Tell me about your favorite salad fixin's
I really love salads. I mean the ones served with many ingredients but always with lettuces -- mixed, Romaine, green leaf, Boston, wild field greens, and so forth. I am not a raw spinach fan, though I love it cooked with lemon juice and salt.
Recently I've been making tuna salad -- like that made for a sandwich, with mayo and chopped celery, and a squirt of lemon juice in mine, and serving that over greens with extra sliced celery, tomatoes, a tangy vinaigrette, and topped with -- of all things -- lots of crumbled tortilla chips. I can't believe how much I enjoy the salty, vinegary tang of this salad! I also make a steak salad of my usual mixed greens, leftover roasted potatoes, thinly sliced red onions, sliced celery, and leftover sliced steak, dressed with ranch dressing to which I've added a healthy dollop of prepared horseradish. One more summer favorite is mixed greens with sliced cold chicken, fresh sliced strawberries, glazed pecans, feta cheese, and a dressing made of balsamic reduction to which I add honey and strawberry jam. Balsamic reduction is the simplest thing to make and is absolutely divine on so many things. Just simmer very good Balsamic vinegar until it begins to thicken and coat the back of the stirring spoon. That's it! Tell me about your favorite green summer salads, please! |
I like to buy the kale mixed salad with cranberries and sunflower seeds. I like a romaine salad with the usual vegetables in- celery, gr. onions, radishes, carrot slivers etc. My daughters favourite salad is a red, orange and yellow peppers sliced into bite size pieces, a red onion sliced thin, 2 cans of drained chicken peas and then mixed up with Italian dressing. Sometimes I will add kidney beans or kernel corn.
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My favourite summer salad is .... a BLT with cheese .....
salad greens topped with chopped garden tomatoes, topped with hot back bacon topped with lots of shredded cheddar!!! The chopped tomatoes protect the salad greens from the heat of the back bacon. The crowning glory of course, is how the cheese melts a tad!! Serve with your favourite dressing For me, that is ..... Spiced Maple Vinaigrette .... or an Italian or Ranch dressing. |
I love salads made by someone else. Not sure why they taste better but they do. Same with sandwiches. But I do not salads made with bitter weeds. My favorite is the salad made at the Olive Garden and Caesar Salads. I like pasta salads too. But not fond of fruit salads - I like to taste the fruit without them blending. My family loves fruit salads so I will either put the various ingredients in separate bowls so people can take the fruit they like and put the yogurt or honey on it if they want it.
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"Serve with your favourite dressing For me, that is ..... Spiced Maple Vinaigrette .... or an Italian or Ranch dressing. So what is this wondrous sounding spiced maple dressing of which you speak?!! Do tell! |
I love taco salad - put chips on a plate, top with tossed salad, then add warm chili and some grated cheese.
Last night, we had curried chicken salad (a t. of curry powder to 1/2 c. mayo, plus sliced red grapes and chopped celery) on top of lettuce and surrounded by various vegetables. I like to add blueberries, craisins, mandarin orange slices, chopped apple, and sliced pears in season to tossed salad, too. |
Grilled chicken, mandarin oranges and toasted almonds...oh and don’t forget a sprinkle of green onions.
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
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So what is this wondrous sounding spiced maple dressing of which you speak?!! Do tell! OK, I'll let you use your American. Just make sure it is real maple syrup, not the fake stuff! ....... will post the recipe for you when I come back to the computer in a bit. Are you drooling yet?????? ;) |
I eat a lot of salads, one of my favorite summer salads is basically about half chopped up vegetables, you want colorful like peppers and crunchy like celery, and raw peas are an awesome addition, or I'll slice up some raw pea pods. And because everything in life (including some desserts) are better with onions, a nice amount of the green onion rounds. Mix about half and half with large curd cottage cheese (you can rinse the cottage cheese to just get the curds, I just use straight out of the carton).
You can go towards something like a raspberry vinaigrette, but I usually dress with just a bit of a red spicy french dressing. We used to like the Bernstein's French but they don't make it any more. Can't get my favorite "Asian" dressing any more either. |
I like the salad that tastes like a sirloin steak.https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/biggrin.png
Seriously, I never ate salad until after I had my quadruple bypass in 2013. I mainly just put baby arugula in it along with a balsamic vinaigrette. My one weakness is bacon ranch, but my doctor put the kybosh on that pretty quickly. I refused to give up my garlic croutons, however. |
Here you are, JanInVA!
