Sunday, July 25, 2010

Summer Salads

Have you ever had Taco Bell, Chic Fil A and McDonald's all within a week? One thing eating fast food does for me is that all I want for a month is salad. Not boring, iceberg lettuce with heavy ranch dressing salad, but yummy, let your imagination go wild with fresh flavor salad!
So here are some of the salads I've made in the past week.

1. Tomato, mozzarella salad (caprese?) tomatoes, mozzarella, romaine lettuce, red onion, homemade balsamic dressing (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, oregano, basil, sugar) Serve with sourdough bread dipped in olive oil/vinegar.
2. Cucumber salad: peeled cucumbers, onion, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt.
3. Pasta salad: veggie pasta, olive oil, italian seasoning, roasted red peppers, sundried tomatoes, fresh grape tomatoes, onion
4. Cobb Salad: This was mostly my friend Megan's creation. Grilled sliced chicken breast, romaine lettuce, corn, black beans, avocado, boiled eggs, bacon, cucumbers, grape tomatoes
5. Random salad #1: lettuce, feta cheese, chopped walnuts, tomatoes, dried cranberries, croutons with vidalia onion dressing.
6. Random salad #2: romaine lettuce, avocado, fresh pineapple, red, yellow and green peppers, bacon, black beans, homemade salsa, light ranch dressing.
7. Not really a salad, but a delicious dinner: brie baked with homemade blackberry jam, angel food cake, strawberries, pepper jelly, homemade tortilla chips, ham roll ups, apple slices. You just have to trust me on this one, it was yummy!

Tomorrow, I'm thinking grilled island salmon over romaine. Simple and delicious, not to mention healthy!