Choppedsaladappetizershells Recipes

Steps:

• Blend 1/3 cup feta, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon each lemon juice, water and dill, 1 small grated garlic clove, and salt and pepper to taste in a mini food processor. Toss with 1 chopped romaine heart, 1 small chopped cucumber, 5 chopped radishes, 1 drained can chickpeas, 2 chopped celery stalks, and 1/3 cup each thawed frozen peas and toasted sliced almonds. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Cook shells in plenty of boiling water according to package directions, being careful not to overcook them. Rinse in cold water; set aside. (For advance prep tip, see note at end).
• Chop all salad ingredients, making sure you have all the pieces quite small so that you can easily stuff the salad into the shells.
• Make dressing; pour over salad and toss lightly. Add salt and pepper if desired.
• Stuff salad into cooled shells (now you will understand why you chopped the ingredients into small pieces!).
• Refrigerate up to 4 hours before serving.
• Advance preparation tip from a reviewer: "The day before, I cooked the shells to al-dente, rinsed them in cool water, separated them and let them cool. Then, I put them in a ziplock. I chopped everything for the salad part and put it in a ziplock, without the dressingl. The next day, I mixed the dressing into the salad and stuffed the shells. Worked like a dream.".

Steps:

• Cut carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, squashes, jicama, radishes and tomatoes into 1/2-inch dice. In large saucepan bring water to a boil. Blanch carrots and potatoes for 3 minutes. Drain and immediately plunge into iced water to stop the cooking. When cool, pat dry with paper towels and reserve. In large skillet heat olive oil. Add mushrooms and squashes and saute with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper for 2 - 3 minutes. Remove from pan and spread on a cookie sheet to cool. In large bowl combine mushrooms, squashes, potatoes, carrots, radishes and tomatoes. In a blender combine 2/3 of the oregano, the remaining olive oil, red wine vinegar, remaining salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, the chopped peppers and puree. Arrange lettuce leaves on individual plates, top with salad, surround with avocado and sprinkle with cheese. Pour dressing over vegetables. Serve with cracked black pepper garnish.
• In small bowl combine all ingredients. Serve over vegetables.

Steps:

• Whisk together lemon juice, sugar, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large bowl, then add oil in a stream, whisking until combined.
• Toss remaining ingredients with dressing.

Steps:

• Cook pasta per package instructions.
• After draining pasta in colander, rinse the pasta in cold water to cool off. Once drained and cooled, sprinkle with Season Salt, to taste. (I use Tastefully Simple but I am sure other brands would work as well).
• Fry bacon on stovetop. Once crisp, pat to remove excess oil and crumble.
• If using chicken, boil chicken to cook. Once cooked through, chop into small pieces. Please note: I do not often use chicken but, when I do I use a small breast or 1/2 of a breast.
• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
• Although I do not use salad dressing, my family uses a light vinigrette (their current favorite is sun-dried tomato) as a dressing with the salad.
• Also, ingredients can be removed or their amounts adjusted to meet the tastes of people eating the salad although the basic ingredients remain the same.

Steps:

• Roughly chop romaine lettuce. Remove tough stems from arugula and roughly chop. Stem and quarter tomatoes. Seed and cut pepper into 1/4-inch dice. Peel avocados and cut into 1/4-inch dice. Place these, with onions and olives, in a large bowl. Set hard-cooked eggs aside.
• In a separate, smaller bowl, mix ingredients for dressing together. Fifteen minutes before serving, add the dressing to the bowl of salad, tossing well, so that dressing can be absorbed. Press eggs through a sieve and sprinkle over salad. Serve.