Utopia Salad Recipes

EASY SPICY UDON COLD SALAD

Steps:

• Remove udon noodles from outer bag. Pierce inner pouch several times and place on a microwave-safe plate. Cook in the microwave until tender, about 90 seconds.
• Transfer noodles to a large bowl. Mix in bean sprouts, onion, carrot, mushrooms, cilantro, and sesame seeds.
• Mix rice vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, sesame oil, sugar, ginger, garlic, lime juice, white wine, sriracha sauce, and red pepper flakes together in a small bowl until sugar dissolves. Pour dressing over the noodle mixture in the bowl; toss to combine. Refrigerate until flavors combine, at least 4 hours.

RASPBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• First layer: Dissolve jello in the boiling water.
• Add the raspberries, which have been partially thawed.
• Pour into a bundt pan & refrigerate until set, approx 2-3 hours.
• Second layer: Whip cream cheese with mixer (it is best to have the cream cheese at room temp, I take it out of fridge when I put the jello in to set).
• Mix in the powdered sugar & Cool Whip and whip well.
• Spread over set jello & place in refrigerator.
• Third layer: I crush the pretzels in a gallon size ziploc bag & use a rolling pin. Could also crush using a blender & doing 1/2 at a time, making sure not to make them too fine.
• Mix melted butter, sugar & pretzels together.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
• Stir & cool slightly then sprinkle over the second layer.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve. Place bundt pan in sink of warm water for a minute, slip a knife around the edges in a couple spots to loosen from pan, place serving plate on top & flip to unmold the salad. Slice & serve.
• Hint-If you choose to make this in a 9x13 cake pan instead of a bundt pan, you could reverse the layers & just bake the pretzel layer in the bottom of the cake pan for 10 minutes without stirring & cool slightly. You need to be very careful spreading the second layer over the pretzel layer. Then the jello layer goes on top & refrigerate overnight. This way you don't have to wait for the jello to set before completing the other 2 layers & you would not unmold. This way works best if bringing to a potluck.

UTOPIA SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve jello in boiling water. Then, add pineapple and vinegar/lemon juice and refrigerate just until it starts to gel.
• Whip the cream until stiff. Add sugar, salt, cottage cheese and 3/4 cup of the cheese and fold together.
• Combine cream and jello mixture and fold together until well combined. Pour into serving bowl you intend to use, sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and refrigerate overnight.