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PattyatBettyCrocker
Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 226

Red, White and Blue Recipes and Ideas

4th of July is coming up - share your ideas for great get togethers and recipes. My favorite is the flag cake, my family LOVES it.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeID=36250&Source=SearchResultPage

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6/11/2008 5:22 PM

5 Replies to Red, White and Blue Recipes and Ideas

smchica81
Posts: 62

Love the flag cake!

This year I am throwing a big 4th of July party.........in England! I need some help and ideas with recipes and substitutions. Think BASIC to make something really special!

My menu so far:

Hamburgers with the fixings

Green salad (what kind?)

Potato Salad (mom is bringing her MAGICAL recipe)

Watermelon (if I can find one!)

Baked Beans (the BC recipe online looks awesome, but I don't have a slow cooker...how do I fix this??)

Cupcakes (I have the red and blue BC ones! Complete with a flag topper!)

Any other ideas? I think the party will be for about 30 people...

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6/15/2008 3:01 PM

mittens
Palatine, Illinois
Posts: 298

I think in stead of a green salad do a kidney bean salad or a 3 bean salad will hold up better than a green salad.
You can do baked beans in a casserole rather than a slow cooker, do them in the oven at a very low temp, if they look like they are getting dry on the surface stir before you think you need to add liquid. (I have not looked at the recipe you are talking about though) Just watch your temp. and keep it low.
You could also do a pasta salad, that holds up well and gets better, I do keep the pasta seperate from the other ingredients until the day I serve it so the pasta does not get overly saturated with the dressing. I add the following to my pasta salad, black olives, marinated artichoke hearts(drained), marinated mushrooms(drained), roasted red peppers, chunks of mozzarella cheese, chunks of salami, and onion. I put all these items in a zip top bag add 1/2 to 3/4 of a good Italian dressing and I set them in the refrigerator. I boil up a tri color pasta, I like raditori or a spiral shape, when it is al dente I drain and ice it down, when it is cold I will place it into a zip top bag and add some dressing, just enought to keep it from sticking, this goes into the refrigerator. When I get ready to serve I empty the bags into a big bowl and stir.
Enjoy.

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6/16/2008 8:59 AM

cath rn
Posts: 1

Hi,

I have a recipe for a lettuce salad my family and friends love.

Broccoli Salad:

Ingredients :

1. Two heads lettuce cut into bite size pieces

2.Package of shredded carrots

3.Head of cauliflower- cut into bite size pieces

4.Head broccoli - cut into bite size pieces

5.Purple onion sliced small, to taste

6.May use other vegetables you enjoy

7.1 pound bacon cooked, then broken into bite sized pieces

Dressing:

Mix 2 cups Mayonaise with 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, and about 1/4 cup sugar or splenda .

You can adjust the amount of sugar to taste. Also Don't put dressing on salad until right before serving.

Instructions:

Toss all salad ingredients together, including bacon.

Immediately before serving stir dressing throughout salad.

HOPE YOU LIKE THIS RECIPE. It's delicious.

ps,I buy bags of broccoli and cauliflower already chopped and just cut them a little smaller.

Enjoy,Amy

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6/28/2008 12:00 PM

chefofthehouse
Posts: 1

Last year I made firecracker hamburgers.I added crushed red pepper,cayne pepper,chopped onions,onion salt,garlic salt.I have red faygo pop,blue faygo pop,very vanilla nesquik milk mix as red white and blue beverages.Make a ambrosia salad,it has marshmallows,coconut,madrain oranges,pineapple, cherries,whipped cream and is delicious.far as a green salad,use regular lettuce,different shredded cheeses,green,black olives,tomatoes,onions,chopped green pepper,chopped red pepper,chopped or diced devil eggs,your favorite salad dressing.A cucumber salad ,add sour cream,mayonaise,black pepper,dill weed,large cucumbers ,cider vinegar,white onions ,keep refrigerated till ready to serve.Red jell-o,whip cream,add blueberries in jell-o ,there's a red,white,blue dessert.regular sugar cookies,add white frosting,sprinkle with different colors,count it as your fireworks.cookies in a rectangle shape,spread white frosting a square upper left,food color till dark blue,a small tube of white frosting,add a couple white dots too the blue count it as the stars,small tube of red frosting,make stripes across the flag,there's your american flag.Spinach salad with devil eggs and bacon bits,italian dressing.Blueberry cupcakes,white frosting,red sprinkles,white cupcakes,add red food coloring to white frosting till dark red,use blue sprinkles or a american flag decoration.Use red ,white,blue plastic silverware,red,white,blue,plastic cups and plates.Polsih nails red,white,blue,use different glitter nailpolish,count that as fireworks.Far as baked beans,for your party of 30, 5 cans of baked beans,simmered for 25 minutes is your best.A 25 pound potato salad with 3 stalks of chopped green celery,as much onions as you want,add mustard a bit at a time and stir it up,add the celery,onions as you do the mustard,and any spices if you want.I hope this helped you out,have a safe 4th of july

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6/29/2008 4:47 AM

Texas Chick
Posts: 4

You forgot the apple pie and the hot dogs...

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6/29/2008 7:33 PM