Safari Salad

Animal shaped crackers top this salad and attract young diners. Make it with tangy fresh berries in the summer or use mandarin orange sections in the winter.

Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Orange Juice
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard
1 teaspoon Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 cups washed and torn Lettuce
½ cup canned mandarin orange sections, drained or 1/4 cup Dried Cranberries
½ cup Stauffer’s Animal Crackers For My Soup

Directions:
1. For dressing, combine orange juice, olive oil, dijon mustard, sugar and salt.
2. In a medium size bowl, place washed and torn lettuce. Drizzle with dressing, and toss to coat.
3. Serve the salad mixture and top with fruit. Sprinkle Stauffer’s Animal Crackers For My Soup on top. Serve immediately.

Mingle Mix

Animal shaped crackers make a great snack mix for any age! Follow the recipe below or let your imagination take over.

Time: Prep 15 min, Bake 1 hr, Cool: 15 min
Oven: 250 F

Makes: 24 servings

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon onion powder
2 cups Stauffer’s Animal Crackers For My Soup
1 cup Stauffer’s Cheddar Snack Crackers
1 ½ cups Stauffer’s Cheddarfetti Baked Snack Crackers
1 cup pinwheel pretzels
1/3 cup sliced almonds

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan or microwave. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, salt and garlic powder and onion powder.
2. Combine Stauffer’s Animal Crackers For My Soup, Stauffer’s Cheddar Snack Crackers, Stauffer’s Cheddarfetti Baked Snack Crackers, pinwheel pretzels and almonds in an ungreased pan.
3. Drizzle butter mixture over snack mix; toss to coat
4. Bake in a 250 F oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes
5. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

Vanilla Wafers Old Fashioned Banana Pudding

Oven: 425 F

Makes: 4-6 servings

Ingredients:
½ cup sugar

2 tbsp. flour
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 eggs, separated

1 tsp. vanilla extract

¼ cup sugar

50 Stauffer's Vanilla Wafers

4 Medium Ripe Bananas

Directions:

Mix sugar, flour and salt together in a saucepan. Slowly add milk, stirring until smooth. Heat to a full boil over medium high heat. Stir consistantly. Reduce heat to low and continue to cook for 15 minutes more; stirring occasionally. Beat egg yolks in a bowl. Add a little of the milk mixture to the yolks; stir. Add yolks to milk mixture gradually. Continue to cook for 5 minutes more. Remove from heat and add vanilla.

Line bottom of 1 quart casserole dish with 25 wafers. Top with 2 sliced bananas. Cover with ½ (1 cup) of custard mixture. Repeat layers, ending with custard. Beat egg whites until stiff. Slowly add ¼ cup sugar. Whip until stiff peaks form. Spread on top of pudding and bake in a preheated 425 F oven for 5 minutes or until delicately brown. Serve immediately or chilled.