[Jamestown1630]

This week: Vegetable Salads (quick and early this week, due to schedule.)

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[Patriot Babe]

Cukes? Never heard of it.

[leapfrog0202]

We LOVE the copycat recipe of Buca di Beppo’s Chopped Antipasto salad. The dressing just makes the salad. Heat up some good sourdough bread and you’ve got a great meal:

Copycat Buca Di Beppo Chopped Antipasto Salad

Ingredients:

1 package(s) romaine lettuce ( 10 ounces, mixed lettuce )
2 ounces pepperoni (sliced ¼ inch thick then diced into about ½-inch pieces)
2 tablespoons red onion (chopped - cut into ½-inch pieces)
1/4 cup provolone cheese (diced, sliced ¼ inch thick, then diced into about ½-inch piece )
1/2 cup cucumber (cubed, cut into 3/4 inch pieces)
1/4 cup gorgonzola cheese (crumbled)
1/4 cup feta cheese (crumbled)
1 tablespoon pepperoncini (sliced)
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 cup roma tomatoes (diced into 1/2 inch pieces, divided)

6 tablespoons Italian dressing (prepared Italian dressing vinegrette - See recipe below)

6 pepperoncini (whole)
6 kalamata olives (pitted)
6 green olives

Directions:
In a large bowl, using gloved hands or tongs, toss together all ingredients except half the tomatoes, dressing, whole pepperoncini and the olives.

Add dressing around the outside perimeter of the bowl and toss, again using gloved hands or tongs. Do not overmix.
Divide salad among three large chilled salad bowls. Top salads with remaining chopped tomatoes, the whole pepperoncini and the olives.

Directions:

Combine the vinegar, oregano, dry mustard, salt and pepper in a blender. Add the onion and garlic. Blend together while slowly adding the olive oil. By adding the olive oil slowly, it will emulsify with the other ingredients creating a thicker vinaigrette. Let vinaigrette sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving. This is best made shortly before using.

Homemade Italian Dressing Vinaigrette
1/3 cup white wine vinegar
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
salt black pepper
1/8 cup red onion (chopped fine)
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic (minced)
Olive oil

[pugmama]

These are my 2 “go to” salads when we have fresh garden produce.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/panzanella-recipe

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/greek-panzanella-recipe

[Trillian]

I love panzanella. It's in my top 5 favorite salads.

Here's another:

Caprese Salad

Tomatoes, cut into slices
Fresh mozzarella, cut into slices
Thinly sliced basil
Olive oil
Salt
Dash of oregano.

Serve with Italian or French bread.

[leaning conservative]

That looks so delicious! A salad is not a salad w/out bread/ croutons of some kind.

[V K Lee]

Vegetables,Vegetable Salads:

A new-to-me site found just this week. They’ve a salad recipe which speaks my name. Yummy!

https://www.veggieinspired.com/
https://www.veggieinspired.com/raw-veggie-chopped-salad/

[Stand Watch Listen]

In a few weeks will be enjoying the first of home grown veggies. Will serve these side dishes throughout the summer.

MARINATED CUCUMBERS

Ingredients

1 cup white vinegar
1.25 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon salt 
1 teaspoon celery seed
7-8 cucumbers, sliced
1 medium sliced sweet onion
1 med sliced green pepper

Directions

-- Whisk vinegar, sugar, salt, and celery seed together in a large bowl; stir in cucumbers, gr peppers and onion.
--Mix well, cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve cold...will keep in ref for 2-3 weeks. (sometimes use this over a plain salad as dressing)

 BROCCOLI SALAD
 

Ingredients

8 slices bacon
2 head fresh broccoli, and 1/2 head califlower, cut into bite size pieces (blanch the broccoli to rid the slight bitter taste)
1/2 cup red onion, chopped
1/2 cup craisins 
1 cup red grapes, halfed
1/2 cup sliced radishes
1/2 cup cup -cut shredded carrots
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons white sugar
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sunflower seeds

Directions

-- Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
-- In a medium bowl, combine the broccoli, califlower, onion, craisins, grapes, radishes, and carrots
--  In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, sugar and mayonnaise.
--  Pour over broccoli mixture, and toss until well mixed. Refrigerate for at least three hours.
-- Just before serving, toss salad with crumbled bacon and sunflower seeds

[MomwithHope]

Salami in salad - yum. I love to throw together a greek salad. Good tomatoes, sliced thin sweet onion, green and red pepper and fresh mozzarella chunks. I cheat and buy Ken’s Northern Italian dressing. It goes perfectly. No olives you say - can’t stand them. never ate an artichoke either so I passed on your last thread :)

[pugmama]

This is a salad I like to make in summer. I am a big fan of Marlena Spieler’s cookbooks. She had a weekly column in the SF Chronicle food section and her style of writing and recipes were terrific.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mediterranean-salad-with-prosciutto-and-pomegranate

[pugmama]

My brother loves this salad and always asks me to make it when he visits. I will often grill other vegetables like Japanese eggplants,peppers,mushrooms etc and add to this salad. I also add feta, olives

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Farmers-Salad-with-Beet-Vinaigrette

[pugmama]

I really like this salad as it has butternut squash, which is a favorite of mine. It’s easy to make and the avocado dressing is great.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/bexv123/impress-your-dinner-guests-with-this-roasted-veggie-salad?utm_term=.nymzrNVbrO#.fylvaZz7ay

[pugmama]

I have been making this a lot since I found the recipe. I love food52 site.

https://food52.com/recipes/60426-april-bloomfield-s-grilled-vegetable-vinaigrette

[pugmama]

This is one of my husband’s favorite meals and this chef also a favorite of mine. You need to plan on marinating the steak overnight.

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/goins-grilled-steak-tomato-bread-salad

[pugmama]

There are great salad recipes here. I have made all of them and added other grilled veges, when the garden is flourishing. I love this chef. His vegetable combinations are always inspiring.

https://food52.com/blog/12643-11-recipes-from-the-genius-yotam-ottolenghi

[Yaelle]

Roasted veggie salad recipe: I love you and it is legal now to marry you. Too bad I don’t want to get married again, hate to break your heart. LOL!

But seriously. I am STILL on my roasted vegetable kick. No sign of it fading. And I’ve made sure at least 2x a week to include beets or golden beets because now I have high blood pressure and I am taking my BP twice a day now, and I don’t - won’t - take BP meds. Beets are a BP lowering food. (Anyone have any success stories about naturally lowering BP, please share.) That salad looks so perfect for me! And I like the part in the description where the writer says you will get hurt if you make her share.

[V K Lee]

One more TIP link
Life Hacks=make life easier

[pugmama]

I’ve taken several classes from this chef when I lived in Northern CA. She is a great teacher and her cookbooks are great.
Here is her salad site:

https://www.joanneweir.com/recipes/salads/

[pugmama]

Husband brought some asparagus home last night and I made this. We really liked it.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-asparagus-prosciutto-cobb-salad

[Stand Watch Listen]

picnic vegetable salad

Ingredients

1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed/drained
1 can chickpeas, rinsed/drained
2 cans (7 ounces each) white or shoepeg corn, drained
1 medium zucchini, chopped
1 medium yellow squash chopped
1 medium cucumber, chopped
1 large tomato, chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 medium red onion, chopped
6 green onions, chopped
1 can (3.8 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
1 cup Catalina salad dressing nnnnnn OR nnnnn a flavored balsamic vinegar and olive oil with garlic salt, seasoned salt, Italian herbs

Directions

1. In a large salad bowl, combine all the ingredients. Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat. On the side, serve with shredded cheddar cheese and corn chips