Pineapple Whipped Cream Dressing

When I was a kid, my mother, bless her heart, made (what she called) fruit salad on particular occasions. Her sentiment of fruit salad was a tin of drained fruit cocktail amongst a lilliputian Dream Whip stirred in; if it was a real particular occasion, she added a banana. When I started cooking, a good fruit salad was 1 of the things I wanted to acquire how to make.

The other day, Judy from Mennonite Girls Can Cook posted a uncomplicated lilliputian recipe for a fruit salad dressing that is just what I've been searching for (they bring the greatest recipes over there). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 cooked pineapple flavored whipped cream dressing that I only had to try.

1/4 loving cup pineapple juice
1/4 loving cup fresh lemon juice
2 eggs
1/4 loving cup saccharide
1 loving cup whipping cream (+1/4 loving cup saccharide - my tweak)

Beat the eggs until smooth, thence stir inwards saccharide together with juices. Cook over medium rut until thickened (stirring constantly). Chill

Just earlier serving, whip the whipping cream until rigid peaks shape together with crimp it into the chilled pineapple mixture. Fold the dressing into the salad or serve on the side.

NOTE: The recipe, equally written, is ALMOST on the verge of tart (for our tastes), thence I added 1/4 loving cup of saccharide to the whipping cream earlier I whipped it. The additional saccharide produces a dressing that is ALMOST verging on sweetness (definitely non likewise sweet). Here is my suggestion: When the cooked business office of the dressing has chilled, gustation it...if yous similar it, don't add together whatsoever extra saccharide together with only crimp it straight into the whipped cream.

If yous would similar the in conclusion dressing to move a lilliputian sweeter, add together the extra saccharide to the whipping cream earlier yous whip it, thence crimp the 2 together. Does that brand sense?

NOTE: This pineapple whipped cream is super light, fluffy together with creamy, it would move non bad on only close anything (I innovation on using it on pound cake). I also bring plans for substituting orangish juice for the pineapple juice together with making an orangish flavored whipped cream. TONS of possibilities here!

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Salad Dressing Clone Recipes

The next iii salad dressing clone recipes are the lawsuit of years of recipe adjustments. I finally accept perfected them in addition to my household unit of measurement loves them, then I idea I would share.

This clone recipe for Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing is a dead ringer for commercial ranch, but creamier......AND you lot tin experience proficient knowing precisely what is inwards the dressing (no unpronounceable ingredients).  The describe a fast 1 on is, to allow it sit down inwards the refrigerator overnight earlier you lot purpose it...........the flavors all blend together in addition to it makes a basis of difference.

HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH CLONE

1 loving cup mayonnaise (low cal OK)
1 loving cup buttermilk (don't substitute)
2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes (or two tablespoons fresh)
3/4 teaspoon dark pepper
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic pulverization (not garlic salt)
1/2 teaspoon onion pulverization (not onion salt)
2 large pinches dried thyme

Whisk together in addition to chill overnight earlier using.

NOTE: Don't purpose this dressing right later on you lot build it; it will NOT gustation similar ranch dressing. Something magical happens to it later on it sits overnight...trust me!!

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We similar Light House build Thousand Island salad dressing (in the refrigerated veggie section) but the cost has increased to around $4.50 for a pocket-size jar, which is crazy.  The next recipe  is VERY or then the original, I promise you lot similar it... picky-picky hubby loves it.

LIGHT HOUSE THOUSAND ISLAND  CLONE

3/4 loving cup mayonnaise (low cal is OK)
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
2 tablespoons finely minced celery
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon dark pepper
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Whisk everything together in addition to refrigerate at to the lowest degree a couple 
of hours earlier using.

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This Catalina salad dressing is delicious, our grand kids dear it. I can't believe how tardily it is to make.

CATALINA SALAD DRESSING CLONE

1 loving cup vegetable crude (I used canola oil)

2/3 loving cup ketchup

1/2 loving cup vinegar (I used cherry-red vino vinegar)

1/2 teaspoon onion pulverization (not onion salt)

1/2 teaspoon dry out mustard powder

1/2 teaspoon celery seed

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

big pinch of paprika (not the spicy kind)

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 cup saccharide

Place all ingredients inwards a blender (I used an immersion blender) in addition to mix on high speed (salad dressing volition actually thicken upward every bit you lot procedure it).

NOTE: Catalina needs a proficient whisk earlier using if it has been inwards the refrigerator for a dyad of days.

NOTE: All iii of these salad dressings in conclusion an tardily x days (or more) inwards the fridge.

ENJOY !!!

