Waldorf Salad

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Ingredients

Dressing:
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
6 tablespoons cream
3 eggs
6 tablespoons lemon juice

Salad:
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup diced tart apple
1 cup sliced bananas
1 cup green grapes, halved
1 cup diced celery
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions

Combine salt, sugar, butter, cream and eggs in top of double boiler. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until thick. Slowly stir in lemon juice. Set aside to cool. Sprinkle lemon juice over apples and bananas; combine with grapes and celery. Add marshmallows to cooled dressing and stir into salad. Stir in nuts and serve.

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 1 1/2 hour

Approximate calories per serving: 325

Suggested Menu

Waldorf Salad
Fried Chicken New Orleans
Broccoli with Lemon Slices
Devils Food Cake

Turkey With Noodles

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Ingredients

1 pound ground turkey
2 tablespoons oil
2/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/4 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
8-ounce package noodles
1/4 pound Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
28-ounce can tomatoes

Directions

In a large skillet, lightly brown turkey in oil. Add onions, green peppers, garlic and mushrooms; cook until onions are transparent. Arrange dry noodles over mixture; sprinkle with cheese, salt and peppers. Pour tomatoes on top; cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes; stir mixture and cook 10 to 15 minutes longer.

Serves:6

Preparation time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Approximate calories per serving:400

Suggested Menu

Turkey with Noodles
Molded Waldorf Salad
Buttered Peas
Pumpkin Pie

Burger Beef Tiara

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Ingredients

2 cups biscuit mix
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 can Chili-Beef Soup
1 package frozen green beans, cooked and drained
Salt and Pepper

Directions

Prepare biscuits using the directions on the package. Brown beef and onions in a skillet, while stirring. Add Chili-Beef soup and green beans. Adjust seasoning and add salt and pepper, if needed. Serve on a platter with biscuits circling the beef.

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 35 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 500

Suggested Menu

Burger Beef Tiara
Fresh Vegetable Tray
Fresh Fruit in Season

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Frankfurter Crown

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Ingredients

3 slices bacon
½ cup chopped onion
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
¼ cup milk
3 cups sliced cooked potatoes
1 ½ cups cooked cut green beans
1 pound frankfurters

Directions

Heat oven to 350°. Crisply fry bacon slices, crumble and set aside. Drain off excess bacon fat and brown onions in remaining drippings. Stir in soup, milk, potatoes and green beans. Pour into a 1 ½ quart casserole. Cut frankfurters in half, and stand up around the edge of the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, top with bacon and serve.

Serves:4

Preparation time: 50 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 520

Suggested Menu

Frankfurter Crown
Cole Slaw
Rhubarb Pie

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Shortly after this post originally appeared on my blog on Open Salon, I challenged a fellow blogger 1_Irritated_Mother and Salon’s food editor, Francis Lam, to try and recreate one of my vintage recipe cards. Here’s my attempt, and self-styled victory.

Emerald Cantalope

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Ingredients

2 cantaloupes, cut in half and peeled
1 envelope lime-flavored low calorie gelatin
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
3/4 cup rye crisp crumbs
Artificial sweetener to equal 2 teaspoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

Prepare gelatin according to package directions, using1/4 cup less water than indicated. Chill until partially set; fold in drained pineapple. Arrange cataloupe halves on a shallow tray; fill in cavities with gelatin mixture and chill until set. Roll rye crisp with a rolling pin to make fine crumbs and add sugar substitute and cinnamon.  To serve: cut cantaloupe halves in half again; roll peeled side of wedges in lemon juice, then in crumbs to coat.

Serves: 8

Preparation time: 1 3/4hour

Approximate calories per serving: 50

Suggested Menu

Veal Piccata
Steamed Banana Squash
Emerald Cantaloupe

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

*For the sake of authenticity I have preserved the misspelling of cantaloupe (cantalope)  from the card in the title.  The front and back of the actual card have it spelled both ways.

 

Cottage Cheese Meatloaf

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Ingredients

2 pounds ground beef
¼ cup bread crumbs
½ cup grated raw potato
½ cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped chives
½ cup shredded raw carrot
1 cup creamed cottage cheese
1 egg
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Combine the ground beef with all the other ingredients. Mix lightly until well blended. shape into a loaf in a 9x5x3-inch pan. Bake for 1 hour. Allow to stand about 5 minutes before cutting.

Serves:6

Preparation time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 350

Suggested Menu

Cottage Cheese Meat Loaf
Cottage Vegetable Scoop
Fruit Salad
Angel Food Cake

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Sausage and Spanish Rice

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Ingredients

8 link sausages
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
3 cups cooked rice
1-pound can frozen green peas, cooked
1 teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon garlic salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Heat oven to 400°. Cook sausages until browned; reserve sausages and pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings. Add onions and green peppper and sauté until onion is tender. Stir in remaining ingredients; pour into a 1 1/2 quart casserole, top with sausages and bake 30 minutes.

Serves 4

Preparation time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 450

Suggested Menu

Green Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing
Sausage and Spanish Rice
Fried Zucchini
Poached Pears

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Green Pepper Round Steak

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Ingredients

1 ½ pounds round steak, cut in ½ inch by 1 inch strips
Salt and Pepper
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 15 ounce can stewed tomatoes
2 large green peppers, seeded and cut in strips
½ teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon steak sauce
3 cups cooked rice

Directions

Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown meat in hot oil. Lightly saute onions and green peppers, add to meat; add stewed tomatoes, oregano, and steak sauce and cook slowly on top of range for 1 hour, or until meat is tender. Serve on a bed of rice.

Serves 4

Preparation time: 1 ½ hours

Approximate calories per serving: 395

Suggested Menu

Melon Ball Cocktail
Green Pepper Round Steak with Rice
Peach Pie.

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973