Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Caesar For A King!

Extra everything  to be Extra Yummy! for the dressing i didn't have time to make my own so i put your everyday Caesar dressing in a separate bowl and mixed in some Worcester Sauce,Asiago Cheese,Lemon Juice,Minced Garlic,Hot Sauce to give it a little kick.

Add on's Chicken Breast, Shrimp, Tuna (is delicious in Caesar)
Romaine
Fresh Bacon
Homemade Whole Wheat Croutons
Parmesan Cheese

If you want to add a little kick to your dressing, if your not making your own. Mix to taste.
Caesar Dressing
Hot Sauce
Minced Garlic
Worcester Sauce
Lemon Juice
Asiago Cheese

Mushroom Green Pepper Salad

Yes there lettuce underneath all this goodness, I've also done a variation of this where i would cook  the mushrooms and peppers them in a little hot sauce and water in a frying pan until the water evaporated, let them cool before adding them to the rest or add them hot n eat it right away.

Romaine
Mushrooms
Green Pepper
Carrots
Ranch Dressing
Hot Sauce (optional)

Sunflower Seed Tossed

Yay another Tossed! use your potato peeler to slice the carrots this way.

Ice Berg Lettuce
Carrots
Tomato
Cucumber
Sunflower Seed's Unsalted

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Just Another Tossed

Was going through a poppy seed kick for a few weeks put them on everything for a while,

Ice Berg/Leaf Lettuce Mix
Red Pepper
Cherry Tomato
Green Onion
Poppy Seeds

Mandarin Salad

Simple and Delicious, for the dressing i use a balsamic mixed with some of the syrop from the can of mandarins.

Romaine
Red Pepper
Mandarins
Green Onion
Poppy Seeds
Balsamic Dressing w/ Syrop from Mandarins

Thai Salad

This Thai Salad is best with a peanut dressing, also on this day i was out of Carrots and Bean Sprouts,

Romaine/Leaf Lettuce mix
Red Pepper
Carrots (shredded)
Green Onions
Bean Sprouts
Peanut Drssing
Poppy Seeds

Caesar Salad

Basic Caesar salad, I use fresh bacon and homemade croutons, and i mix a little lemon juice in the dressing.

Romaine
Bacon
Croutons
Caesar Dressing
Lemon Juice
Parmesan or Asiago Cheese

Basic Tossed Salad

Just a simple tossed salad nothing to special.

Ice Berg Lettuce
Tomato
Carrots
Snap Peas

Ham n Cheese Pasta Salad

A delicious pasta salad! if you have left over ham, make this! It's as simple as adding all the ingredients in a bowl and mixing.

Fusilli Pasta
Ham (cubed)
Marble Cheese (cubed)
Green Onion
Green Pepper
Red Pepper
Dill
Mayonnaise
Mustard

Fruit Spinach Salad

Another crowd pleaser, This salad is great with Balsamic Vinaigrette, or a Fruit based Salad Dressing. Tip for the apples and pears i peal them and soak them in lemon juice, this will stop them from browning, also i find if you use fresh oranges instead of canned mandarin's it's healthier and better.

Spinach
Strawberries
Oranges
Pears (pealed)
Apples (pealed)
Poppy Seed's  

Seafood Pasta Salad

Delicious and Easy to make! you can use any type of pasta you wish, but i don't recommend Whole Wheat pasta for pasta salads i find it over powers all the other flavors and has that weird texture. Mix all ingredients together and enjoy!

Cooked fusilli
Crab Meat or Immitation Crab
Baby Shrimp
Green Onions
Dill
Mayonaise

Baby Corn n Beet Salad


This salad is great served with a Thai dressing or Peanut Dressing. For the beets you can either use fresh beets just brush with some olive oil season with salt n pepper, then wrap it tin foil and pop it in the oven until cooked. Or use pickled beets they both taste great!
Romaine
Red Pepper
Green Pepper
Baby Corn
Purple Beats

My Homemade Croutons

Fast easy and delicious! Set your oven to 300 Take 1 whole loaf of Whole Grain bread cut it into desired size cube's put it in a big bowl and mix it with the Garlic Butter and Canola Oil and Parsley until it's completely covered, lay it on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, lightly spinkle salt and pepper over the whole thing and toss it in the oven for about 10 minutes check it mix it around and back in the oven for a few more minutes until there golden brown.

1 Loaf Demster Whole Grain Bread
.5 cup Garlic Butter
.5 cup Canola Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
Parsley

Tossed Salad #1

The best part about a tossed sald you can use almost anything and it will taste delicious.

What you need
Lettuce I used a Romaine, Leaf Lettuce mixture
Carrots Shredded or diced
Cucumber
Tomato
Croutons home made or store bought

Mushroom Salad #1

 

This is one of my favorites, I stumbled across making this one night when i used to work up north in the Oil Fields as a Camp Cook, we Saute'd up way to many Mushrooms for Steak Night, so i put them in the fridge to completely cool, then i experimented and it turned out to be the most popular thing the next day!

What you'll need, I eye everything so put as much or as little of everything as you'd like but not to much soy sauce just a little bit is needed.

Saute'd Mushrooms
Red Peppers Diced
Green Peppers Diced
Green Onions
Garlic Minced
Worcester Sauce
Soy Sauce

Let mix all that together in a bowl cover and let sit in the fridge for a few hours i find the longer the better so nothing wrong with leaving it in for 24 hours.