Fried Okra Salad

I don't really like okra but when I tried this I ate two big bowls!!!

6 slices bacon
2 packages (10 oz each) frozen sliced okra (unbreaded), thawed
cornmeal for coating (season cornmeal for added flavor)
1 large tomato
1 small to medium onion
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
3 tbsp. oil

• Fry bacon until crisp, set aside.
• Add enough oil to the bacon drippings to fry okra.
• Lightly coat thawed okra in cornmeal.
• Fry okra in oil until cooked through, set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Just before serving, crumble bacon into okra.
• Chop tomato and onion and stir into okra.
• Mix sugar, vinegar, and oil, make sure sugar is dissolved
• Toss salad with dressing before serving.

Cranberry Salad

1 large box cherry jell-o

1 can mandarin oranges (drained)
1 small can crushed pineapple
2 cups hot water
1 cup chopped nuts
1 lb. cranberries
1 1 /2 cups sugar

• Freeze cranberries
• Put frozen cranberries in food processor and chop fine
• Make jello using half amount water called for.
• Dissolve sugar in jello.
• Mix jello, cranberries, nuts, mandarin oranges and pineapple together. 
• Will keep in frig 2-3 weeks.

Texas Salad (Slaw)

1 large cabbage

1 onion

1 carrot

1 bell pepper

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup white vinegar

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

2 T salt

1 t ground mustard

1 t celery seed

1/2 t turmeric

• Grate vegetables and mix sugar over them. 
• Heat vinegar, oil, water, salt and spices to boiling point. 
• Pour over vegetables and mix. 
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.

Watergate Salad

No conspiracy here!  Just plain old cornfed goodness!

1 small carton whipped topping

1 pkg instant pistachio pudding mix

1 can crushed pineapple with juice

1 cup mini marshmallows

1/2 cup chopped pecans

• fold dry pudding mix into whipped topping
• add pineapple with juice
• add marshmallows
• add nuts
• refrigerate before serving

Dreamsicle Salad (Tang Salad)

Astronauts wish they had this to eat in deep space! 

            

 

1/2 cup orange instant breakfast drink mix
1 can sweetened condensed milk
8 ounce carton sour cream
1 small tub whipped topping
2 cans mandarin oranges (drained)

• Mix the sweetened condensed milk, sour cream and drink mix together. 
• When drink mix is somewhat dissolved mix in the whipped topping.  
• Set aside a few mandarin oranges and fold in the rest. 
• Pour mixture in a bowl and garnish with mandarin slices. 
• Chill several hours before serving.

 I like to layer this dessert in a trifle bowl with an extra can of mandarin oranges then arrange slices in a pretty design on top.