Family Holiday Fruit Salad

This is my Great Grandma's recipe and it makes a lot so you can half it for smaller groups. The nice thing about this salad is the fruit doesn't brown so it still looks nice for leftovers.

Family Holiday Fruit Salad

4 large cans fruit cocktail
2 Large cans pineapple chunks
4 small cans mandarin oranges
½ bag miniature marshmallows
5 bananas
16 oz of whipping cream
2-3 Tbsp. Corn starch
Sugar
Vanilla

Drain all of the can fruit and reserve 2 1/2 cups of juice. Add about 2-3 Tbsp cornstarch to 1/3 cup cold water stir until lumps are gone. Heat the reserved juice to simmering. Once it is simmering, add the cornstarch mixture. As it comes to a boil stir until it is a thick consistency. If it doesn’t thicken add more corn starch mixture. Allow to cool completely. Whip the cream to a whipped cream consistency; add sugar and vanilla to taste. Mix it into the cooled fruit juice mixture. Place the drained fruit in a large bowl, add marshmallows and sliced bananas. Fold in the whipped cream dressing and serve immediately.
I chose to garnsh the top with more oranges and cherries.

Sweet Potato Casserole

I had never had sweet potatoes until after I was married. My husband's family always had them with their Thanksgiving. This recipe is one I got from one of my high school friends mom. It's so good it could be served as dessert.

Victoria's Sweet potato casserole

4 C. sweet potatoes cooked and mashed (2- 2 1/2lbs.)
1 egg beaten
6 T. firmly packed brown sugar, divided
6 T. melted butter or margarine, divided
2 T. orange juice
1/2 t. salt
2/3 C. chopped pecans (opt)
Miniature marshmallows

Combine potatoes, egg, 3 T. sugar and 3 T. butter, orange juice, and salt; beat until fluffy and light. Fold in 1/3 C. pecans. Turn into buttered shallow oven-proof casserole pan. Sprinkle remaining nuts, butter and sugar over top. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Add marshmallows for topping last 15 min.

Snicker Apple Salad

This recipe is perfect for all the fall apples. It makes a lot so I like to take this recipe to pot lucks. It tastes like candy apples. I'm not sure if it is a dessert or a salad but I'm sure it could be served as both. One thing I'm sure of, it tastes delicious!

Snicker Apple Salad

4 oz cream cheese, softened

16 oz. cool whip
3 Granny Smith apples, cubed

3 Delicious apples, cubed
3 Snickers candy bars, cut into chunks

Mix all ingredients together. Serves 10-15

Strawberry Spinach Salad

I attended a luncheon this weekend and my friend served this delicious salad.

Strawberry Spinach Salad


1/2 lb pre washed spinach

1/2 lb torn romaine1 pt strawberries, sliced

1/2 cup of sugar toasted pecans or prepackaged sugared sliced almonds (found in the produce section)

1 1/2 cup of grated Swiss cheese

sliced red onion-however much you'd like


dressing:

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 - 1 cup oil

1/3 c red wine vinegar

1tbsp minced onion

1tsp dried mustard

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp poppy seeds