Saturday, March 31, 2012

After making this salad this afternoon, I truly meant to take a picture to post of the finished product however all I have left is an empty bowl so no pic this time.

Broccoli Celery Salad
ONE:
4 Heads broccoli cleaned chopped
1/2 medium red onion diced fine
4-5 cups red seedless grapes washed and sliced in half
1 bunch of celery washed and diced fine
½ cup chopped green onion
Mix well together.
Dressing:
1 cups of Low Fat Hellman's mayo
1/4 cup sugar
4 Tbsp white vinegar
Pour over the veggies, stir well.
TWO:
Just before serving add
2# of turkey bacon cooked crisp and crumbled (I use the microwave to cook in on paper towel)
2 cups of salted/roasted sunflower seeds
Stir well
 

I make my own bacon bits with turkey bacon. I cooked 3 # of Hormel turkey bacon in the microwave on paper towels.
                                                        3# of crispy cooked turkey bacon
Below picture is 3# of crumbled turkey bacon.

Salad as a Meal

 
Wack A Doodle Salad
12 oz pkg Wacky Noodles
1 cup sliced black olives
¼ large red onion diced fine
7 diced Roma tomatoes
6 chopped hard boiled eggs
1 ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese

Dressing: (whisk together well)
1/8  cup EV olive oil
3 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Pkg dry Italian dressing
½ tsp black pepper
2 tsp fine Sea Salt
6-8 quarts boiling water with 1 Tbsp salt and 1 Tbsp of olive oil added. Slowly add dry noodles, bring to a boil. Boil until done. Drain. Don’t rinse. Put in a bowl. Make the dressing and pour over noodles. Stir very well. Put in refrigerator to cool. Prep the remainder of the salad and add when the noodles are cooled. Stir well.
This salad is a meal all by itself.