Toss green salad

Toss green salad

Ingredients

• Chicken boiled and shredded 1 cup
• Cucumber 1 cut into cubes
• Capsicum 1 cut in cubes
• Carrots 1 thinly sliced
• Sweet corn 3 tbsp
• Cabbage ½ cup sliced
• Croutons ½ cup
• Iceberg lettuce chopped 1 cup
• Salt ½ tsp
• White pepper ½ tsp
• Sugar 1 tbsp
• Mayonnaise 4 tbsp
• Cream 3 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together.

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Sweet potato salad

Sweet potato salad

Ingredients

• Potato peeled, cubed and boiled 2 cups
• Pineapple 1 cup
• Sweet corn ½ cup
• Capsicum ½ cup tiny cubes
• Salt ½ tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Caster sugar 2 tbsp
• Cream 2 tbsp
• Mayonnaise 4 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together serve chilled.

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Fruit jell-o salad

Fruit jell-o salad

Ingredients

• Curd cheese 1 cup
• Pineapple tidbits 1 cup
• Pineapple jelly 1 packet
• Fruit cocktail 1 cup
• Cream 1 cup chilled

Method

• Beat cream add pineapple jelly crystals, curd cheese and fruits, mix well and serve chilled.

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French dressing

French dressing

Ingredients

• Oil ½ cup
• White vinegar 2 tbsp
• Mustard paste 1 tsp
• Salt ¼ tsp
• Crushed black pepper ¼ tsp
• Caster sugar 1 tsp
• Fresh ground garlic ½ tsp

Method

• Put all together in a jar with a tight fitting lit, cover the jar, shake until thick.

Salads

Ingredients

• Sweet potato salad
• Potato peeled, cubed and boiled 2 cups
• Pineapple 1 cup
• Sweet corn ½ cup
• Capsicum ½ cup tiny cubes
• Salt ½ tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Caster sugar 2 tbsp
• Cream 2 tbsp
• Mayonnaise 4 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together serve chilled.

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Chicken slaw salad

Chicken slaw salad

Ingredients

• Chicken boiled and shredded 1 cup
• Cabbage thinly sliced 2 cups
• Carrots thinly sliced 1
• Dill finely chopped 2 tbsp
• Mayonnaise 4 tbsp
• Cream 2 tbsp
• Salt ¾ tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Sugar 2 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together serve chilled.

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Italian corn and macaroni salad

Italian corn and macaroni salad

Ingredients

• Macaroni boiled 1 ½ cup
• Sweet corn ½ cup
• Cucumber 1 cut into tiny cubes
• Capsicum 1 cut into tiny cubes
• Pineapple ½ cup
• Salt ½ tsp
• Black pepper ½ tsp
• Sugar 1 tbsp
• French dressing 5 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together serve chilled.

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French Cucumber Salad

French Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

• Cucumber 3
• Dill 1 tbsp (chopped)
• Garlic paste 1 tsp
• Curd 2 tbsp
• Mayonnaise 2 tbsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Black pepper crushed 1 tsp

Method:

• Peal and deseed cucumber cut into semi circle slices mix with al the seasonings curd and mayonnaise..Serve over a bed of salad leaves decorate with tomato.

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Chat pata salad

Chat pata salad

Ingredients

• Boneless chicken breast 2 boiled and coarsely chopped
• Cucumber 1 chopped
• Tomato 1 chopped seeds remove
• Apple 1 chopped
• Potato 1 large peeled, chopped and boiled
• Sweet corn ½ cup

Ingredients for dressing

• Mayonnaise 5 tbsp heaped
• Milk ¼ cup
• Black salt ½ tsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Chat masala 1 tsp
• Cumin roasted and crushed ½ tsp
• Caster sugar 1 tbsp

Method

• Mix all together and serve chilled.

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Fruity chicken salad

Fruity chicken salad

Ingredients

• Cream cheese 4 tbsp
• Mayonnaise ½ cup
• Chicken boiled and chopped 2 cups
• Whipped cream 2 tbsp
• Fruit cocktail 1 cup
• Apple 1 medium chopped
• Salt and black pepper ½ tsp each
• Caster sugar 1 tbsp
• Flaked almonds toasted 2 tbsp for garnish
• Salad leaves for garnish

Method

• Beat cream cheese and mayonnaise in a large bowl, add in seasonings and all the rest except almonds, mix slightly, spoon onto lettuce, cover plate, sprinkle with toasted almonds and serve chilled.

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Frozen Salad Mould

Frozen Salad Mould

Ingredients

• Potato (cubed and boiled) 1 cup
• Carrot cubed and boiled ½ cup
• Peas boiled ½ cup
• Cucumber (peeled and cut into cubed) 2
• Fruit cocktail 1 medium tin
• Mayonnaise ¾ cup
• Fresh cream 1 cup
• Castro sugar 2 tbsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• White pepper ½ tsp
• Gelatin powder 1 tbsp
• Pineapple jelly 1 packet
• Water 1 cup

Method

• Dissolve jelly and gelatin in 1 cup water. Mix in it mayonnaise, cream, salt, pepper, sugar, all vegetables, fruit cocktail, mix all well. Pour mixture in a jelly mould. Set for 4 hours till firm. Over turn serve decorated on bed of salad leaves

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Spicy Creamy Potato Salad

Spicy Creamy Potato Salad

Ingredients

• Potatoes 4 large peeled, cubed and boiled
• Mayonnaise 6 tbsp heaped
• Suree chili garlic sauce 2 tbsp
• Hard boiled eggs 2 chopped
• Green onions 2 tbsp chopped
• Dill finely chopped 1 tbsp
• Sweet corn 4 tbsp
• Salt and black pepper ½ tsp each
• Sugar 1 tbsp heaped
• Cream 2 tbsp
• Salad leaves for garnish

Method

• Mix all together, serve over bed of salad leaves, chilled.

