Summer-Day Salad Bowl

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked cold rice
• 1 cup cooked ham in ½ inch cubes
• 1 cup cooked chicken in ½-inch cubes
• ½ cup celery in ¼-inch pieces
• 2 pimentos (canned) in ¼-inch pieces
• 1 cup pineapple or melon or both
• 2 tbsp shredded coconut
• 2 tbsp chopped peanuts
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate, undiluted.
• 1 to 2 heads lettuce
• 1 tsp chopped peanuts
• watercress or parsley sprigs

Procedures

1. In a 2-quart bowl combine cooked cold rice, cubed ham, cubed chicken, celery, pimentos, pineapple or melon or both, shredded coconut, chopped peanuts and salt.
2. Blend mayonnaise with orange juice concentrate.
3. Combine orange mayonnaise with the mixture.
4. Line wooden salad bowls using the lettuce. Divide mixture among the bowls.
5. Garnish top of salad with 1 to 2 tbsp orange mayonnaise.
6. Sprinkle chopped peanuts on the mayonnaise.
7. Decorate with watercress or parsley sprigs.