Light Salad Meals for Summer
Light salad meals are a great idea for hot
weather menu planning. With just a few fresh ingredients you can make a meal
quickly and easily. I like having a few standby recipes for those warm
summer-like days. Here are a few of my favourite easy salad meals.
These easy salad recipes can be served in a
variety of ways so you can always have a variety of meal ideas that are simple
to make.
I love the creaminess of cottage cheese and
here is a really simple salad with just four ingredients. This is a great salad
to serve as a wrap sandwich or even a cold pasta topper. This recipe make 3 to
4 servings.
Ingredients:
cottage cheese - 1 (16oz) container
marinated artichoke hearts - 1 cup chopped
sun-dried tomatoes in oil - 1/4 cup chopped
pitted oil-cured black olives - 1/4 cup finely
diced
(you can use regular black pitted olives if
you prefer)
Directions:
- Simply place all the ingredients in a bowl
and toss to combine completely.
Easy Salad Meal Ideas:
·
Layered Wrap Sandwich: Serve this cheese salad as a layered wrap
sandwich. Take a soft tortilla shell and layer it with washed spinach or lettuce
leaves. Next place the cottage cheese salad on top of the greens. Then place
any of the following on top of the cheese salad; strips of thinly sliced
avocado sections, deli ham, chicken or roast beef slices. Roll up the wrap and
enjoy.
·
Stuffed Potatoes: Make a quick salad meal by using this creamy
salad as a topping for baked potatoes. Serve along with steamed and chilled
asparagus drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice.
·
Pasta Topper: Another idea for a light salad meal is to serve
this cheese salad recipe over whole grain cooked and chilled pasta such as
rotini, elbow macaroni or farfalle. I like to serve this with warm garlic bread
slices on the side.
Here is another four ingredient recipe that
make a delicious light salad meal. It is a refreshing crab salad that is packed
with flavor. This recipe makes two servings but you can simply double the
ingredients to make four servings.
Ingredients:
cooked crabmeat - 2 cups (flaked or lump -
broken into pieces)
dressing of your choice - 3 to 4 tbsp
(Italian, French, or Caesar are good choices)
marinated artichoke hearts - 1 jar (7.5 oz)
(drained and cut into small chunks)
fresh watercress - 2 cups (washed and chopped)
Directions:
- Break the crabmeat into pieces and marinate
in a bowl with the salad dressing for one hour.
- After one hour, add all the other
ingredients and toss seafood salad well to coat.
Easy Salad Meal Ideas:
·
Crab Salad with Roasted Veggies: Serve this quick crab salad
recipe on top of romaine lettuce with a side of roasted vegetables.
·
Crab Stuffed Avocados: Another easy idea is to serve this
delicious salad scooped into an avocado half and serve along with rye toast
with melted cheese on top for a quick meal.
Try this simple chicken salad that is filled
with great depth of flavor created with chicken, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and
more.
Ingredients:
chicken - 2 cups cooked, cooled and cubed
garlic - 2 cloves finely chopped
sun-dried tomatoes in oil - 1/3 cup chopped
(use oil for dressing)
broccoli - 1 1/2 cups chopped (raw or steamed)
fresh squeezed lime juice - 1 tbsp
Note: If you do not like raw broccoli, you may
steam it lightly before adding to salad.
Directions:
- In a mixing bowl, add the chicken, garlic,
tomatoes, broccoli, lime juice and the oil from the tomatoes. Toss well to
combine.
Easy Salad Meals:
·
Chicken Salad with Udon Noodles: Serve this easy chicken salad
over udon noodles with peach and cucumber slices on the side.
·
Easy Garlic Chicken Salad: Serve chicken salad over a bed of
spinach leaves and shredded cabbage with a bowl of cold tomato soup and whole
grain crackers.
·
Chicken Salad with Rolls: Another quick light summer meal recipe
is to serve this garlic lime chicken salad with whole grain rolls or corn
muffins.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Laura_Cockerell/271871
No comments:
Post a Comment