Aunt Graces Napa Salad Recipes

NAPA CABBAGE NOODLE SALAD

Steps:

• Place the cabbage in a large bowl, cover, and place in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the ramen noodles, sesame seeds, almonds until lightly browned; set aside to cool.
• Prepare the dressing by mixing the canola oil, soy sauce, sugar, balsamic and white vinegars in a blender until smooth.
• About 30 minutes before serving, toss the dressing and cabbage mixture together; chill. Just before serving, toss the noodle mixture with the cabbage mixture.

AUNT GERT'S MACARONI SALAD (PAULA DEAN) RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients. Add pasta last. Mix well. Refrigerate overnight. Mixture will be soupy at first, but it will thinken as it chills.

AUNT NANCY'S GRAPE SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, blend together the frozen whipped topping and cream cheese. Fold in grapes. Serve immediately, or chill for 30 minutes. This is pretty garnished with a small bunch of red grapes.

NAPA CABBAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Finely shred the head of cabbage; do not chop. Combine the green onions and cabbage in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Make the crunchies: Melt the butter in a pot. Mix the ramen noodles, sesame seeds and almonds into the pot with the melted butter. Spoon the mixture onto a baking sheet and bake the crunchies in the preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven, turning often to make sure they do not burn. When they are browned remove them from the oven.
• Make the dressing: In a small saucepan, heat vinegar, oil, sugar, and soy sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, let boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from heat and let cool.
• Combine dressing, crunchies, and cabbage immediately before serving. Serve right away or the crunchies will get soggy.

AUNT GRACE'S RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Grease and flour (or Pam) bundt cake pan.
• Sprinkle chopped pecans around bottom of pan.
• Whisk together cake and pudding mix.
• Add liquid and eggs; beat with electric mixer on medium for 4 minutes.
• Pour batter into pan and bake at 350° for 1 hour.
• Cool approximately 10 minutes; invert onto plate and prick all over with toothpick.
• Pour glaze over top and let sit for at least one hour (longer is better).
• Glaze:.
• Mix together water, sugar and butter in saucepan.
• Bring to a boil; boil over medium for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Mixture will become thick and begin to pull away from saucepan.
• Add rum--keep face away from saucepan to avoid alcohol cloud that will form.
• Stir vigorously and remove from heat; pour over cake.

AUNT NANCY'S GRAPE SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, blend together the frozen whipped topping and cream cheese. Fold in grapes. Serve immediately, or chill for 30 minutes. This is pretty garnished with a small bunch of red grapes.

AUNT GRACE'S TATER TOT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Combine the soup, sour cream, cheese, onion and butter and mix well.
• Arrange the tator tots in a lasagne size pan and pour the soup mixture on top.
• Top the mixture with the chips.
• Bake for 1 hour.

AUNT GRACE'S NAPA SALAD

Steps:

• Chop the cabbage into bite sized pieces.
• Melt the butter.
• Add the broken up Ramen noodles to the melted butter.
• Stir in the mixed nuts.
• Saute the above ingredients over low heat stirring constantly until mixed and golden (be careful because it can burn quickly so make sure to watch it).
• To make the dressing:.
• Bring the oils, sugar, vinegar and soy sauce to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• When ready to eat, add the noodle mixture and the dressing mixture to the chopped cabbage.
• Make sure that you don't mix it together too soon because the salad does not keep.
• No leftovers are allowed!