Showing posts with label salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salad. Show all posts

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Caesar Salad

2 heads romaine- soak in ice water and dry with paper towel and refrigerate to crisp
Crutons
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Pepper

Dressing: Mix in blender
2/3 cup oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
heaping TBS. Sugar
generous 1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Layer:
Lettuce
Pepper
Crutons
Dressing
Cheese

Toss before serving

Best Grape Salad

2 lbs. green seedless grapes
2 lbs. red seedless grapes
8 oz. sour cream
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

1. Wash and stem grapes
2. Set aside
3. Mix sour cream, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla by hand until blended
4. Stir grapes into mixture and pour in large serving bowl

Can add topping: 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup crushed pecans

Sprinkle over top of grapes to cover completely

Chill overnight!

*I cut recipe in half and only use red grapes without topping

Friday, September 18, 2009

Chicken Won Ton Salad

2-3 Romaine Hearts
2 chicken breasts (whole) cooked and cut up small
4-6 green onions
1 can sliced water chestnuts (drained and rinsed)
1 TBS. sesame seeds -toasted in a little butter
1 pkg. won tons -fry them ahead of time in some olive oil and break them

Dressing:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup rice vinegar
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. accent
1/2 cup salad oil (mild)
1 tsp. sesame oil

Mix the salad together. Add the dressing and the won tons just before serving.