Salads and Others

Grandma's Famous Cucumber Salad

(In loving memory of my Grandmother who always made this side dish whenever there was a family gathering.  She would slice the cucumber by hand and you could see right through each slice.  She was an amazing woman)



Ingredients:
Cucumbers
Salt
Lime juice

Grandma would always peel the cucumber before grating it, but through the years I have left the skin on as my kids don't seem to mind and there is more nutrients in the skin.

Take your washed cucumber and grate it using a grater (the largest slice section)
Once grated, add the juice of 2 limes or 4 - 5 tbsp of lime juice from a bottle.  Fresh lime is ideal, but I didn't have any on hand.

Afterwards, add 2 tsp of salt (approx.) it should be salty ;-)  As my Grandmother would always say, you can never have enough salt.


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Hummus

1 Can chick peas with water
1 Can chick peas with NO water
3 garlic cloves
1 1/2 Tbsp Tahini
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Lemon Juice (must be from real lemons or it just won't taste good)
2 Tbsp oil
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Cold Macaroni salad

Mix the below ingredients

1 cup mayonnaise

2 ½ tbsp mustard

2/3 cup white sugar

¼ cup white vinegar

½ tsp black pepper

1 ½ tsp salt

Stir in the below ingredients into the wet ingredients above

¼ cup carrot

2 Stalks Celery

1 red pepper

1 onion

½ cup Dill pickles

 

 

Cook macaroni then mix with all the above

4 cups macaroni

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Tuna Fish Salad Sandwich

2 Cups drained canned Tuna
1 lemon (juice)
3 stalks celery
1/2 small/med onion chopped
2 Tbsp Capers
1 Tsp Dill
1 1/2  cup mayonnaise
2 Tsp Dijon mustard

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Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

Salted water

1 lbs of macaroni

Boiled for 15 minutes 

Dressing:

2 cups milk 

2 cups mayonnaise 

1 tbsp brown sugar

2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp salt

*mix and place 1 cup of dressing aside

Drain pasta 

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar add to dry pasta

Then mix dressing to cooled pasta

Chop 4 scallions 

1 grated carrot

1 stalk chopped celery 

Add vegetables to pasta and mix everything and refrigerate for at least 1 hr

Then add the 1 cup dressing and mix

Season to taste..salt  and pepper