Looking for good summer salad and recipes?

SJ-SC-CA Incredible Chicken Salad





3 cups chicken breast (cooked and cubed)


1 cup pineapple (diced)


1/2 cup celery (diced)


1/2 cup mayonnaise


1/4 cup raisins


1/4 cup walnuts


1/8 cup dried cranberries


2 Tablespoons sweet onion (minced)


2 Tablespoons apple juice





Combine all ingredients in a bowl until well combined and chill. Serve with a lettuce garnish.Looking for good summer salad and recipes?
Nicoise Salad


Vinaigrette


1/2 cup lemon juice


3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil


1 medium shallot, minced


1 Tbsp minced fresh thyme leaves


2 Tbsp minced fresh basil leaves


2 teaspoons minced fresh oregano leaves


1 teaspoon Dijon mustard


Salt and freshly ground black pepper





Salad


2 grilled or otherwise cooked tuna steaks* (8 oz each) or 2-3 cans of tuna


6 hard boiled eggs, peeled and either halved or quartered


10 small new red potatoes (each about 2 inches in diameter, about 1 1/4 pounds total), each potato scrubbed and quartered


Salt and freshly ground black pepper


2 medium heads Boston lettuce or butter lettuce, leaves washed, dried, and torn into bite-sized pieces


3 small ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into eighths


1 small red onion, sliced very thin


8 ounces green beans, stem ends trimmed and each bean halved crosswise


1/4 cup ni莽oise olives


2 Tbsp capers, rinsed and/or several anchovies (optional)





*Marinate tuna steaks in a little olive oil for an hour. Heat a large skillet on medium high heat, or place on a hot grill. Cook the steaks 2 to 3 minutes on each side until cooked through.





Whisk lemon juice, oil, shallot, thyme, basil, oregano, and mustard in medium bowl; season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.





Bring potatoes and 4 quarts cold water to boil in a large pot. Add 1 tablespoon salt and cook until potatoes are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer potatoes to a medium bowl with a slotted spoon (do not discard boiling water). Toss warm potatoes with 1/4 cup vinaigrette; set aside.





While potatoes are cooking, toss lettuce with 1/4 cup vinaigrette in large bowl until coated. Arrange bed of lettuce on a serving platter. Cut tuna into 1/2-inch thick slices, coat with vinaigrette. Mound tuna in center of lettuce. Toss tomatoes, red onion, 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt and pepper to taste in bowl; arrange tomato-onion mixture on the lettuce bed. Arrange reserved potatoes in a mound at edge of lettuce bed.





Return water to boil; add 1 tablespoon salt and green beans. Cook until tender but crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain beans, transfer to reserved ice water, and let stand until just cool, about 30 seconds; dry beans well. Toss beans, 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt and pepper to taste; arrange in a mound at edge of lettuce bed.





Arrange hard boiled eggs, olives, and anchovies (if using) in mounds on the lettuce bed. Drizzle eggs with remaining 2 tablespoons dressing, sprinkle entire salad with capers (if using)..Looking for good summer salad and recipes?
I love salads at this time of year lots of fresh veggies to choose from. The link I provided as a huge list of salads for the summer.


Mangia!!!!
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hope this helps :)