Category Archives: Salads

BBQ Chicken Salad

***From my archives***
I was very excited to try
BBQ Chicken Salad,

seriously, a dressing made with BBQ sauce and Ranch Dressing! How can that NOT be GOOD!

Here is our cast of characters:

Ranch Dressing
BBQ Sauce
Grilled Chicken
Romain Lettuce
Tomatoes, diced
Cilantro, chopped
1 can Black Beans, drained
1 can Corn, drained
(oops, forgot that for the picture)
Green Onions
Shredded Cheese
Tortilla Strips


Here is what Becky said:

“Now, there are different ways you can have this. In the past, we would mix all the fresh ingredients and then pour the ranch on top, then drizzled with BBQ sauce. My husband prefers to marinate the cooked chicken in the BBQ sauce all day and serve it that way. I also like to mix the ranch dressing and the BBQ sauce together for a Ranch/BBQ dressing. Whatever the way, it is SOOOO good! “




I chose to mix the Ranch dressing and BBQ sauce, then marinate the cooked chicken in the sauce. That alone was wonderful. If you were to shred the chicken and mix it with the sauce, you would have a wonderful filling for a chicken sandwich.

 

I also crushed the tortilla chips and mixed it with the salad just before I served it.


This recipe did not disappoint.

It was SO good!

Everyone loved this, it will defiantly become a regular at our dinner table.

(Check out Becky’s cute blog here.)

For other great dinner ideas, head over to Our Bluebell Country

Strawberry Spinach Salad

***This is a post from my archives, I first published it ten years ago when I was doing a series on salads for my personal blog****

This Salad come from a good friend and neighbor of mine. She served it at a little gals night out get together at her house, and it had become a favorite of mine.

Here is our list of ingredients:

Spinach leaves, washed and trimmed (or a bag)
Strawberries, washed and sliced
Feta Cheese, crumbled
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
Sugared Walnuts (I will show you how)
Brianna’s Blush Wine Vinaigrette


To sugar walnuts, melt equal parts brown sugar and butter in a small sauce pan (I did 2 Tbsp of each), when it is all melted add the walnuts and stir to coat.

Then lay them out and let them cool, and you have sugared walnuts.

I am not a walnut fan, but I love these.

Crumble the feta, I am not a real lover of feta, but there is something about the mix of strawberry and Vinaigrette that makes the feta so yummy.

Make sure to slice the onion really thin. Usually I don’t love raw onion, but like the feta, there is something about the mix of all the ingredients in this salad that makes it so yummy.

Add all your ingredients and toss with the Blush Wine Vinaigrette.

I served this with homemade french bread (thanks Casey) and home made pizza. I thought it made a yummy meal. I will have to be totally honest and say that my family doesn’t really share my love of this salad, Dadzoo mumbles something about hating feta, it has to do with being forced to eat it as a child. All my kids hate the dressing and the onions. So from a feeding the family/kids stand point this salad didn’t go over so well, but I love it, so it will just have to be saved for special occasions (like when I crave it really badly, there are some advantages to being the cook!)

Vinaigrette Salad

This is a re-post from www.momzoolife.com
March 29, 2012

This salad is a lot like other salad recipes I have posted.  I love a good vinaigrette salad and I am always looking for different combinations of ingredients.  In this salad I especially loved the combination of bacon and feta cheese, very good!  I really liked this salad, Dadzoo liked this salad and about half of my little punks liked this salad (my children with the more mature palates).  It is defiantly a keeper!

Starting with the dressing we are going to need:

1 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 olive oil (use the good stuff!)
1 tsp poppy seeds

Throw it all in a blender and mix well

 

For the body of the salad we will need:

2-3 Romain hearts shredded
(I was lazy and used a spring mix)
1-2 apples, chopped
1 pkg bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 pkg walnuts or pecans, chopped
1 pkg feta cheese

Toss all ingredients together with the dressing right before serving and enjoy!

Chicken Salad

Re-post from www.momzoolife.com
March 2009

 

It seems like there are as many recipes for chicken salad as there are for potato salad, every family seems to have one they love and use all the time.

This is “our” recipe for chicken salad, it is very simple, very fattening, and super good.

Momzoo’s Chicken Salad:
2 cups chicken cooked and chopped

1 cup Mayo
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup chopped celery
1 cup crushed potato chip
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese


Mix the Mayo, salt and lemon juice.

Add Chicken and Celery

Mix well

Right before serving add the potato chips and cheese, stir well.

Serve on a croissant.

Enjoy, and try not to think of all the fat and calories…..

Because of Easter weekend and some sick family memeber (2 kids and a husband) I will be posting the seventh salad (Baby spinach and Citrus Salad) next week.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Pina Colada Salad

 ***This great summer salad is from my archives***

 

This salad was a hit with the “zoo” everyone loved it.  Which is really no surprise because it is very, very sweet, so sweet in fact it would do nicely as a summertime dessert or snack on a hot afternoon.  It is very different from anything I have served or eaten before, I am excited to make it again.

First we will start with the dressing
Our ingredients are:

1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup pina colada drink mix
1 1/2 cup sour cream

add all ingredients together and whisk, then chill in the refrigerator while preparing the body of the salad.

For the rest of the salad we will need:

1 cup cashews
2 cups craisins
1 cup diced celery
2 cups diced, fresh, pineapple

Toss the ingredients together in a large bowl, then add the dressing and serve cold.