This section is from the book "Better Meals For Less Money", by Mary Green. Also available from Amazon: Better Meals for Less Money.
2 cups cold cooked chicken 2 cups celery cut fine
1 hard-cooked egg
Cut remnants of chicken in small pieces and mix with celery and salad dressing; arrange on lettuce leaves and garnish with dressing and egg thinly sliced. Cabbage and a little celery salt may be used in place of celery.
1 can tuna fish
2 cups shredded cabbage 1 green pepper cooked and shredded
Cooked Dressing (see No.
334) 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
Flake fish; shred cabbage very fine; cut pepper in halves, remove seeds, cook in boiling water ten minutes, and shred in inch lengths; mix, arrange on lettuce, and dress with boiled dressing, to which the ketchup has been added. Garnish with parsley or pimiento.
1 1/2 cups cooked meat cut fine 1 1/2 cups cooked potato cut fine
1/2 cup celery cut fine 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons finely chopped pickle
Salad dressing
Mix in order given, cover with dressing, and garnish with sliced pickles and celery tops. White cabbage may be used in place of celery.
1 can salmon
1 cup cooked potato cubes
1 cup shredded lettuce
2 finely chopped pickles Cooked Dressing (see No. 334) Lettuce
Rinse salmon with boiling water, and separate into flakes; mix with potato, lettuce, and pickles, arrange on lettuce, and cover with dressing. Garnish with sliced hard-cooked egg and parsley.
1 pint cooked shrimps 1 cup chopped white cabbage
2 tablespoons capers 3/4 cup salad dressing 1 head lettuce
Clean shrimps and break in pieces, reserving a few of the largest; mix with cabbage, capers, and dressing, and serve in lettuce nests. Garnish with whole shrimps. Canned shrimps may be used.
1 can tuna fish
2 cups cooked potato cubes
1/2 cup cooked beet Salad dressing
Lettuce
Flake tuna fish, mix with potatoes cut into fine cubes, and the beet cut into inch shreds; arrange on lettuce or any crisp salad green; and dress with Cooked Dressing (see No. 334) or Mayonnaise (see No. 339).
2 cups cold baked beans 1 cup cooked potato cubes 1/2 cup chopped cooked beet
1 cup Cooked Dressing (see
No. 334)
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup 2 tablespoons chopped pickle
Mix beans, potato, and beets; add ketchup and pickle to dressing, mix with vegetables, and serve on lettuce or any crisp salad green. Garnish with radishes.
6 Bermuda onions 2 quarts boiling water 1 dozen pepper corns 4 cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 bay leaf
Small piece lemon peel
Lettuce
French Dressing (see No. 338)
Peel and quarter onions, and cook in boiling water with seasonings until tender; drain, cool, arrange on lettuce, and cover with dressing. Garnish with red radishes.
 
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