Spiced Maple Vinaigrette 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 3 tbsp. lemon juice 1/3 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup canola oil 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. salt fresh ground pepper, to taste Blend with immersion blender. Keeps well in the frig. |
I cut up whatever fruit I have in the house. Apple, banana, peach, grapes, orange, etc. I insist on including an orange but the rest can be varied. For dressing mix a capful or so lemon juice with a couple of Tblsp. honey. Stir in a couple shakes of poppy seeds & toss on the fruit. I make enough for one meal.
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
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Here you are, JanInVA!
Spiced Maple Vinaigrette 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 3 tbsp. lemon juice 1/3 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup canola oil 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. salt fresh ground pepper, to taste Blend with immersion blender. Keeps well in the frig. |
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
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Hey, thank you, that's great! .
Bon Appetit! |
Quiltingcandy-I love anything that some one else makes :). I hate to cook so I pick easy meals to make. I just made a taco salad and really enjoyed it.
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That BLT salad is so good!!! Yum. We make it too.
Also we sometimes make shrimp salad over salad greens with whatever goodies are on hand. I also love summer salads! All the recipes here sound wonderful. |
Originally Posted by SusieQOH
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That BLT salad is so good!!! Yum. We make it too.
Also we sometimes make shrimp salad over salad greens with whatever goodies are on hand. I also love summer salads! All the recipes here sound wonderful. Is that possible for a salad? yup! :) Sadly, SusieQOH, I can't enjoy your shrimp salad ... allergies here ... so you can have my portion! Another simple salad that works year round ....... Marinated Veggies Chop up whatever you like. Use Italian Dressing for the marinade. Serve as is, or over salad greens. Top with some protein. My top choices are feta and/or chick peas. |
When I saw "Mango Pineapple Slaw" on a menu, I had to try it. Delicious. Unfortunately, coleslaw will never be the same for me again!
At home, I mince fresh pineapple in my regular coleslaw. Haven't tried adding mango...yet. |
My favorite salad is one made by someone else!!!😁😁😁. They just seem to taste better. Actually I like Caesar salads without any meat (no, I’m not vegetarian, just don’t always want meat in some salads). I also like taco salads without hot peppers. And I love good chicken salad - I want to be able to see the chicken in the salad - not all mashed up. I’ll eat tuna salad but I don’t make it - had tons in my college days as tuna was really cheap back then. And please don’t give me any kale - yuck!! I won’t eat cooked spinach but I do like baby spinach, field greens, etc., plus to stores, onions, black,olives, good croutons, garbanzo beans and a few other things,
it’s really interesting to hear what others like to eat. I’m pretty easy but I won’t eat peas - those little round ones. I love snow peas though. Weird!!! And edamame is super just by themselves. Sandy in Mooresville, NC |
Making coleslaw I like to shred up a small amount of broccoli with the cabbage.
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A friend of mine walked by my job one day and popped her head in to ask me if I had plans for lunch. When I told her I didn't, she told me if I liked tuna salad she'd make some and come have lunch with me. Imagine my surprise when she walked in the door carrying a big foil pan. I was expecting tuna sandwiches. She made this tuna salad to go with crackers. It was wonderful, to me anyway. It was full of tuna, mayo, diced green peppers, chopped boiled eggs, diced sweet pickles, onions, celery, salt and pepper. We ate it like a dip with crackers. So good!
Another .. favorite of mine is tomato and cracker salad. Just chopped tomatoes mixed with mayo or Miracle Whip, salt and pepper. Right before serving, coarsely crunch up some saltines and mix in. Tastes like a tomato sandwich in a bowl. I could go on and on. We love salads around here. Carol B |
Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 8398298)
Here you are, JanInVA!
Spiced Maple Vinaigrette 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard 3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 3 tbsp. lemon juice 1/3 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup canola oil 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. salt fresh ground pepper, to taste Blend with immersion blender. Keeps well in the frig. |
Originally Posted by Quiltah Mama
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Thanks for posting this recipe. Maple vinaigrette is my favorite. A local farm to table stand and cafe make and sell it. I will definitely be trying your recipe. I love fruit and a protein on my salad. Any berry or apple, canned Mandarin oranges, peaches. They are all good on a salad. I've been eating budda bowls this summer too. Which are yummy with tahini sauce.
Play around with the ginger and cinnamon, to spice it up to your taste. Bon Appetit! |
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