8 eat your salad Recipes

grapeseed , safflower, or canola oil, unseasoned rice vinegar, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, minced tarragon, persian cucumber or 1/3 english cucumber, sugar snap peas, lightly packed chervil sprigs (optional), mache clusters (about 3 lightly packed cups), mesclun (about 6 lightly packed cups), radishes , sliced in half lengthwise, your choice of: bachelor s buttons (whole and petals), calendula and carnation petals, whole johnny-jump-ups, nasturtium petals, pansy petals, and stock flowerets (15 to 20 whole flowers total)

fusilli pasta, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets, red onion, sliced, sliced carrots, red bell pepper, chopped, chopped green bell pepper, chopped mushrooms, chopped celery, light mayonnaise, distilled white vinegar, splenda no calorie sweetener, granulated, salt and pepper to taste

red, red salad, reminiscent of the 50s favorite chopped salad , this dish indulges your whim for something red and colorful for spring and summer eating. you can dress this with an oil-and-balsamic vinegar mixture or any other preferred dressing. because this is a focal point for lunch or supper, accompany the salad with grilled cheese squares and wrap the meal up with a tempting sweet, such as a wedge of berry pie. toast the meal with icy lemonade. this makes about 8 1- to 1 1/2-cup servings., radishes, greens removed, trimmed and quartered, head red cabbage, cored and chopped, grape tomatoes, red kidney beans, drained and rinsed, red bell pepper, seeded and diced, red onion, diced, salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste, salad dressing to taste

spring mix (suggest marketside , baby greens and radicchio organic available at walmart and food lion), cucumber peeled and sliced, petite carrots (the kind sold in ready to eat bags), grape tomatoes cut in half lengthwise, shredded cheese (your favorite - cheddar, colby, etc.) grated, croutons (your favorite ), fresh ground black pepper, salad dressing of choice, bacon - cooked and crumbled (optional), any other vegetable that you love on a salad

macaroni noodles, uncooked, red bell peppers or 1/2 large red bell pepper, sliced and chopped how you want, carrot , cut in matchstick pieces, snow peas , cut in 3s, green onions, sliced, vegan mayonnaise , i use vegenaise. mayo can be substituted but i don tsp think the flavor is as good and vegenaise is a, red wine vinegar, braggs liquid aminos , soy sauce can be substituted, dill relish , chopped dill pickles can also be used (you can also add pickle juice to taste), mrs. dash seasoning mix

fresh green beans, washed and trimmed, red onion, sliced thin, european cucumber , cut into thin sticks resembling shape and size of green beans, grape tomatoes, halved, extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling, lemon, juiced, coarse salt and pepper