Crisp Side Salad
"Found this recipe in Quick Cooking. Recipes states: "The light dressing Craig Miller serves over his crunchy combination of colorful salad fixings contains just a hint of sweetness. I like to make the dressing ahead to let the flavors blend, remarks the Torrance, California cook." Time doesn't include time for chilling dressing."
photo by Andi Longmeadow Farm
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 cups salad greens, torn
- 3⁄4 cup zucchini, sliced (or cucumber)
- 2 medium carrots, sliced
- 2 celery ribs, sliced
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1⁄4 cup seasoned croutons
- 1 tablespoon whole almond, toasted
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
directions
- In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the olive oil, cider vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper; shake well.
- In a large salad bowl, combine the greens, zucchini, carrots, celery and onions.
- Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat.
- Top with croutons and toasted almonds and sesame seeds.
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Reviews
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This is a great salad. I used cucumbers instead of zucchini. The dressing is yummy with all these veggies. I forgot to add the croutons. But anyway DH doesn't care for croutons. I omitted the almonds and sesame seeds. Thanks Diner :) Made for Holiday tag game -
This salad has lots of nice veggies, but still it is easy to throw together. The dressing is simple but tasty. Made for ZWT 2011. -
Nice side salad. I made it with as directed except that I forgot the croutons until I had eaten half of the salad, lol. Loved the dressing - nice and light. Thanks diner for a nice salad. Made for ZWT7 for the Emerald City Shakers. -
This is very good. I used unrefined extra virgin olive oil, organic apple cider vinegar, white sugar, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, romaine & iceberg lettuce, green zucchini, no croutons as we are gluten/yeast free, plus the rest of the ingredients. Made for ZWT7 Italy, for my team Food.Commandos -
I thought this would be a great salad, but it was even better than expected! The dressing is light and has a very pleasant taste. My favorite part of the salad was the toasted almonds (I used slivered) and the seasoned croutons (I crushed mine). Thank you for a winner of a salad recipe!
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This is a great salad. I used cucumbers instead of zucchini. The dressing is yummy with all these veggies. I forgot to add the croutons. But anyway DH doesn't care for croutons. I omitted the almonds and sesame seeds. Thanks Diner :) Made for Holiday tag game
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This is a great little salad! I used cucumber instead of zucchini and really loved the dressing. Great combination of crunchy veggies, croutons, nuts and seeds - we enjoyed this - thanks for sharing the recipe!
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I enjoyed this. I made this as directed except I used Splenda instead of sugar. I also used cucumbers instead of zucchini. I didn't have almonds so I just doubled the sesame seeds. Made for ZWT5.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
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