6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 13, 2016
Cook's Corner
Simple springtime salads!
BY BETTY KAISER
For the Sentinel
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1/4 head red cabbage, shred,
rinse and pat dry
2 whole carrots, shredded
1 sliced cucumber
1 diced tomato
Black olives
Grated Parmesan
A
fter a long, dreary win-
ter, I am always happy
to see fresh spring lettuce pop
up in my husband, Chuck’s,
garden. He literally has a green
thumb when it comes to grow-
ing lettuce. One day the garden
bed is looking winter wimpy,
and the next it is sprouting
lovely lettuce. Of course, there
are only two of us to eat it all,
but he shares with friends and
neighbors.
Winter green salads at our
house are pretty pathetic. Af-
ter all, there are only so many
ways that one can combine let-
tuce with the variety of taste-
less winter vegetables that are
available. It doesn’t help that
I’m not very fond of the color-
ful packaged lettuce varieties
that are available. I’m prob-
ably a minority in that mind-
set because there seems to be
more packaged lettuce than
fresh. But I digress.
I was a little slow in dis-
covering how tasty fruit could
be in a green salad. After all,
I grew up in the era when a
tossed salad consisted of let-
tuce, tomatoes, celery and
green onions! But once I tast-
ed my friend Kathe’s manda-
rin salad, I became hooked on
adding orange slices, straw-
berries or whatever else was
handy to a bowl of lettuce.
Her candied almonds also
dress up the simple ingredients.
Add some cooked chicken and
you’ve got a main dish.
In wintertime, I particularly
love to add pineapple to a crisp
combination of shredded cab-
bage and carrots. I do prefer to
shred my own veggies, but in
desperation I have bought the
packaged variety. Toast a few
sunfl ower seeds to add to the
mixture and it will brighten
up any meal. The following
original recipe came off a can
of Dole pineapple many years
ago.
And speaking of fruit, to-
day’s fi nal recipe is from Kraft
Foods for a creamy grape salad.
Yes, you heard right. Grapes. I
think it might make a nice dish
to take to a potluck dinner. The
only fruits are grapes and pine-
apple chucks along with some
slivered almonds and cream
cheese dressing. It makes 24
servings of a half-cup each!
My salad dressings are of-
ten something that I buy off
the shelf. I love the Litehouse
Ranch Dressing made with
buttermilk. I also like Kraft’s
coleslaw dressing and New-
man’s Own Raspberry and
Walnut dressing. I think that
taste-wise they do a better job
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Combine ingredients and
serve with either Italian or a
buttermilk ranch dressing.
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Wrist or pin styles in your choice of flowers & colors
FRESH ROSES
LO-CAL
ITALIAN
DRESSING
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon sugar
Add to taste your choice of
seasonings: celery salt, garlic
salt, basil and dill weed.
photo by Betty Kaiser
Chuck Kaiser shows off another bundle of beautiful
greens.
than I do, and their products
last a lot longer than mine. Just
about the only salad dressing
that I make from scratch is a
low-calorie Italian recipe that
I’ve had for years.
Salads tend to be a last-min-
ute creation at my house, so
I have to use whatever I have
on hand. Therefore, today’s
recipes do not use any exotic
or expensive ingredients. Give
one of these a try and see how
you like it. Enjoy!
Dressing
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1 cup sugar
MANDARIN
SALAD
1 can (20 ounce) Pineapple
Tidbits
1/2 pound shredded cabbage
1/2 pound shredded carrots
1/2 cup sunfl ower seeds,
slightly toasted
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons frozen orange
juice concentrated, undiluted
Salt and pepper to taste
(From the kitchen of Kathe
McIntire)
Candied Almonds Topping
1/2-1 cup slivered almonds
1/3 cup sugar
Put sugar in fry pan and
melt over medium heat. Add
almonds and stir until coated.
Cool on waxed paper and
sprinkle on salad.
Note: Make this in advance
if you like and refrigerate. It
keeps well.
Mix together in a large serv-
ing dish:
1 head of lettuce, chopped
(any type)
1/2 bunch green onions
1 can mandarin oranges,
drained
1 can sliced water chestnuts
Optional: 1 cup slivered or
diced cooked chicken
Shake well and add to salad
a few minutes before serving
about 6 lucky diners.
SUNFLOWER
PINEAPPLE
SLAW
Drain pineapple, reserve 2
tablespoons juice.
Rinse cabbage and carrots in
ice water. Drain well. Com-
bine pineapple with them and
sunfl ower seeds.
Stir together mayonnaise,
orange juice, pineapple juice,
salt and pepper. Pour over
salad mixture, toss and chill.
Serves 6.
HIBERNIAN SALAD FROM
IRELAND
1 bunch Romaine Lettuce cut
as you desire
Individually wrapped or by the dozen
Put everything in a blender
and blend well. Transfer to a
container with a lid suitable
for shaking and refrigerate
several hours.
CREAMY
GRAPE SALAD
4 cups EACH seedless green
and red grapes, halved
2 cups fresh pineapple chunks
1/2 cup slivered almonds,
toasted
4 ounces Philadelphia cream
cheese (1/2 pkg.)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
Combine fruit and nuts in
large bowl. Microwave cream
cheese in bowl 20-30 seconds
or until softened; whisk until
creamy. Add sour cream and
sugar; mix well. Add cream
cheese mixture to fruit and
mix lightly. Serve in a let-
tuce cup and garnish with a
sprinkle of cinnamon.
Note: I thinned out the dress-
ing with a little milk and
added a sliced banana. Fresh
sliced strawberries would also
brighten up the visual appeal.
Also, if you don’t have sliv-
ered almonds, toasted walnuts
or pecans work just fi ne. And
this recipe is easily pared
down to serve fewer diners.
Keep it simple and keep
it seasonal! Betty Kaiser’s
Cook’s Corner is dedicated
to sharing a variety of reci-
pes that are delicious, family
oriented and easy to prepare.
Contact her at 942-1317 or
email
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