unmold and serve on a plate of crisp greens.
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Course; Fruit / Salad

Pea Casserole

Pea Casserole

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Sauté butter, onions, celery, and green peppers.
  • Add peas–mushroom soup placed on top–
  • pimento and water chestnuts.
  • Bake ½ hour, covered.
  • Then stir gently and bake an additional ½ hour, uncovered.
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Course; Casserole

Scalloped Corn

Scalloped Corn

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Ingredients

  • 22 saltine crackers
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • dash pepper
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 17 oz. can cream-style corn
  • ½ teaspoon minced dried onion
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions

  • Put crackers into a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.
  • In casserole dish, beat egg with fork.
  • Stir in milk, onion, salt, and pepper.
  • Measure 2/3 cup of the cracker crumbs and add to milk mixture.
  • Put rest of crackers aside.
  • Add corn to milk mixture.
  • Put butter into a skillet; melt on low heat.
  • Pour over crumbs in bowl and stir to mix well.
  • Sprinkle crumbs over corn mixture.
  • Bake for 1 hour at 350º.
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Course; Side Dish / Vegetables

Cranberry Salad

Cranberry Salad

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Grind cranberries.
  • Add sugar and pineapple; let stand for one hour.
  • Add marshmallows; let stand several hours or overnight.
  • Add whipped cream, mix together and serve.

Notes & Wine Advice

Looks pretty in a crystal bowl.
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Course; Fruit / Salad