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Spinach and Citrus Salad

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The last and final Salad in our series.
Spinach Citrus Salad
it is a goody.

For the Dressing you will need:

2 Tbsp Orange Juice
1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 tsp mustard
Salt and Pepper to taste


Mix all the ingredients together and whisk well.

Then add 1 can mandarin oranges (drained)
and 1/4 (or less) red onion sliced thin

Add to spinach

Toss with the dressing
and you have a yummy, light salad.

I served it with some grilled chicken on the side.
A yummy summer salad.

Chicken Salad

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It seems like there are as many recipes for chicken salad as there are for potato salad, every family seems to have one they love and use all the time.

This is “our” recipe for chicken salad, it is very simple, very fattening, and super good.

Momzoo’s Chicken Salad:
2 cups chicken cooked and chopped

1 cup Mayo
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup chopped celery
1 cup crushed potato chip
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese


Mix the Mayo, salt and lemon juice.

Add Chicken and Celery

Mix well

Right before serving add the potato chips and cheese, stir well.

Serve on a croissant.

Enjoy, and try not to think of all the fat and calories…..

Because of Easter weekend and some sick family memeber (2 kids and a husband) I will be posting the seventh salad (Baby spinach and Citrus Salad) next week.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Dorrito Salad

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Today’s Salad is a little different.

When I first saw this salad at a baby shower I thought it looked really sick. I wouldn’t have even tried it, but the lady that made it was right beside me in the food line so I felt I needed to take some. When I did try it I was pleasantly surprised at how yummy it was. This salad has become one of my families favorite summer meals.

Doritos Salad:

Lettuce
1 pound Ground beef, browned
Large can of chopped tomatoes, drained
1 can pinto beans, drained
1 can kidney beans, drained
1 can of corn, drained
sliced Olives
1 1/2 cup shredded cheese
crushed Doritos Chips
Catalina Dressing


(instead of canned beans I used these)

While compiling all your ingredients into a big bowl, find an obliging child to crush the Doritos, they will love doing it.

Mix everything together except the chips, dressing and lettuce.

Right before serving add the chips…


and dressing

Mix well.

Serve on top of lettuce.

Spinach Salad

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This recipe comes from my Mother-in-law, I was one of the first recipes that I got a hold of once we were married. It is simple and oh, so good. I regularly get requests for this salad.

To start out we need to make the dressing, either the morning before it is to be served, or the night before, I needs time to sit.

This is what we need for the dressing:

1 cup oil
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp dry mustard
1 Tbsp Poppy seeds
1 package sliced mushrooms


Mix all the ingredients, except the mushrooms in a container with a tight fitting lid, this dressing is shaken, not stirred.

I usually use this, a little over kill I know, but it works!

Then add the mushrooms to the shaken dressing, the ones I bought were HUGE! I broke them into smaller pieces.

Put the lid on and give it a good shake, then find some counter top that it can sit on all day. Everytime you pass it, give it a good shake.
The mushrooms soak up the dressing….it is so good!

The Salad itself consists of very few ingredients:
Spinach
cooked Bacon
Swiss cheese
marinated mushrooms

right before serving spoon the mushroom out of the dressing into the salad with a slotted spoon.

Add the bacon and cheese, and toss. Add more dressing as needed, usually you don’t need to add much more the mushrooms carry a lot of dressing with them.

I served this salad with grilled hamburgers.


Everybody in my family loves this salad, there was very little left over and even the littlest in the bunch ate some.

This is a favorite at my house.

Strawberry Spinach Salad

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This Salad come from a good friend and neighbor of mine. She served it at a little gals night out get together at her house, and it had become a favorite of mine.

Here is our list of ingredients:

Spinach leaves, washed and trimmed (or a bag)
Strawberries, washed and sliced
Feta Cheese, crumbled
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
Sugared Walnuts (I will show you how)
Brianna’s Blush Wine Vinaigrette

To sugar walnuts, melt equal parts brown sugar and butter in a small sauce pan (I did 2 Tbsp of each), when it is all melted add the walnuts and stir to coat.

Then lay them out and let them cool, and you have sugared walnuts.
I am not a walnut fan, but I love these.

Crumble the feta, I am not a real lover of feta, but there is something about the mix of strawberry and Vinaigrette that makes the feta so yummy.

Make sure to slice the onion really thin. Usually I don’t love raw onion, but like the feta, there is something about the mix of all the ingredients in this salad that makes it so yummy.

Add all your ingredients and toss with the Blush Wine Vinaigrette.

I served this with homemade french bread (thanks Casey) and home made pizza. I thought it made a yummy meal. I will have to be totally honest and say that my family doesn’t really share my love of this salad, Dadzoo mumbles something about hating feta, it has to do with being forced to eat it as a child. All my kids hate the dressing and the onions. So from a feeding the family/kids stand point this salad didn’t go over so well, but I love it, so it will just have to be saved for special occasions (like when I crave it really badly, there are some advantages to being the cook!)