THE Spinach Salad

This is the salad that I make for every family function. It's great!


Salad:
1/2 head iceburg lettuce
1/2 small bag of spinach (make the amounts of iceburg and spinach about the same.)
1/2 c. swiss cheese
1/4 c. cottage cheese
Bacon (I throw a couple of handfuls of the bacon in a bag at costco) You can use bacon bits or fried bacon.
Red onion


Dressing:
1/3 c. oil
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
4 Tbs. sugar
1 Tbs. mustard
1/2 tsp. salt

Toss right before serving.

I usually only use 1/3-1/2 of the dressing. It makes a lot, so don't use all of it!

Almond Chicken Salad

This is Savannah's recipe from our family cookbook and I made it for dinner last night and both Spencer and I thought it was a perfect spring/summer meal...light and easy! I had to make a few changes, due to ingredients, but anyway, thanks Vans for the great recipe.

Almond Chicken Salad
2-3 cups cubed cooked chicken
15 oz. can of Mandarin Oranges
8 oz. can Pinapple tidbits
1/4 cup almonds, cashews, or in my case last night, since I had neither of those, Macadamia nuts (worked great with the oranges and pineapple)
Salad Dressing (or Mayo, Miracle Whip, whichever you prefer) a big spoonful or so
Plain Yogurt (about 2 big spoonfuls, I think...8 oz or so would probably be good)
a bit of salt and pepper, to taste
and then I also added chow mein noodles

Mix together and serve in Pita Bread. It's really good!