Spinach Salad

1-2 heads spinach
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 lb. Swiss cheese, cubed
1 head red leaf lettuce
bacon bits

Dressing Ingredients
2/3 cups vinegar
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 tsp. Dry mustard
1 cup salad oil
2 tsp. Salt
1 green onion, cut into small bits

Wash spinach and lettuce and tear lettuce. Combine other salad ingredients. Combine dressing ingredients and mix well. Add to salad ingredients just before serving.

Chicken Fruit Salad

4 cups boiled cubed chicken breasts
½ chopped onion
½ chopped green pepper
2 cans pineapple chunks
2-3 cups grapes
2 cups diced apples
2 cups diced celery
2 cups chilled large macaroni shells, cooked and drained
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup coleslaw dressing
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix together and add 1½ cups cashews just before serving

Black Forest Trifle

1 package devil's food cake

2 bars milk chocolate candy

1 can cherry pie filling*

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/2 cup cranberry cherry juice

2 cups cold milk

2 packages (3.3 ounces) vanilla instant pudding & pie filling*

1 container frozen whipped topping, thawed (8 ounces)

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1. make cake according to package, cool completely

2. cut cake into 1-inch cubes if making trifle - I just cut the cake in half and layered everything

3. combine cherry pie filling and almond extract, save 1/2 cup for garnishing, then add cranberry juice (not to garnishing cherries)

4. in seperate bowl mix pudding & milk until it starts to thicken & then fold in whipped topping

5. chop up chocolate bars

6. layer cake, cherries, chocolate, pudding then repeat layers. Garnish with cherries & chocolate

*I doubled the pudding mixture & cherries in my cake