Creative Summer Salads
Source of Recipe
WKRG
Creative Summer Salads
Caprese Salad Skewers
Ingredients:
* • 1 pint cherry/grape tomatoes
* • 1 bunch basil leaves (need a leaf for every piece)
* • 8 oz tub of bocconcini (little mozzarella balls)
* • extra virgin olive oil
* • balsamic glaze
* • skewers to assemble the caprese
* • coarse sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste
Method:
· Skewer a tomato, followed by a folded basil leaf, then a bocconcini ball... repeat if desired.
· Place each skewer in stand (I use foam to secure each stick - hide it in a cute container!) or arranged on a platter.
· Drizzle with balsamic glaze and season with coarse sea salt and cracked black pepper.
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Parmesan Cheese Cups
Ingredients:
Method:
· Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place oven rack in the middle of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
· Spoon level mounds of freshly grated Parmesan-Reggiano cheese and spread mounds into approximately 3 inch circles in an even thickness with your fingers. (*If you make them too thick they will be chewy rather than crispy, and if you brown them too much they will taste bitter. Aim for batches of 6 to 8 per baking sheet so they will be easy to work with while still warm.)
· Bake about 5-6 minutes or until cheese is melted and any bubbles that form turn into a light golden crust. They should be golden in color and lacy in appearance.
· Remove from oven and allow crisps to cool slightly (1-2 minutes).
· Gently transfer the crisps to a muffin tin.
· Place a small drinking glass on top of each one to mold it into the shape of each muffin cup. Let cool until firm, about 5 minutes.
· Transfer to paper towels to "degrease" slightly. Fill with your favorite Caesar salad recipe. Top each salad with a cherry tomato.
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Chicken Salad in Tomato Cups
Ingredients:
* · Several large tomatoes
* · 1 bottle Brianna's Poppy seed Dressing
* · 1-2 cans Costco canned chicken
* · Cut the top off of each tomato at an angle and hollow them out.
* · Mix the poppy seed dressing into the canned chicken.
* · Fill each tomato with the poppy seed chicken mixture and top with the tomato top!
Method:
"Take out" Chinese Chicken Salad with chopsticks
Ingredients:
Method:
· Make your favorite Chinese chicken salad recipe (or cheat and buy the mix at Costco - it's yummy!)
· Divide salad in several take out boxes.
· Close each box, attach chopsticks with cute ribbon and begin your deliveries!
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