Need a good lettuce salad

key

Tue, Dec 15 2009, 8:52 am

nish nosh salad
Salad:
Lettuce
Cabbage
Scallions (green onions)
cherry tomatoes
sour cream and onion flavored nishnashim crackers

Dressing:
5 cloves of garlic, crushed (use less if they're big)
1 cup mayo
2 Tbsp dijon mustard (I have used ground mustard when I was out of dijon)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp. lemon juice
salt and pepper

The dressing makes enough for a very large salad or 2 smaller ones. Leftover dressing can be used on plain cabbage for an easy salad.

flatbread salad

Romaine Lettuce
Shredded purple cabbage
cherry tomatoes

1/2 cup Mayo
1tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp soy sauce
1/4 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil
1 clove pressed garlic
1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

garden salad

1 head lettuce of your choice (iceberg, romaine, butter etc.)
1 cucumber, peeled and diced
1 red pepper, chopped
1 yellow pepper, chopped
¼ cup sliced black olives

Dressing:
¼ cup ketchup
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon minced garlic
Dash salt

Mix vegetables in a salad bowl. Purée dressing ingredients with an immersion blender. Toss with vegetables and serve.

Portabella mushroom salad:

6 portabella mushrooms or 10 oz mushrooms
1 pack rommanie lettuce
20 baby tomatoes halved
6 oz honey glazed almonds
(croutons-onion garlic)

1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 vinegar
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp mustard

Fry mushrooms till limp. place into dressing to marinate for a bit and pour over salad right before serving

Lettuce Salad
2 bags hearts of romaine
1 red onion diced
craisins
slivered almonds
barbecue croutons

Dressing:
1/2 cup mayo
2 tbsp mustard
pinch of garlic powder
1/8 cup sugar

hope this is helpful Very Happy

Lady Godiva

Tue, Dec 15 2009, 9:58 am

Here's a simple but delicious salad:

2 heads romaine lettuce, washed, (checked) and cut into chunks
3 plum tomatoes sliced thin or 1-2 cups grape tomatoes
2 cucumbers sliced thin
1 can hearts of palm, drained and sliced thin
1 avocado cut up into thin slices

Dressing:
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice (or juice of 2 large lemons)
salt
pepper
2-3 cloves garlic minced

Mix dressing, add lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, hearts of palm and avocados.