Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Quick Salad Recipes

Quick recipes are the simplest and fastest to prepare. It is ideal for people who have no time to prepare a full meal. A variety of salad can be prepared with simple recipes and procedures that will only take a few minutes.

Here are some quick salad recipes:

Grilled Ham Salad
Grilled ham salad can be prepared in 15 to 20 minutes.
Ingredients:
10 ounce of package salad green
½ pounds totally cooked ham steak slices
¼ cup of peach preserves
½ cup honey mustard salad dressing
1 ½ cup of cubed cheese

Prepare and heat the grill. Put the salad greens in a large bowl. Thoroughly brush the slices of steak with the preserves and put it on the grill. Cook in moderate heat for around 9 to 13 minutes. When it's hot already, turn the steak upside down and apply more preserves. Afterwards transfer the ham to a chopping board and chop it into cubes about 1 inch thick. Mix the chopped ham together with all the ingredients. It is now ready to serve. This quick salad recipe is ideal for 4 serving.

Pasta Salad

Ingredients:
1 pack of pasta
Celery
Broccoli
Onions
Garlic
Cheese
Chicken
Salt
Spices
Ingredients for the salad cream:
1 cup of mayonnaise
2 tablespoon of wine
1 clove of crushed garlic
1 tablespoon of basil
Salt and pepper for a little taste
Yogurt
¼ cup of salad oil

Boil the pasta noodles for 10 minutes. Drain the water from the noodles and allow it to cool.
While waiting for the noodles to cool down, chop the vegetables and make your salad dressing. When the noodles are already cool, add all the ingredients putting the salad dressing last. Mix all of the ingredients together. Store in the fridge for 1 and half hours before serving.

Broccoli Bacon Salad

Broccoli bacon salad is one of the traditional types of salad. In this quick recipe, we are going to use some red grapes as a replacement for raisins. If you want you can also include raisins or dried cherries.

Ingredients:

24 ounces bags of frozen broccoli florets
16 ounces bacon which is thick cut
1 red onion which is chopped into fine pieces
2 cloves of garlic
2 cups of red grapes
½ cup sliced almonds
1 ½ cup of mayonnaise
½ cup of yogurt
1/3 cup of sugar
3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
1/8 teaspoon of white pepper

Boil water in a big pot. Put the frozen florets then boil. Remove the broccoli and dip in ice water and drain using a paper towel. Cook the bacon until crisp. Afterward, drain with a paper towel. Remove the excess fat on the pan. Add garlic with the red onions and then cook for 4 minutes and allow the vegetable to soften. Mix the broccoli, onions, garlic, sliced almonds, grapes and bacon in a large bowl. Mix it gently.

Use a small sized bowl and mix all the remaining ingredients using a wire whisk. Add the mixture to the salad while stirring it gently until all salad is coated. Store the salad in the refrigerator for 12 hours and then serve.
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