And Another 1950s Picture Salad Easter Bunny Salad Recipes

BUNNY PEAR SALAD

Steps:

• Arrange lettuce on four salad plates; place a pear half cut side down on each plate. For eyes, insert two currants at narrow end of pear; add one currant for nose. For ears, insert almonds upright behind eyes. , With a sharp knife, cut a small hole at one end of each carrot; insert a parsley sprig for carrot top. Place under bunny's nose. For tail, spray a small mound of whipped cream at the wide end of each pear.

EASTER FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine Grand Marnier, marmalade, apricots, orange zest and sectioned oranges and pinepapple. ***Can be made up to 1 day ahead and refrigerated.***.
• Wash berries, hull strawberies and half. Half anyother large berries otherwise leave whole.
• Toss berries with marinated fruit. ***Can be prepared up to 1 hour before serving and refrigerated.***.

COTTONTAIL BUNNY SALAD

Steps:

• Place pear half, cut side down, on individual lettuce leaf.
• Making small slits to help hold in place, add red hot for nose, raisin halves for eyes, almonds for ears, and cottage cheese for tail.
• If serving very soon, the marshmallow is a fun substitute for a tail; exposed to air too long, it will become much less appealing!

ANOTHER 1950S PICTURE SALAD: CANDLE SALAD

Steps:

• Blend the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon together with a mixer. Reserve.
• Peel bananas and cut in half crosswise. Remove the tips.
• Divide the lettuce among 4 plates Place a pineapple ring in the center of each plate. Fill the center with reserved cream cheese mixture. Place a banana (pointed end up) upright in the center of pineapple ring. Top the banana with a gumdrop "flame." Squeeze a little cream cheese m mixture onto the tip of each "candle" to represent wax.
• NOTE: As an alternate to the cream cheese mixture above, mix two tablespoons mayonnaise and 1 tablespoon peanut butter. Pour over "candle." Use a maraschino cherry for the "flame" instead of the gumdrop.

BUNNY SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in warm water.
• Pour into an 8" x 8" pan and chill until firm: shred with tines of a fork or force through a ricer to resemble grass.
• For each salad, fill a pear half with cottage cheese mixed with mayonnaise and chopped almonds.
• Place a piece of leaf lettuce on a chilled plate and top with gelatin "grass"; place pear half rounded side up on the gelatin.
• Make bunny's ears, mouth and tail from almonds.
• Make eyes by dipping the tip of a knife into paprika then gently into pear where you'd like the eyes to be.
• If you wish to garnish, form a "carrot" from yellow cheese or cheese salad with a sprig of parsley for "carrot greens".
• Serve with mayonnaise.