The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

pears or peaches, or suitable combinations of the same. =Honey French Dressing= Use equal quantities of lemon juice and honey or three or four times as much lemon juice as of honey, with oil and a trifle of salt, over lettuce or suitable fruits. Honey and lemon juice without the oil may be used by those who prefer it. =Nut French Dressing= Add water to any preferred nut butter until of the desired consistency; then salt and lemon juice according to the ingredients of the salad. Butter from either Brazil, almond or pine nuts is good. Raw pine nuts have much the flavor of cheese. If unroasted peanut butter is used, the flavor of onion or garlic or both is an improvement. =Salad Entrée Dressing= 1 tablespn. chopped parsley ¾ tablespn. chopped onion ¾-1 teaspn. salt ¾-1 teaspn. celery salt ½ cup olive oil ⅓ cup lemon juice Mix dry ingredients, add oil, then lemon juice slowly, stirring. =English Salad Dressing= 1½-2 tablespns. sugar 1 tablespn. oil 2 tablespns. lemon juice ¼ teaspn. salt 1 tablespn. shredded fresh mint, or ¼ teaspn. powdered dry mint =★ Lemonade Dressing= For lettuce and many fruits. 1 tablespn. each of lemon juice and water to each slightly rounded tablespn. of sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. For juicy fruits, use lemon juice and sugar only. =Tarragon Dressing= For fruits. 1 teaspn. chopped tarragon to each half cup of lemonade dressing. =Orange Dressing= ¾ cup orange juice ¼ cup lemon juice 3 tablespns. sugar rind of ⅛ of an orange Cut thin slices from the yellow part of the rind; let stand with the other ingredients for 15 m. Strain and pour over fruit. Omit rind for strawberries, pineapple and such other fruits as it will not harmonize with. =Raspberry Juice Dressing= Add sugar flavored with oil of orange, with lemon juice, to rich red raspberry juice, the proportions depending upon the sweetness of the raspberry juice. Serve over apple or apple and orange. =★ Quick Cream Dressing--Sweet= 5 tablespns. cream 1½ tablespn. sugar ½ teaspn. salt lemon juice to thicken, perhaps about 1