memorial day recipes

Most of you probably have made these but they are some of my favorites so i brought them to our BBQ today.

Dump fruit salad

1 can peach pie filling
1 can mandarin oj's
1 can chunk pineapple
add any fruit to your liking (apples don't work too well since they are too crunchy)

7 Layer salad

start at the bottom of a large bowl and layer as thus:
broken lettuce
defrosted frozen peas
hard boiled and sliced eggs
chopped celery
chopped green onions
dressing: 1 pint mayo, 1 T sugar, 2 T Parmesan cheese
shredded cheese
diced tomatoes
cooked, crumbled bacon

Rhubarb Crunch

1 C flour
3/4 C quick oats
1 C brown sugar
1/2 C melted butter
1 T cinnamon
4 C rhubarb, cut in 1 inch pieces
1 C cold water
1 C sugar
2 T cornstarch
1 T vanilla

butter the bottom of a 9x9 inch baking dish. mix flour, oats, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon together and divide in half. press one-half of mixture in the bottom of dish. spread rhubarb evenly over pressed crumb mixture. in saucepan, combine water, sugar, and cornstarch and bring to a boil. stir until thick and clear; remove from heat and stir in vanilla. pour this over rhubarb. top with remaining crumb mixture. bake at 350 for one hour. best with vanilla ice cream.

Scotcharoos

1 C sugar
1 C light karo syrup
1 C smooth peanut butter
6 C rice krispies
1 C butterscotch chips
1 C chocolate chips

cook sugar and karo syrup together until bubbly. take off heat and add peanut butter and mix until smooth. pour over rice krispies in large bowl and mix until well combined. press into a 9x13 pan. melt together the butterscotch and chocolate chips and spread over the top of the rice krispies mixture. let stand until cool.