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Warm weather brings thoughts of cool food and recipes that don't
require a lot of indoor cooking. Who wants to tend a long, slow
cooked meal when the sun is out and the warm weather beckons?
Here are three warm weather salads that have become some of my
favorite summer salad recipes.
None of them require you to be any where near an oven or hot
stove except to boil some water, and all are perfect for even the
hottest summer days.
Serve them as side vegetable dishes or as a light lunch with a
green salad and crusty bread.
Shrimp and Avocado Salad
This is a lovely salad recipe that is great as a side salad or as
a light luncheon recipe. Serve it in lettuce cups for lunch along
with some fresh crusty bread and a great dessert. Just perfect!
1 pound frozen cooked shrimp, thawed
1 cup celery, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons Italian salad dressing
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
1 avocado
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Combine the shrimp, celery, Italian dressing and mayonnaise.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Chill, covered until ready
to serve.
When ready to serve, peel and dice the avocado. Mix immediately
with the lemon juice to prevent the avocado from going dark. Add
to the shrimp mixture and mix gently. Serves 6.
Cucumber Salad
This recipe is delicious, but oh so easy. It's a great recipe to
serve company at a barbecue because it gets made ahead and sits
in the fridge for a few hours until you are ready for it. The
best summer entertaining recipes are ones that don't require the
host and hostess to be in the kitchen cooking while guests lounge
outside.
3 large cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced
1 1/4 cups red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 head of lettuce, shredded
1 tablespoon honey
good pinch black pepper
1/2 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Toss all the ingredients thoroughly in a large salad bowl. Chill
for 2 hours before serving.
That's it!
Lime Jello Cottage Cheese Salad
This is a lovely light salad recipe that is perfect for a summer
barbecue but also works well all year on a buffet table. The
addition of cottage cheese may sound odd, but it is a great
flavor mix with the Jello. The crunch of the celery and green
pepper add another layer of flavor and fresh taste.
1 - 3 ounce package lime Jello
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice
1/2 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper
3/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
Blend with beater and chill until firm 1" from edge of dish. Turn
it into a bowl and beat it until it becomes light and fluffy.
Fold in 1 cup cottage cheese, celery, onion and green pepper.
Chill fully before serving.
Don't forget that most of your favorite summer salad recipes are
great all year round too.
Karen Ciancio is a cook and lover of all things food and cooking
related. Her website http://www.cookingnook.com contains hundreds
of recipes, cooking tips, measurement conversions, kitchen ideas
and diet and nutritional information. Find more great summer
salad recipes at http://www.cookingnook.com/salad-recipes.html
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