Salad Dessert
Favorite Summer Salad Recipes
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 jelly powder
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.
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I am looking for unflavored gelatin recipes that are more of a side salad than dessert.?
Yeah, I know it sounds weird but I stumbled on a recipe that I made for Easter that actually was quite delicious and it got me to wondering about other possibilities. The recipe I made was a beet,onion, and horseradish "salad" and it went quite well with the ham though it would probably have worked better with a pork loin roast.
well, there's always this one.... http://www.batemania.com/recipes/110899.html
LOL! If that's not up to your standards, try these. We serve them as a side dish or salad in the Southern USA.
Green Goddess Gelatin Salad
1 (28 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained, reserve juice
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 envelopes lime Jello
1 pint heavy whipping cream
2 tbs. cider vinegar
Place pineapple in large bowl; set aside. In meduim bowl, add Jello powder, 2 cups boiling water and stir until dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water and 1 cup reserved pineapple juice. Add vinegar. Let pre-set in freezer for a few minutes. With electric mixer, combine cream cheese and crushed pineapple. Add Jello mixture; mix until smooth. In separate bowl, whip the cream until it holds soft peaks. Gently fold whipped cream into Jello mixture. Transfer to a pretty bowl and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until set, preferably overnight.
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Seafoam Salad
1 large can pear pieces, drain juice and save
2 (3 oz.) pkg. lime jello
1 8oz. cream cheese
4 T. milk
1 (9 oz.) carton Cool-Whip (or less)
Drain pears. Heat juice to boiling & pour over jello to dissolve. Cool until partially set. Combine cheese and milk. Beat til smooth. Stir in jello. Fold in pears and cool whip. Pour into 9x13, chill til set.
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