Ruth Lyons Cranberry Salad Recipes

RACHEL'S CRANBERRY CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together the chicken and mayonnaise in a bowl, stir to coat well, then stir in the green onions, dried cranberries, apple, pecans, lime juice, salt, pepper, and dill weed. Serve immediately, or refrigerate several hours or overnight (the flavor just gets better).

RUTH LYONS CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Cook cranberries in water until the cranberries pop.
• Add sugar and salt.
• Cook 5 minutes.
• Pour over dry jello.
• Stir.
• Cool.
• Add any of the optional ingredients you like.
• My personal favorites are celery, apples, orange (canned Mandarin) and crushed pineapple.
• Canned fruit should be drained well.
• Refrigerate until set.

RUTH LYONS' CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Cook cranberries in water until they pop add sugar and salt cook 5 minutes pour over dry jello and stir Cool and add any additional optional ingredients (canned fruit should be drained well) refigerate until set

CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Combine chopped cranberries and sugar in a large, nonreactive bowl. Toss well. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.
• After 3 hours, stir apples, marshmallows, and pecans into cranberries. Combine yogurt and whipped topping; fold into cranberry salad. Serve immediately.

CRANBERRY SALAD WITH JELL-O®

Steps:

• Combine cranberries, water, and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook until berries are splitting open and tender, about 10 minutes.
• While cranberries cook, pour cherry-flavored gelatin mix into a casserole dish.
• Pour cooked cranberry mixture over gelatin in the casserole dish and stir to dissolve and mix evenly. Place in the refrigerator until gelatin is set, about 1 hour.
• Add pineapple, pears, and pecans. Stir and serve.

BROCCOLI & CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• (Bacon note: Original recipe calls for 1 C cooked and crumbled bacon, but for Nutrition Info to appear and include bacon, I had to go with 8 slices. Truthfully, I use about a whole 12 oz to 16 oz package.).
• Combine all salad ingredients in a large mixing bowl; mix well.
• Combine dressing ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Mix until thoroughly combined using a fork or wire whisk.
• Add dressing to salad and mix well.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.

TRAINOR FAMILY CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the gelatin mix and boiling water until gelatin is dissolved. Stir in the cold water. Transfer to a gelatin mold, or keep in a bowl; cover and refrigerate.
• Place the oranges, lemon, apples, and cranberries into a bowl. Sprinkle the sugar over the top. Set aside so the fruit has time to bleed.
• When the gelatin is partially set, stir in the fruit. Chill until set, preferably overnight. It becomes tastier with age!

HEAVENLY SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together egg yolks, sugar and vinegar.
• Cook in a double boiler until thick.
• Let mixture cool.
• Add other ingredients to mixture when cooled. Mix together and chill overnight.
• Add extra sugar and red food coloring to add a light color if desired.

LYONNAISE SALAD

Steps:

• Wash and drain the lettuce and chop the leaves that are quite big, leave the rest as they are (you don't want them to get too small).
• Fry the pancetta or bacon and dry on kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
• To make the vinaigrette (best make this before frying the pancetta): slowly pour olive oil over the mustard, stirring thoroughly, so that you obtain a creamy, mayo-like consistence.
• Add vinegar, again, pouring slowly and mixing (you can taste the mixture at this point, to make sure it is not too vinegary for you).
• Add sugar and salt, mix thoroughly, and voila!
• To serve, put the lettuce leaves on a big plate and pour some vinaigrette over them.
• Put some fried pancetta on top, as well as one poached egg per person (if you prefer, you can fry the eggs sunny side up).
• Pour a little more vinaigrette, garnish with bread croutons, or serve with toast on the side.
• Make sure you have enough vinaigrette to leave on the table, so that people can have some more if they like.
• Variation: you can substitute some (or all) of the iceberg lettuce leaves with other types of lettuce or with spinach leaves. Allow enough per person to fill a big plate with a little mound, but make sure you don't go overboard either.

SOUTHWESTERN CORN AND CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Serve at room temperature or cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.