Simple Salads

In the New York Times, Mark Bittman lists 100 Easy Salads for Summer.  Article here.

Potato Salad with Artichokes and Asparagus

We LOVED this.
makes 6 healthy salad-side servings
Can be made up to 4 hours ahead of time and chilled.  Stir in asparagus just before serving.
8 oz asparagus, ends trimmed, spears cut into 1″ pieces
2 lbs red potatoes, cut into 1″ thick chunks
2 strips bacon, chopped
2/3 cup chopped shallots
2 t fresh chopped fresh rosemary
5 t olive oil
1 [...]

Tomato Garbanzo Salad

2 tomatoes, chopped
1 – 15 oz can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 to 1 cup chopped purple onion, chopped
small handful cilantro, chopped
2 hard boiled eggs, sliced or chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
Caesar Parmesean Vinegrette
Throw everything into a bowl and toss with as much or little of the salad dressing as you like.

Peach Fluff

You can make this apricot fluff, strawberry fluff – any fluff you want.  I was kind of skeptical at first; the recipe sounded odd, didn’t have decent directions, and I couldn’t picture the stuff in my mind.  Below are the directions that worked for us, and a picture I remembered to take of the left [...]

Black Bean, Corn, and Avocado Salad

We love this.  The fresh cilantro makes it pop.  Yum.
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
2 c. corn kernels (fresh or canned shoepeg is great)
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 avocado, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/4 c. fresh lime juice
2 t. grated lime zest
1/4 c. chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 t. salt
Fabulous as a side OR as [...]

winter salad

Top greens with orange slices (peel orange with a knife, and cut into rounds), pomegranate seeds, fresh shredded parmesean cheese and raspberry vinaigrette.

Peanut Butter, Banana and Berry Salad

If you put too much dressing in the salad and stir it altogether instead of “drizzling” the dressing on, this reminds me a bit of the fruit salads with canned fruit and frosting stuff (ick). So go easy on the dressing and use the left over for fruit dip.  The kids love this, love [...]

Melanie’s BBQ Chicken Salad

greens
tomatoes
avocado
black beans
mozz cheese
grilled bbq chicken
cucumbers
Dressing is equal parts bbq sauce and ranch

Asian Green Bean Salad

We LOVED this. I was going to make it as a main dish, which would totally work, but I paired it with Chicken Satay so my husband wouldn’t think I was trying to kill him with vegetarian food. They were really great together.
From Cooking Light, March 2008
SALAD:
3 ounces uncooked linguine
1 pound green beans, [...]

Spinach Salad with Maple-Dijon Vinagrette

From Cooking Light, March 2008, 8 – 1 1/2 cup servings with 80 calories, 3 g fat, 1 g fiber, 3 mg cholesterol
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 t minced shallots
2 T red wine vinegar
1 T canola oil
1 T country-style Dijon mustad
1/4 t salt
1/4 t black pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup red onion
1/2 cup [...]