Aunt Marilyns Poppy Seed Salad Recipes

FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• If you will not be serving the fruit salad right away, place all of the fruit except the banana in a large serving bowl: strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, and grapes.
• In a small bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the dressing: orange zest and juice, lemon zest and juice, honey, vanilla extract, and poppy seeds.
• Pour the dressing over the fruit and with a large spoon, toss gently to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the juices to marry (1 hour is even better). Just before serving, stir in the banana. Sprinkle with fresh mint. Enjoy!

POPPY SEED SALAD

Steps:

• Mix lettuce, oranges, green onions, and almonds in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend sugar, vinegar, salt, and mustard in a blender. Stream oil into the dressing while blending. Continue to blend until the dressing emulsifies. Add poppy seeds and blend briefly to mix. Drizzle dressing over the salad and toss to coat.

POPPY-SEED POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook 3 pounds sliced red potatoes in salted simmering water, about 8 minutes. Drain, then toss with 1/4 cup each chicken broth and white wine; let sit 5 minutes. Whisk 1/3 cup white wine vinegar, 3 tablespoons dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon poppy seeds and a pinch of sugar in a bowl; whisk in 1/2 cup olive oil, and salt and pepper. Toss with the potatoes, then chill 2 hours. Top with chives.

POPPY SEED SUMMER SALAD

Steps:

• Place cantaloupe and cucumbers in a colander; set a plate on top. Place a heavy object such as a large can of food on top of plate to squeeze out excess liquid from cantaloupe and cucumbers, tossing about every 30 minutes, 2 to 3 hours.
• Transfer cantaloupe and cucumbers to a large bowl; add onion, celery, poppy seed dressing, and red wine vinegar. Toss to coat. Stir in poppy seeds.

AUNT INA'S HOMEMADE POPPY SEED SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. In a large blender container place vinegar, sugar, onion, salt, and mustard. Cover and process until smooth. Gradually add oil through the hole in the top of blender so as not to have dressing flying all over kitchen. :) When all these ingredients are blended smooth, stop blender. Pour into bottle or bowl and stir in poppy seeds by hand. Refrigerate until using on tossed salad or spinach salad.

ALMOND POPPY SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add egg yolks one at a time, allowing the first to blend into the butter mixture before adding the last. Beat almond extract and lemon zest into the mixture.
• Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing until just combined into a batter. Fold poppy seeds through the batter.
• Beat egg whites in a glass or metal bowl until stiff peaks form. Lift your beater or whisk straight up: the egg whites will form sharp peaks; fold into the batter. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups to about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 18 minutes; remove from pan and let cool on rack.

POPPY SEED TOSSED SALAD

Steps:

• Crush ramen noodles; discard seasoning packet. In a large salad bowl, toss the greens, lettuce, noodles, oranges and almonds; set aside. , For dressing, in a blender, combine the vinegar, sugar, onion, salt and mustard; cover and process until smooth. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Stir in poppy seeds. Serve with salad.

AUNT MARILYN'S POPPY SEED SALAD

Steps:

• Arrange salad ingredients on individual plates. (You can adjust how much lettuce to use according to how many you are making this for).
• Add all dressing ingredients to a shaker and shake immediately prior to dressing the salad. Pour over salad no more than 10 minutes prior to serving.
• My family places these salad plates on the table before everyone is called to the table. The dressing will serve 8-10 people. A little goes a long way.

CHICKEN POPPY SEED SALAD SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Boil the chicken in a large pot filled with water until done, about 45 minutes. Drain the chicken and set aside to cool. Once the chicken is cooled, dice into small pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the celery, grapes, almonds, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, poppy seeds and dill. Mix until the salad is fully combined. Cut the crusts off of the bread and place a few tablespoons in between each sandwich, pressing to make it easy to pick up. Cut on the diagonal to make 2 triangles to serve.

ALMOND-POPPY SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line 12 medium muffin cups with paper baking cups (or spray cups with cooking spray or grease with shortening).
• In large bowl, stir together 1/2 cup sugar, the oil, egg and almond extract. Beat in sour cream and milk with spoon until blended. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and poppy seed until well blended. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle batter with 3 teaspoons sugar and the almonds.
• Bake 14 to 17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm or cool.

SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together the vegetable oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, dry mustard, and grated onion.
• Shake, and then refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Cook the bacon on a skillet of Foreman Grill until very crispy, but not burnt.
• Cut up the bacon in to small bits and pieces; set aside.
• Pick off the stems of the spinach salad and wash the spinach well under cold water.
• Boil the eggs for about 10 minutes and then shell and cut into slices.
• Add the bacon bits, the eggs and the pepper to taste to the spinach leaves.
• Drizzle the refrigerated dressing over the spinach and ENJOY!

ASPARAGUS, FETA & PUMPKIN SEED SALAD

Steps:

• Wash, pick over, dry and tear up the lettuce.
• Trim the asparagus, and steam it.
• As soon as it is cooked, plunge it into cold water to stop it from cooking any further.
• When it is cool, drain well and cut it into inch long pieces.
• Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until they"pop" and turn light brown.
• Turn them out at once to cool on a plate.
• Cut the feta cheese into 1 cm cubes.
• Mix the oil, vinegar, tamari or soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, cumin and celery seed.
• Arrange the lettuce in a salad bowl, with the asparagus, cheese, and pumpkin seeds over it, and drizzle the dressing over the salad immediately before serving.

HONEY POPPY SEED SALAD DRESSING..

Steps:

• In a screw top jar, combine all ingredients, cover and shake well.
• Makes 3/4 cup of salad dressing.serve chilled.
• Will keep for several weeks in refrigerator.but it won't last that long.