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Recipes from the Front Porch

Pasta Primavera -MAR:From the IE
Ingredients:Directions:
6 oz. Rotelle pasta
3 TBSP. olive oil
one pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing mix
16 oz. thawed vegetable medley
Cook pasta.
Drain.
Stir in olive oil, Dressing mix and vegetable medley.
Heat and Serve.
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Tortellini Salad -Jennifer: From the IE
Ingredients:Directions:
1, 12 oz. pkg frozen cheese tortellini
Dressing
1/4 cup(or more) red wine vinegar
3/4 cup(or less) olive oil
1 Tablespoon dijon mustard
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 bunch chopped scallions
1 clove minced garlic
salt/pepper to taste
1/2 cup fresh shredded parmesan cheese
Boil tortellini until just tender
Mix while hot with dressing
Toss with parmesan cheese
Chill, but stir from time to time while chilling.
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Fruit Vinaigrette Salad -Anne-Marie/Montréal:From the IE
Ingredients: Directions:
12 cups fresh spinach, shredded
4 oranges or 5-6 clementines, separated
2, 7-oz cans tuna, drained, in chunks
6 scallions, thinly sliced
1 large avocado, peeled and thinly sliced
(drizzle lemon juice so it doesn’t turn brown)
Fruit vinaigrette
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tb orange juice
2 Tb sugar
1 tsp. orange zest
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. celery seeds
2/3 cup olive oil
Place spinach, oranges, tuna, scallions
and avocado in a large bowl and mix gently.
Place all vinaigrette ingredients
in a jar and shake vigorously.
Pour vinaigrette to lightly coat.
Serve immediately
6-8 servings

Note: Tuna can be replaced with crab, turkey, chicken, lobster, shrimp, etc.

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Fruit Salad -vic: From the IE
Ingredients:Directions:
1, 30 oz can undrained fruit cocktail
(I use chunky)
1, 20 oz can drained pineapple chunks>
2 sliced bananas
1, 3 3/4 oz dry instant lemon pudding
Mix dry lemon pudding with undrained fruit cocktail.
Add pineapple chuncks and sliced bananas.
Chill and serve.
For large crowd: Use one, 3 3/4 oz lemon pudding for every undrained 30 ounce can of fruit cocktail.
Add other fruit as desired.

It is especially good when made the day before.

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