Chinese Chicken Cabbage Salad

Cabbage Salad
1 head of cabbage shredded
1 1/2 lb cooked diced chicken
1 bunch of green onions thinly sliced Toss together in large bowl. Cover with marinade over night or several hours.
Marinade: 1/2 c sugar
1/4 c + 2 tbls rice wine vinegar
1/2 c + 2 Tbls oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
soup mix of chicken top ramen noodles (save noodles to crush and add just before serving)
Just before serving add:
1/2 slivered, roasted almonds ( or I like cashews)
1/8 c sesame roasted seed
1/2 c craisens
1 can mandrin oranges
pkg of crushed ramen noodles.

Taco Salad

from my mom's collection- by Jean Santiago (I loved this stuff as a kid)

1 head lettuce
1 1/2 lbs hamburger
3/4 lb cheddar cheese
1 bag tortilla chips
1 soup can size Ranch Style beans (with juice)
1 can diced green chiles
Picante Sauce
1 bottle Ranch dressing
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black olives
purple onions
avacadoes
tomatoes
celery
mushrooms

Brown hamburger. Shred cheese. Rip lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Break up chips. Mix all together and add any additional toppings desired.

Cookie Salad

This recipe is actually from my stepmom Christy. I make it for most gatherings and never fail to get rave reviews. It's especially great because it's so easy!


2 packages instant vanilla (3.4 ounce) pudding mix
2 cups buttermilk
12 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 can pineapple chunks (20 ounce), drained
2 cans mandarin oranges (11 ounce), drained
1/2 package fudge stripe (11.5 ounce) cookies


In a large bowl, mix together the pudding mix and the buttermilk.
Fold in the whipped topping.
Mix in the pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges.
Chill until ready to serve.
Crush cookies and mix in just before serving.

I don't usually have buttermilk on hand so I pretty much always use powdered buttermilk substitute (found usually on the top shelf in the baking aisle). Seems like I usually add some sliced bananas just before serving too.

Cherry Fluff Jello

Wes hates Jello but really likes this dessert/salad...

6 oz cherry Jello
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 large can red cherry pie filling
3 oz vanilla instant pudding
2 C Cool Whip

Combine Jello w/ 2 C boiling water. (Do not add 2 C cold water), instead add crushed pineapple with juice and cherry pie filling. Mix well and pour into a 9 X 13 pan, and chill until firm.
Combine pudding with 1 C milk and wait until slightly thickened.
Add 2 C Cool Whip. Stir until well blended. Spread over set Jello. Chill.

Serves 8 – 10

Cucumber Salad

You really have to just play with this recipe to see what suits your tastes, but here's where to start off at:

2 cucumbers, sliced and quartered
1/4 c. vinegar
1/2 c. olive oil
parsley to taste
onion powder to taste
salt to taste

Mix it all together and serve cold. You can play with the amounts of vinegar and oil but you want to keep the oil amount double however much vinegar you use.