Creamy Pea Salad

4 cups frozen peas, thawed and drained

1/2 cup diced cheddar cheese

1/2 cup diced mozzarella cheese

1 medium onion, chopped very fine

1 cup mayo

salt & pepper

1/2 lb. bacon, cooked and crumbled (or substitute bacon bits)

Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Keep refrigerated.

Hawaiian Salad

1.5 cups orzo macaroni

1 can pineapple tidbits

2 cans mandarin oranges

1 T. flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 - 9 oz. Cool Whip

Cook orzo noodles according to package. Drain juice from the fruit and add flour, sugar, salt and eggs. Cook until thickened. Pour over cooked orzo and cool overnight. The next day, add the fruit and the Cool Whip.

Grandma's Fruit Salad

1 can mandarin oranges

1 can sliced peaches

1 can pineapple chunks

apples

grapes

1 6-serving size Cook and Serve vanilla pudding mix

Drain the juice from the fruit cans (except the pineapple) until you have two cups of it. Add a little water if you're short. Whisk in the pudding mix and cook until thick. Cool. Add oranges, peaches and rest of fruit and mix until well coated. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

This does not work with instant pudding!

Easy Waldorf Salad

1 pkg. premade coleslaw mix
1 apple, diced
1/2 cup raisins (approximately)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or other nuts of choice)

Dressing:
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup milk
2 tsp. sugar

Mix the dressing and pour over everything else mixed together. Let sit in fridge for an hour or so to marinate.

Raspberry Yogurt Salad

1 bag frozen raspberries
1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1 tub strawberry yogurt
1/2 tub Cool Whip

Mix together and let sit in fridge overnight. The next day, stir before serving. This is more of a dessert than a salad but it's so good!

Coleslaw

1 bag pre-mixed coleslaw (this is cheating but it's easier)
3/4 c. mayo
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp salt
2 T. lemon juice
1 tsp prepared mustard

Mix dressing ingredients together and toss with coleslaw mix. Refrigerate. If you use a small bag of coleslaw, reduce the dressing recipe to about 3/4 (1/2 c. mayo, 3 T. sugar, etc.).

For a different flavour, no name creamy coleslaw dressing is also really good and very easy. Add grape tomatoes and sliced cucumbers for fanciness.

Seven-Layer Salad

lettuce
carrots
onions
frozen peas
1 cup mayonnaise
2 T sugar
shredded cheddar cheese
bacon bits

Layer shredded lettuce, grated carrots, diced onions and frozen peas in a glass pan or bowl. Mix mayonnaise with sugar and cover salad. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese and top with bacon bits.

One of my favourite salads ever!

Festive Garden Salad

6 cups lettuce
1 cup broccoli florets
1/2 cup slivered almonds
small amount chopped red onion
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Mix together and toss with Creamy Poppyseed dressing. The amounts don't really matter! Toasting the almonds makes this even better.

Potato Salad

4 large potatoes, boiled or baked, chopped into small pieces
6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup milk
small amount of diced raw onion
salt & pepper
squirt of yellow mustard
bit of sugar
sprinkle of dill weed

Combine the chopped potatoes and eggs in a bowl. Combine remaining ingredients and stir together. Don't be afraid to be generous with the mayo and milk for extra creaminess! Pour over potatoes and eggs; mix well and refrigerate.