Category Archives: Lunch Side

Lunch Side, Uncategorized

Bean Pea Corn Salad

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 4 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 can French cut green beans
  • 1 can tiny green peas
  • 2 medium onions, ringed
  • 1 can corn
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 3-4 stalks celery
  • 1 c vinegar
  • 1 c sugar
  • ½ c salad oil

Prep/Equipment

  • Sauce pan, medium

Directions

  1. In sauce pan, combine vinegar and sugar with liquid from beans, peas, and corn. Bring to a boil.  Add beans, peas, corn, and onion.  Boil and remove from heat.
  2. Add vegetables, oil, and vinegar. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Dinner Side, Holiday, Lunch Side

Watergate Salad (Overnight)

Time

Prep: 10 minutes              Ready In: 8 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 3-ounce package instant pudding, Pistachio
  • 1 ½ c milk
  • 1 8-ounce container cool whip
  • 1 c mini marshmallows
  • ½ c chopped walnuts
  • 1 can crushed pineapple, plus the juice

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. In medium serving bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. Add remaining ingredients.  Let set in fridge overnight.  Serve cold.
Lunch, Lunch Side

Tuna Shoestring Casserole

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 can tuna fish, drained
  • 1 T miracle whip
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 c carrots, shredded
  • Large can shoestring potatoes

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. In medium serving bowl, combine tuna and miracle whip, until tuna is moist. Add onion, celery, and carrots.    Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  2. Add shoestring potatoes just before serving. Serve cold.
Dinner Side, Lunch Side

Strawberry Jell-O

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 2 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 6-ounce pkg of strawberry Jell-O
  • 2 c boiling water
  • 2 10-ounce packages frozen strawberries, sliced
  • 1 13 ½ ounce can crushed pineapple
  • 2 large bananas, finely diced
  • 2 T lemon juice
  • 1 c sour cream

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Greased 9” square pan

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Add strawberries, stirring to thaw.  Stir in pineapple, bananas, and juice.  Pour half in 9” square pan.  Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
  2. After first layer is set, spread sour cream over Jell-O. Pour second half of Jell-O over sour cream.  Refrigerate until set.  Serve chilled.
Lunch Side

Linda’s Potato Salad

Time

Prep: 30 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 potatoes, cooked and cut into small chunks
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 6 eggs, boiled and diced
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 T mayonnaise
  • 1 T mustard
  • 1 T sugar
  • 1 T vinegar

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Small bowl

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, add potatoes, celery, eggs, and onion.
  2. In separate small bowl, mix mayonnaise, mustard, sugar, and vinegar. Add to ingredients in medium bowl and mix.  If you need more moisture, add mayonnaise and mustard.
  3. Chill in refrigerator until ready to serve. Serve cold.