Asian Salad Dressing

This dressing is good on a spinach salad with mandarin oranges.

Ingredients:

1/3 c white sugar
pinch celery seed
1/4 c cold water
1/8-1/4 c olive oil
1/4 + c cider vinegar

Directions:

Blend ingredients in blender, adjust amounts to taste. Chill before serving.

Mango Chutney

I usually buy Major Grey's Mango Chutney, but it is fun to make your own as well. I serve chutney with Chicken curry and Jerk Pineapple-Stuffed Chicken.

Ingredients:

1 mango, peeled and diced (1 cup)
1/4-1/2 t ginger
1/4 t Scotch Bonnet pepper sauce
1/2 t minced garlic
dash salt
1/4 c cider vinegar
1/4 c brown sugar
1/4 c raisins
dash black pepper

Directions:

Bring ingredients to boil in saucepan. Reduce heat to low, simmer 25 minutes or till thickened, stirring often. Set aside and let cool. Store in airtight container or jar.

Better Butter

This is another childhood recipe. My mom got this from Laurel's Kitchen. It apparently is better for you than stick or tub butter. We eat it because it is delicious and creamy! Everyone who has it loves it too. It is one of the reasons we eat bread.

Ingredients:

1 c (2 sticks) butter, softened

1 c vegetable or canola oil

2 T dry milk

2 T warm water

1/4 t salt, dissolved in the water

Directions:

Blend till creamy in mixer. Freeze until firm, then refrigerate.