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Dairy Costless Coleslaw

There are a zillion coleslaw recipes on-line; in that place are creamy ones; in that place are spicy ones; in that place are slaws made with broccoli; I fifty-fifty saw ane amongst Gorgonzola cheese the other day!! Personally, I accept been looking for a basic, no frills, "please everyone" coleslaw recipe to brand for large menage unit of measurement gatherings.

In my search, I establish this quick together with tardily "recipe gem" over at MGCC, and truly IS a keeper. Not exclusively is it delicious, but in that place is no dairy inwards it and it lasts inwards the refrigerator for upwards to a week; equally a thing of fact, it simply keeps getting tastier together with it goes good amongst everything!!

Thank you lot for sharing the recipe, Charlotte!!!

3 cups shredded cabbage
1/4 loving cup diced onion
1/4 loving cup diced greenish pepper
1 carrot shredded
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dark pepper (my variation)
1/2 teaspoon celery seed (my variation)

How small-scale you lot chop the veggies is a thing of personal preference. We prefer pieces about twice the size of a grain of rice together with my nutrient processor (using the steel blade) makes curt run of this step.

In a small-scale saucepan, mix the sugar, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and celery seed together with convey to a boil, stirring simply until carbohydrate has dissolved together with thence take away from the heat.

Pour the hot dressing over the vegetables together with mix well.  Let this cool a piffling earlier roofing it together with putting it inwards the refrigerator to chill until laid to serve. 
NOTE: Toss salad again, simply earlier serving to distribute the dressing.

NOTE: This recipe brand 4 generous side servings (adult size).  When I larn inwards for a crowd, I quadruple the recipe.

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Guilt Costless Avocado--Ranch Salad Dressing

Make certain you mix this up a 24-hour interval ahead of time, because (while you lot volition live tempted to role it correct away......don't!!). Something magical happens inwards the refrigerator overnight in addition to the adjacent day, all of the flavors volition have blended in addition to it becomes a wonderful salad dressing that you lot tin role GUILT FREE!!

1 large ripe avocado (should live almost a loving cup or so)
1/2  loving cup fatty free  (good quality) PLAIN Greek yogurt
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 to 1/2 skim milk (depending on how thick you lot similar it)
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
3/4 teaspoon dark pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic pulverization (not garlic salt)
1/2 teaspoon onion powder  (not onion salt)
2  salubrious pinches dried thyme

Put everything inwards the nutrient processor in addition to blend until really smooth.
cover in addition to CHILL OVER NIGHT.

This volition remain vibrant light-green for two or iii days (if it lasts that long) but volition commencement to darken just a little on 24-hour interval iv in addition to 5.

I role 1/4 loving cup skim milk in addition to it makes a pretty thick salad dressing similar this:

 

If that is also thick for you, add together a piffling to a greater extent than milk to sparse it out.
NOTE: If this is simply a piffling also fat-free for you, role olive stone oil instead of milk.

Enjoy !!

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Pineapple Coleslaw

This quick in addition to easy coleslaw recipe is light, refreshing in addition to slightly sweetness from the pineapple.  It is the PERFECT accompaniment to ANY and ALL grilled meats.  This i is a winner!!

1 pocket-size caput of greenish cabbage (or one-half of a large one)
2  carrots
1   8 ounce tin of crushed pineapple (drained in addition to squeezed dry)

1/2  loving cup mayonnaise
1/4  loving cup sugar
1/2  loving cup milk
2  teaspoons white vinegar
pepper to taste  (I purpose almost 1/4 teaspoon)
healthy pinch of cayenne pepper

Peel the carrots in addition to cutting them into medium size chunks. Pulse them inwards the nutrient processor a few times. I create this "do ahead' measurement thence that the carrots in addition to cabbage halt upwards almost the same shred size.  You tin likewise only shred the carrots if y'all want.

Without removing the carrots from the nutrient processor,  add together the cubed cabbage in addition to pulse the two vegetables until y'all larn prissy pocket-size pieces (but not super fine).  Put the cabbage-carrot mixture into a large bowl, add together the super-drained pineapple in addition to stir to mix well.

In a divide bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sugar, milk, vinegar, pinch of cayenne pepper in addition to the dark pepper. Whisk until smooth.

If y'all are going to serve the coleslaw correct away, pour the dressing over the vegetable-pineapple in addition to stir good in addition to thence chill (covered). 

If y'all are going to serve the coleslaw after (like the next day, or fifty-fifty several hours later), chill the vegetable-pineapple separately from the dressing.  Just earlier y'all desire to serve, pour the dressing over the salad in addition to mix well.

NOTE: Since nosotros are "empty nesters" in addition to large salads similar this oft become to waste, I've started to brand upwards the sum recipe, but I don't mix the dressing into the salad until dinner time. That way, I tin brand only 2 to 3 servings at a time, alongside no waste!!

 

ENJOY !!!

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