I love salads! Whether it be a grilled chicken salad, strawberry spinach salad, macaroni salad – just any salad – I love them. I thought that, with the 4th of July holiday coming up and lots of people picnicking this weekend, it would be a fun time to share some favorite salad recipes.
Here’s a tried and true salad that we’ve been making for several years now. We love it and it always gets eaten up at summer get-togethers.
Ingredients:
1 (12-ounce) package broccoli slaw
2 (3-ounce) packages beef-flavored Ramen noodles
¼ cup sunflower seeds
½ cup oil
½ cup vinegar
½ cup sugar
Directions:
Place broccoli slaw in bowl. Crush both packs of Ramen noodles and add to slaw (Noodles only, no flavor packets). Add sunflower seeds.
Whisk together the oil, vinegar, sugar, and one flavor packet from the noodles. Pour over other ingredients and mix well.
Note: This salad is best made the day before. We’ve found that it actually gets more moist and yummy the longer it sits.
And here’s one that I just found on the Food Network website when I was searching for a salad to make with couscous. I changed it up a bit – so here’s my variation.
Ingredients:
1 box Near East Couscous Mix (roasted garlic & olive oil flavor), prepared
I can chickpeas, drained
red pepper, chopped, according to taste (I used a full pepper)
vidalia onion, chopped, according to taste (I used 1/2 a smaller Vidalia)
cucumber, chopped, according to taste (I used about 1/2 a medium-sized cuce from Brian’s garden)
tomato, chopped, according to taste (I used a whole large tomato)
fresh parsley leaves, chopped, to taste (about 1/8- 1/4 cup)
5 oz. container crumbled feta cheese
salt & pepper
1/4 c. olive oil
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
Directions:
Place all ingredients in large bowl. Toss to coat.
Note: I made this one today, for a picnic we’re attending tomorrow. Not sure if that was wise or not – I’ll tell you later. :)
What’s your favorite Summertime Salad Recipe? Can you share?
