Use bleach to remove coffee and tea stains from glassware
Easy Potato Salad
1 canned whole potatoes
3 tbsp. sour cream
2 boiled eggs
2 tbsp. chopped onion
2 tbsp. mustard
1 cup diced celery
Drain and cube potatoes, combine all ingredients with the potatoes and mix well. A little sugar can be used.
Broccoli Salad
2 lbs. of broccoli, trimmed and cut into one-inch pieces.
1/2 c. chopped red onion
1/2 lb. cooked bacon crumbs
1/2 cup cheddar cheese cut into cubes.
Dressing:
1 cup mayo
1/2 cup sugar
2 T. apple cider vinegar
Combine broccoli, bac-on, cheese and onion in a large bowl. In another bowl, combine dressing ingredients. Add to salad and toss. Serves 10.
Cherry Pecan Salad
1 c. chopped unpeeled apples
2 T. chopped maraschino cherries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup mayo (do not use salad dressing)
Combine all ingredients and mix well.
Dressing for fruit Salad
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup salad oil
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 clove garlic crushed
Combine all ingredients in jar and shake well. Cover and chill several hours before serving on fruit salads.
Storage times for foods.
Margarine kept in refrigerator 1 month, 3 to 6 months in freezer.
Pineapple Pudding
1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
Vanilla wafers
1 can crushed Pineapple (drained)
Make pudding according to directions on box. Put one layer of pineapple in a dish and a layer of vanilla wafers on top of pudding over wafers. Follow until all ingredients are used.
Pineapple Salad
1 can crushed pineapple
1 pkg. lemon gelatin
1 qt. vanilla ice cream
Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Add enough water to make one cup. Heat, then dissolve gelatin. Add ice cream and pineapple. Stir well. Chill until firm.
Cooking hints:
Use an empty baking powder can to chop potatoes for hash browns.
Start cooking vegetables that grow in the ground in cold water and cover cooking pan with a lid.
Household hint
To remove tea or coffee stains from cups and glasses, add a little water and bleach to the cups and glasses and let stand for 10 to 20 minutes, or longer if the stain is not gone.