Salad Creation
 
                Try our salad creation recipes and tips if you are looking to compliment your meal. We have a wide variety of salad creations and mixed greens that will suit all your occasions.
 
 
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Salad Creation Tips & Recipes
 
*Carrots*
         Purchasing Carrots – Avoid carrots that are cracked or have become limp or soft. Look for carrots that are firm and smooth.
 
                                  Carrot Raisin Celery Salad Creation
                - Ingredients
  • 6 cups grated carrots                           1 cup raisins                         
  • 2 cups celery                                     1/3 cups fat-free mayonnaise
 
Mix all the ingredients and chill 1 hour before serving. Yield – 8 servings
 
 
 
*Cauliflower*
          Preparing Cauliflower – Remove the outer leaves and cut off the core close to the head. Make sure to cut off any discoloration from the flower clusters. Discard the cut off pieces and the core. Make sure to wash the cauliflower.
 
Marinated Cauliflower Salad Creation
 
Ingredients –
  • 1 small onion thinly sliced                  12 small pimiento sliced stuffed olives
  • 1 head cauliflower, divided into flowerets and thinly sliced
  • 1/3 cup fat-free Catalina salad dressing
 
Mix all of the ingredients cover and chill for an hour before serving. Try switching salad dressing to give it a different taste. Yield – 8 servings
 
*Lettuce*
        Preparing Lettuce – Separate the leaves from the head, then wash and blot to dry.
 
Greek Salad Creation
 
Ingredients –
  • ½ lb spinach                         1 head lettuce                       3 medium green onions
  • 1 medium cucumber             3 medium tomatoes              24 pitted olives
  • ¾ cup crumbled feta cheese                                               Lemon Dressing

Lemon Dressing Ingredients –

  • ¼ cup vegetable oil                             2 Tablespoons lemon juice ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp Dijon Mustard                          ¼ tsp salt                     1/8 tsp pepper
 
Wash and dry both spinach and lettuce. Tear spinach and lettuce leaves into bit size pieces and place in bowl. Peel and slice green onions, slice the cucumber and cut wedges out of the tomatoes. Add these vegetables along with the olives to the bowl. Break up the feta cheese into small pieces with a fork and add to the salad. Next is to make the dressing. Add all of the dressing ingredients into a tightly sealed container and shake well. Shake again just before pouring it over salad.
 
 
Please be sure to check back regularly to this Salad Creations page for new recipes and tips. If you have a recipe that you would like to share with Salad Creations please send it to us. We will feature selected recipes on our salad creations page.