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Mixed Vegetable Raita

Mixed Vegetable Raita
 

Ingredients

• Yogurt 1 cup
• Chili powder ½ tsp
• Cucumber diced 3 tbsp
• Onion 1 small diced
• Potatoes 1 small boiled and cubed
• Tomato 1 cut in tiny cubes
• Green chili 1 finely chopped
• Coriander leaves 1 tbsp chopped
• Salt ½ tsp

Method

• Beat yogurt with chili powder and salt, add all the vegetables, mix well, serve chilled.

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Pineapple upside down salad mould

Pineapple upside down salad mould

Ingredients

• Pineapple slices 1 can undrained
• Cherry halves 6
• Pineapple jelly 1 packet dissolved in ¾ cup water
• Cream cheese 4 tbsp
• Curd cheese 4 tbsp
• Mayonnaise 4 tbsp
• Cream 4 tbsp whipped
• Gelatin 2 tbsp dissolved in pineapple syrup ¼ syrup
• Sugar 2 tbsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Pineapple tidbits ½ cup
• Fruit cocktail 1 cup

Method

• Grease your mould very well with oil, fix with pineapple and cherries, dissolve cherries in ¾ water, pour on top of pineapple slices, beat together cream, curd cheese, cream cheese, mayonnaise and cream, fold in pineapple fruit cocktail, sugar, salt, dissolve gelatin, mix all well, pour on top of set jell-o, freeze till done, over turn and serve.

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Colonel Cole slo salad

Colonel Cole slo salad

Ingredients

• Cabbage finely chopped into small cubes 3 cups
• Carrots 1 cup finely chopped into tiny cubes
• Sugar 2 tbsp heaped
• Salt 1 tsp
• White pepper ½ tsp
• White vinegar 2 tbsp
• Fresh cream 4 tbsp
• Mayonnaise ½ tbsp

Method

• Chopped carrots and cabbage very finely into tiny cubes, mix with all above ingredients, serve chilled.

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3 beans salad

3 beans salad

Ingredients

• Chic peas boiled 2 cups
• Rajma 1 can
• Sweet corn 1 cup
• Onion chopped in cubes ½ cup
• Green onion chopped 3 tbsp
• Tomato 2 seeds removed and cubed
• Capsicum 1 seeds removed and cubed
• Cucumber 2 seeds removed and cubed
• Salt ¾ tsp
• Roasted cumin crushed 1 tsp
• Crushed red pepper 1 tsp heaped
• Sugar 1 tbsp
• French dressing 5 to 6 tbsp
• Lettuce leaves to serve

Method

• Mix altogether serve over bed of lettuce.

Ingredients for French dressing

• Oil ½ cup
• Vinegar ¼ cup
• Salt, pepper, mustard paste ½ tsp each
• Garlic paste ½ tsp

Method

• Put altogether in a tight fitted jar and shape for 5 minutes, use in salad.

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Mixed grain and herbs salad

Mixed grain and herbs salad

Ingredients:

• Parsley Chopped ½ Bunch
• Mint Chopped ½ Bunch
• Cucumber Chopped in cubes 1
• Capsicum chopped in cubes 1
• Carrot chopped in cubes 1
• Tomato Chopped in cubes 1
• Pumpkin Seed ¼ cup
• Slivered almonds ½ cup
• Spring Onion Sliced finely 2 springs
• Currants ¼ cup

Dressing

• Garlic Cloves Crushed 3
• Lemon Juice 1 lemon
• Olive Oil ¼ Cup
• Sumac ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Combine ingredients to make salad

To make dressing:

• Combine dressing ingredients and season to taste with salt, Dress the salad before serving to taste and if there is excess dressing , it can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.

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Roast pumpkin salad

Roast pumpkin salad

Ingredients:

• Half a butternut pumpkin 400 grams
• Bulgarian feta 100 grams
• Pine Nuts toasted 40 grams
• Red Onion Sliced 2
• Balsamic Vinegar 2 tbsp
• Brown sugar 1 tbsp
• Olive oil 2 tbsp
• Extra Olive Oil & Vinegar for dressing

Method:

• Cut the pumpkin into cubes and put on a flat baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in preheated 180c oven for 25 minutes or until the pumpkin is lightly browned. 
• To prepare the caramelized onion, heat oil in a frying pan over a low heat. Add the onions to the pan with a good pinch of salt and cook very slowly for 20 minutes or until caramelized. Don’t stir the pan too much. However, remember to stir it occasionally to prevent them from catching and burning at the base of the pan.When the onions have caramelized, add the sugar and balsamic vinegar and let it cook for 2-5 minutes. To serve, scatter the rocket leaves, then the pumpkin. Crumble the feta on top and then evenly place the caramelized onion and pine nuts. Drizzle with olive oil and some balsamic vinegar before serving.

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Tiny macaroni salad

Tiny macaroni salad

Ingredients

• Macaroni boiled 2 cups
• Capsicum 1 finely chopped
• Tomato 1 finely cubed
• Cucumber 1 finely cubed
• Salt ½ tsp
• Crushed black pepper ½ tsp
• Garlic paste ½ tsp
• Mayonnaise 3 tbsp heaped
• Ketchup 2 tbsp
• Tabasco 1 tbsp

Method

• In a bowl mix mayonnaise with all the seasonings and sauces add in boiled macaroni and vegetables, serve over a bed of salad leaves, chilled.

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