Salad Days?

I have been on a salad kick for the last few weeks.

I just made coleslaw last night and had some for breakfast.It was pretty good. Does anyone have any salad recipes?


Here's my recipe.

Shred cabbage, carrots and mayo -the secret ingredient? Add a glob of salad dressing (ranch, bleu, creamy Italian) salt and pepper.

I ran out of mayo one day and tossed some ranch dressing in to make up for it. It works really well with marcaroni salads too.
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If you like Kentucky Fried Chicken's coleslaw and want to make it...when you shred the veggies, shred an apple into the mix.

I don't eat salad often enough, but when I do, it's usually iceberg (and possibly other green salad), cucumber, tomatoes, salad onions, mushrooms and a sprinkle of pine nuts. It's good with either oil/winegar or creme fraice, garlic, salt, pepper and ??? can't rememebr the name of the herb that looks like grass.

I actually love Walfdorf salad too (and that reminds me of Faulty Towers :D ) It goes well with Duck. :p Anyone have a good recipe of that?

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Originally Posted by Randi

can't rememebr the name of the herb that looks like grass.

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Chives? The other stuff is illegal.

My all time favorite salad is tomatoes, onions and cucumbers-slice thinly in a box grater and add oil, lemon juice, vinegar and basil.

Let it sit in the fridge for a few hours, some french bread, real butter and a beer should do it!

Ohhh, is it? :D Yes, chives is what I meant. Thanks!

Richard I just love a man who can "cook." :p :p

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

I just made coleslaw last night and had some for breakfast.

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For breakfast? :eek: I don't think I could talk my tummy into that in the morning. :) My salads are pretty much the same as Randi's. I love the summer months because the tomatoes are actually GOOD! (No hot house tomatoes!) Of course there is nothing like a Jersey tomato! :cool:

Cole slaw: add a bit of pineapple juice, or even pineapple (I prefer crushed inc coleslaw) from a can. Yum!

Salad: we don't eat enough for it to be worth while for me to buy the things. They go bad before we can finish them up. But we NEVER use iceberg lettuce, yuck! NO nutritional value, NO flavor, just a human hybrid to 'look' good. We use Boston lettuce, red leaf or green leaf. In the summer we grow our own. :D Add a bit of endive or raddichio for color AND nutritional value AND flavor!

I guess you can call this a salad, I dunno. When I cleaned houses, I brown bagged it and I had to eat light or I'd get weighed down and then lazy and had difficulty finishing the house. And mixed greens just don't stay crisp enough for me. So I'd pack sweet cherry tomatoes and chunks of cucumber, red onion and skim mozzarella string cheese. The strip cheese didn't get stringy; it mixed in really well w/the other ingredients. I added light red wine and olive oil dressing, a little garlic salt and white pepper. Light enough to keep me on my feet; yummy enough that I was satisfied. Mmmm, I think I'll make some for dinner.

I get that iceberg mix at costco and add drained canned garbanzo beans and some ranch dressing and a bit of fresh parmesan.

Just remembered another good salad: crunchy pea salad.

Mix together :
one 16 oz. package of thawed frozen peas
1 cup dry roasted peanuts or cashews
1 cup chopped celery
6 strips of very crisp bacon, broken into small pieces
1/4 cup chopped onion

Then mix:
1/2 cup of mayo (I use low fat)
1/4 cup of Zesty Italian dressing

Pour the salad dressing mixture over the other ingredients and blend.

Yummy!

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Originally Posted by Pam

For breakfast? :eek: I don't think I could talk my tummy into that in the morning. :) My salads are pretty much the same as Randi's. I love the summer months because the tomatoes are actually GOOD! (No hot house tomatoes!) Of course there is nothing like a Jersey tomato! :cool:

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Once i ate those Totino's Pizza Rolls for breakfast, alot worse than cold slaw hehe. Well, when i eat salad (which is rare) i put in:

• Iceburg lettuce
• Thousand Island dressing
• Resturant-style crutons (hope i spelled that right)
• Bacon bits
• and chicken!

I like Broccoli Salad! or it's sometime called Sunshine Salad

5 cups fresh broccoli florets
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup cooked, crumbled bacon
1/4 cup of red onion, chopped
1 cup of frozen peas, thawed
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Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
PREPARATION:
Combine broccoli florets, raisins, sunflower seeds, crumbled bacon, chopped onion, and peas in a large serving bowl. In a separate bowl or large cup, whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar and sugar. Add dressing to the salad and toss to mix well; chill thoroughly before serving.
Broccoli salad serves 4 to 6.

We've been trying to eat better, so this is one of my favorite salads:

• baby spinach
• baby romaine
• cucumber
• red, yellow, orange & green peppers
• almond slices
• boiled egg
• parmesan cheese
• grilled chicken
• fresh ground pepper
• mild banana peppers
• a few croutons
• your choice of dressing
  (my favorite is Light Done Right Three Cheese Ranch)

ENJOY:D

I absolutely LOVE Waldorf Salad though I lost my good recipe :(

I love Waldorf Salad... I don't follow a recipe, just toss in what looks to be the right amounts for what I want (I usually add in extra nuts, no celery, easy on the raisins).

Recipe calls for:
6-8 Apples, cut up
1/2 c. Raisins
Celery (diced)
1c. Walnuts (crushed)
Salad dressing (miracle whip)

I usually toss out the celery cause I hate it. When I put in the miracle whip, I add more than necessary because once the salad sets in the fridge, it will absorb a lot of the dressing and get drier. I've seen it someplaces where they added in pineapple, but I didn't like that.

I also like carrot salad.

Shredded carrots
raisins
miracle whip

Chik-Fil-A puts pineapple in theirs, and that's not bad, but sweeter than I'd like.

Just Days?

I have whole weeks sometimes even months where all I eat is a nice green salad with some grilled chicken breast slices (with just a dash of spices to give it that fajita taste), some cheese, maybe a couple croutons or sunflower seeds to give it a crunch.

Not much of the coleslaw and other types of salads. Very un-Southern like I know but it's true. I think my Daddy was a Yank. :D ;)