Apple Chicken Salad
2 cups diced cooked chicken or turkey
2 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup sliced black or stuffed olives
3 red apples, cored and diced with skin on
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup swet relish, drained
1/2 tsp. salt
Dash of white pepper
1/2 tsp msg ( if you want )
Salad greens
1/2 cup shredded cheese of your choice
1. Combine all ingredients, except salad greens, tossing to caot ingredients with dressing evenly., Correct the seasoning., Chill covered with plastic wrap until ready to use.
2. When ready to serve, line individual salad bowls with salad greens. heap chicken apple mixture in center. Top with cheese
Preparation time 15 minutes plus chillilng timeLow fat recipe ideas? different salad ideas?
you can take almost any recipe you already have and make it low fat. A lot of times, the fat in a recipe isn't even needed(don't know why its there!) A recipe will start out with saute' this or that in butter. Skip the butter, use a squirt or 2 of cooking spray or a very small amount of olive oil and it will still work fine. you can also use leaner meats in any recipe without loosing flavor and that will drop the fat content nicely. I have used a thing called Butter Buds( a sprinkled product) in some things to get that buttery flavor without fat, like on steamed veggies.
Substitute equal amounts of applesauce in cake recipes for 1/2 the fat. It will turn out fine. Same with muffin recipes. Never tried cookies though.
Substitute skim milk for whole milk in all recipes too. It is fun to try things like this to see how low you can go on the low fat thing without sacrificing flavor.Low fat recipe ideas? different salad ideas?
My mother gave me this recipe years ago, and we get it out every winter and make a batch every week or so. It's called Slimmer's Soup, and the theory goes that you can eat it for breakfast lunch and tea and that's all you need to sustain you, and you will lose weight really fast. I've never done that, but it is good for one meal a day, and it's almost no fat and almost no carbs. It doesn't sound too apetising when you look at the ingredients list, but I'm a meat lover and even I can be happy with this!
This is the list of ingredients; all you do is chop all the veges and throw everything in the pot together.
I added the paprika and reduced the chilli because I didn't like it very spicy. You could drop the chilli out altogether, or put it back in.
You can add any vegetables you like, but the cabbage and celery is critical.
I use 1.5 litres of water and a couple of teaspoons of chicken stock powder (Massel is the best powder).
It needs about an hour to cook, and will last in the fridge for over a week (I remember throwing out a batch when it was almost 14 days old, but only because I didn't want to think about eating it).
SLIMMER'S SOUP:
2 cups chicken stock
1L water
2 tins crushed tomatoes
录 cabbage
3 sticks celery
2 carrots
handful of beans
1 onion
2 large cloves garlic
陆 red capsicum
1-2tsp paprika
1-2tsp sweet chilli sauce
I just shared this recipe with another person but it works for you too:
I had this salad in a restaurant once and have since made it many times at home. You didn't mention whether you eat meat in your salad or not so, if you are a vegetarian, then just leave out the meat.
But, the kind of salad I had started with mixed greens placed in a large bowl. Then sprinkle on diced apple, then a small handful of cranraisins. Then add some cubed or shredded cooked chicken. Top that with toasted pine nuts, toasted sunflower seeds, and toasted pecan halves. Sprinkle over the top some Feta cheese.
For the dressing, you can find a very good Raspberry Vinaigrette - even fat-free if you are interested - by Knotts Berry Farms. There are other brands out there that are also good. Serve the dressing in a bowl and let everyone sprinkle their own dressing over their salad with a spoon.
The restaurant served the single-serving in a large bowl so people could mix everything together. I just liked to eat the layers. So, when I serve each person, I put theirs in my serving bowls instead of on a salad plate or salad bowl.
The restaurant charged a LOT for that lunch salad but it's very very good. I've even had it with caramelized pecans but like it better with the toasted.
I take a head of lettuce, add 1/8 cup of Craisins, 1/2 cup of beans (pinto, black, garbanzo) 1/2 oz of goat cheese, 1 tsp of olive oil, oregano, garlic powder, salt, pepper. I love this salad! Some walnuts too if you like them!
I eat this most days.
go to my posting a few threads beneath yours. i am looking for the same thing. i will check back here too...i wanna see what people have to say to you.
i just found this while i was waiting for answers....you will LOVE IT! it's sorted by rating too! YAY!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Salad/Gree鈥?/a>
go here:
http://www.saladcreations.net/
go to menu, and then to featured salads....and look at this salad menu! i only wish i knew how to make their homemade dressings. :)
ps. the recipes above my ';answer'; look pretty tasty! im stealing them!
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