🍒 Chris’ Favorite Salad – Printable Family Recipe Card
A sweet-and-savory family classic straight from the Hamstra kitchen! This recipe, frequently made by JoAnn Hamstra for her grandson Chris, has been a Sunday dinner staple for generations. With bananas, maraschino cherries, marshmallows, and a tangy Miracle Whip dressing, it’s the kind of dish that sparks memories and stories around the table.
This $1 printable PDF is designed for easy saving, printing, or gifting — a way to preserve and share a piece of Hamstra family history.
📖 What you’ll get:
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A cleanly formatted printable recipe 8.5"x11" page (PDF)
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Easy-to-follow instructions with original notes from JoAnn
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Perfect for family cookbooks, kitchen binders, or passing on to the next generation
The full recipe is shared openly in the product description, but the PDF is a polished, printable keepsake for anyone who’d like to support the project.
The Recipe
Main Ingredients:
- ½ head iceberg lettuce
- 2 bananas, sliced
- ½ to ¾ cup maraschino cherries
- ½ to ¾ cup mini marshmallows
Dressing:
- ⅓ to ½ cup Miracle Whip
- 2 to 3 tsp. white sugar
- 2 tsp. maraschino juice
Instructions:
- Chop the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and place them in a large bowl.
- Add sliced bananas, maraschino cherries, and mini marshmallows.
- In a separate bowl, mix the dressing ingredients.
- Add the dressing to the main bowl, stirring gently to coat the salad evenly.