summer's here....any salad recipes?

destiny_star2006

i just like to make a salad with iceburg lettuce cucumber tomatoes pease pudding beetroot spring onions pork pie pickled onion grated carrot cheese and whatever else i can think of ...set out nicely onto a plate add either chips with lots of salad cream or boiled potoates with salad cream yummy

spendaholic

I like a few salads - chicken Caesar minus the anchovies but with croutons and parmessan; can't remember what it's called, but tuna with warm slightly hard/slightly soft boiled eggs, quartered; new potato salads; and often just a huge plate of salad - lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, radish (if liked), onions, grated cheese, sliced egg, tomato (if liked), maybe a slice of meat, and nice fresh hunk of bread. Fresh raw peas and fresh raw mushrooms are nice too.

morwenna

Mines really simple - but nice! Sliced tomatoes, ripped basil, a glug of olive oil and black pepper

floyd

Easy nicoise, can do it with a tuna steak but I cheat and use canned for convenience.
Cos lettuce
Tinned tuna in water
French beans
Boiled eggs
New potatoes
Black olives
Olive oil
Lemon juice
Grain mustard
Lemon zest

Mix 3 parts oil with 1 part lemon juice, 1 heaped tsp mustard and a good scrape of lemon rind and salt and pepper, shake well
Stir half the dressing into the flaked tuna and pour the rest over the beans potatoes and lettuce. Put this in a pile on a large plate and pile up the tuna on top, finish with the egg and olives.

JoJoB

a delicious and filling one for a hot summers day:

Slice one beef tomato into 4 or 5 slices and lay in a row overlapping on a plate.

Crumble a very liberal helping of goats cheese over (I use crumbly goats cheese like a rosary log rather than the creamy variety - but this will do if it is all you can find)

Chop up a load of fresh mint and sprinkle this over.

Drizzle with honey and mustard viniagrette (I make this with olive oil, honey, mustard and a dash of white wine vinegar)

claireabelle_2

I am drooling over these salads even though I'm full from OH's homemade curry :A ! I love Kraft's balsamic dressing - would eat newspaper and grass salad if it had that on!
Seriously though, spinach leaves with ripe avo, pepper, tomato and mozzarella or goats cheese is very nice.
Enjoy your do!

Whistling_Gypsy

I have a simpler version of floyd's nicoise salad every day for my pack up - rocket, green beans (nuked for a minute or two), green olives, halved cherry toms and a tin of tuna mixed in. Dressing made of fresh lime/lemon juice, olive oil, plenty of black pepper and a good slug of anchovy essence or dijon mustard.
Mmmm.

Also nice when the beans are still warm for a quick tea.

Whistling_Gypsy

Cubed cooked beetroot, thinly sliced shallots and grated carrot with a balsamic vinegar dreassing is also v tasty - and would be a lovely colourful dish to serve.
And shockingly healthy too!!

Whistling_Gypsy

Greek salad always goes down well at buffets/BBQ's - chunks of cucumber, cherry toms, finely sliced red onion, olives and feta. I marinade the feta in a little EV olive oil and some dried oregano overnight if I remember too.

I like salad, me

Whistling_Gypsy

Last one - honest!
Satay Noodles for a salad with a bit more 'body'. Cook and cool some noodles (I use the straight to wok ones - just pour boiling water over, then cold water and they are ready!) Mix some peanut butter (crunchy is best) with some soy sauce, chilli sauce (optional!) and a little water and nuke for about 30 seconds til its good and runny. Cool, then mix into the noodles with spring onions, baby spinach etc (whatever salad veg you like) and some cooked prawns or shredded chicken. Good and hearty - and a bit different.