Amish Potato Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
1 c. raw bacon
1 onion, chopped
3 tbsp. flour
1 1/2 c. water
2/3 c. vinegar
1/2 c. parsley, minced
2/3 c. sugar
2 tsp. celery seed
6 c. almost done red potatoes, sliced

Preparation:

1. Saute onion and bacon together, then add flour and cook together for one or two minutes.
2. Mix water, vinegar, parsley, sugar and celery seed and add to bacon mixture. Pour over almost done potatoes and bake for 45 minutes in a 375 F (190 C) oven.

Amish Macaroni Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
2 cups creamy salad dressing
3 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
3/4 cup white sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon celery seed

Preparation:

1. Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until tender. Drain, and set aside to cool.

1. In a large bowl, stir together the eggs, onion, celery, red pepper, and relish. In a small bowl, stir together the salad dressing, mustard, white sugar, vinegar, salt and celery seed. Pour over the vegetables, and stir in macaroni until well blended. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Amish Chicken Soup Recipe

Ingredients:
3 lb. (1,5 kg) chicken
2 qts. water
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. chicken stock
2 c. celery, chopped
2 c. carrots, chopped
1 tart apple, chopped
1 c. onions, chopped
Dash pepper
4 c. egg noodles

Preparation:

1. Place chicken in kettle with 2 quarts water. Cover and cook until tender (about 2 1/2 hours).
2. Remove chicken from kettle and strain broth.
3. Debone chicken and return to kettle with strained broth.
4. Add chicken stock, celery, carrots, apple, onions, and pepper and cook until vegetables are tender.
5. Add noodles and cook 8-10 minutes.

Spagetti Pie Recipe

Ingredients:
FILLING:
1 lb. ground meat
1/2 c. onion, chopped
8 stewed tomato
6 tomato paste
1 tsp. sugar
3/4 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. garlic salt

“SHELL”:
6 oz. spaghetti
2 tbsp. butter
1 well beaten egg
1/3 c. grated Parmesan cheese

1 can cream style cottage cheese
1/2 c. Mozzarella

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 175 C (350 F).
2. FILLING: Brown beef with onion. Drain. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste and seasonings.
3. “SHELL”: Combine cooked spaghetti with cheese and beaten eggs press into pie pan.
4. Spread cottage cheese evenly over pie shell. Top with meat sauce. Bake until bubbly. Sprinkle with Mozzarella and bake 3 to 5 minutes until it melts.

French Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boiled peas
200 g (7 oz) boiled carrots, diced
3 medium potatoes, cooked and diced
4-5 pickled cucumbers
1/2 sour apple, finely diced
1 cup sour cream
300 g (10 oz) mayonnaise
1 tsp prepared mustard
salt, pepper

Preparation:

1. Toss the peas, carrots, potatoes, cucumbers and apple together in a bowl.
2. Mix in the sour cream, mayonnaise and mustard. Season with salt and pepper.

Russian Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
4 medium potatoes, cooked and diced
3 carrots, boiled and diced
2 parsley roots, boiled and diced
1 celery root, boiled and diced
500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boiled peas
1 pickled bell pepper, diced
300 g (10 oz) cooked ham, diced
1 sour apple, finely diced
300 g (10 oz) mayonnaise
1 tsp prepared mustard
1/2 dl (1.7 fl oz ; 3.5 tbs) sour cream
salt

Preparation:

1. Toss the potatoes, carrots, parsley root, celery root, peas, bell pepper and apple together in a bowl.
2. Mix in mayonnaise, mustard and sour cream. Season with salt. Let stand for 2 hours in refrigerator before serving.