Taco Salad

We did taco salad last night. It literally took me 10 minutes to make. Just brown 1 lb. of ground beef and add a packet of taco seasoning. I put corn, black beans, salsa, cheese, ground up nach chips over the lettuce for the salad part. And our daughter loves the ground beeef, beans, and cheese.

[from Mollie]

Taco Salad

Tonight I'm making a taco salad. I brown some ground turkey and add that to some lettuce, tomato, avocado and some onions. I bake a whole wheat tortilla until it's crunchy and use that as some 'chips' to put on it. Then I make some salsa to use as dressing. It's super good!

[from Christine]

Plowman Salad

We make salad a whole lot. We tend to put in it whatever is in season, but here is what we strive for:


Green leaf lettuce

Spinach

Cheese cut into small cubes

Tomatoes

Broccoli

Carrots, sliced

cucumber

mushrooms



Mix together and eat with your favorite dressing.



You could also add grilled chicken, onions, boiled eggs...whatever sounds good to you.

[from Valerie]

Laura's Salad

Lettuce and/or Spinach as desired

Bacon, cooked and crumbled

red onion

Cheese

Mandarine oranges

Mushrooms

Slivered Almonds



Mix salad ingredients. Add dressing


Poppyseed Dressing

3/4 cup vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup dry mustard



Blend in blender. Then add:

1 1/2 cups oil


Blend.


Pour into serving container. Then add:


1 1/2 T poppyseeds


My recipe says do not blend, but I shake it up before pouring/using.

This makes a lot.

[from Valerie]

Poppyseed Salad

1 bag fresh spinach

3/4 c fresh mushrooms

1 cup cottage cheese

1/2 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled

1 red onion

1 head lettuce

1 cup grated swiss cheese



Mix salad ingredients except cottage cheese. Pour dressing on top and add cottage cheese when ready to serve.
This doesn't keep well, so make what you will eat at the time.




Poppyseed Dressing
3/4 cup vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup dry mustard



Blend in blender. Then add:

1 1/2 cups oil


Blend.


Pour into serving container. Then add:
1 1/2 T poppyseeds


My recipe says do not blend, but I shake it up before pouring/using.

This makes a lot.

[from Valerie]

Oriental Salad

shredded cabbage (About 1/2 bag of cole slaw mix)
Chopped lettuce
Dried pineapple (or you could use fresh)
slivered red onion
crunchy chinese noodles
slivered almonds
*optional- diced cooked chicken



Toss with one of the many oriental viniagrette dressings on the market.

[from Doodiebug30]

Harmony's Salad

One of my favorite full meal salads is just to add everything that's in your veggie drawer with some chicken or ham from the deli and a few boiled eggs. Add some balasamic dressing and you're good to go!

[from Harmony]

Southwestern Salad

Ingredients:

-2 bags shredded lettuce

-2 cans spicy chili beans

-1/2 package of cherry tomatoes (cut in halves)

-green onions, chopped (to your preference)

-1 small package shredded cheese

-ranch dressing (1/2-3/4 of a bottle)
Directions:


1) Mix together
2) Top with fritos in individual plates (fritos do NOT refrigerate well so we keep them out of the main salad so the leftovers can be refrigerated)

[from Manda]

Anna's Salad

Dressing:


•1-2 large cloves of garlic

•pinch of salt

•pepper

•a squeeze of grey poupon mustard or dijon mustard

•4 tbsp olive oil

•11/2 tbsp sherry wine vinegar (substitue red wine vinegar)

•11/2tbsp balsamic vinegar

Salad:

•Mixed greens

•dried cranberries

•pecans

•feta cheese

•grape tomatoes cut in 1/2

Directions

Mash the salt and garlic to form a paste. Combine with pepper and mustard. Wisk in oil and vinegar to finish dressing. Store in closed container.

Add cranberries, pecans, feta and grape tomatoes to mixed greens. Toss with dressing when ready to serve. (be sure to shake derssing well before tossing in the salad)

[from Molly]