Choppedsaladwithnutsauce Recipes

Steps:

• Chop the vegetables into small 1/4 inch pieces. Place in a big bowl.
• Stir in the nuts.
• Quarter the olives; add to the vegetables.
• Stir in the crumbled cheese.
• Chop lettuce into fine pieces; combine with vegetable mixture.
• Chill several hours before serving.
• This recipe is flexible. Add or delete vegetables and/or nuts to your liking. Diced zucchini, red peppers, fresh herbs, pumpkin seed kernels can all be used in any combination that appeals to your family.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• In a colander or strainer, salt the cabbage with at least a tablespoonful and toss. In another colander, combine the carrots, onion, cucumbers and turnip, kohlrabi or beet (the beet will bleed, so you may want to do that separately), and salt with at least a tablespoonful and toss.
• As the cabbage wilts, squeeze out a little excess liquid. Toss the other vegetables from time to time. They can stay in the salt for up to an hour or as little as 15 minutes, during which time you can prepare the other vegetables.
• Rinse the salted vegetables lightly and spin in a salad spinner for a few seconds to remove excess liquid. Toss with the unsalted vegetables and dress with the olive oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Taste, adjust seasoning and serve. The salad will keep for a couple of days.

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• 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.

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• Place romaine, tomato, celery, cucumber, green beans, herbs, and chicken in a large bowl; toss to combine. Drizzle with vinaigrette just before serving; toss to combine.

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• In a medium bowl, stir together chopped salmon, mustard, mayonnaise, capers, onion, and lemon juice, and serve.

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.

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.