I like to make my own salad dressings to take to work with me to use on my salads to cut back on calories. My dilemma always comes in what to put it in that is easy and portable. In order to recycle, I rinse out an empty plastic disposable water bottle, use a funnel to put my dressing in the bottle and the put the lid on it and take it to work with me. Not only are you helping the environment by reusing those plastic bottles, but the bottle is good to reshake and stir your dressings in as well.
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Dose Of Dressing. Don't throw away your empty prescription bottles. I use mine for a premeasured "dose" of salad dressing for my work lunches. . .
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I am looking for receipes for cold salads, such as pasta, egg salad, and such.
My husband travels for his work and he takes a cooler and I am running out of ideas for cold salads for him to take along.
This is one of my favourite cold salads and super simple to mix up.
Japanese Cabbage Salad
1/2 c. sliced or slivered almonds
2 tbsp. sesame seeds
1 pkg instant noodles (any flavour)
Dressing:
the instant noodle seasoning
1/2c. cooking oil
2-4tbsp. soy sauce
3 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
*everything can be mixed ahead of time, but save the noodles until you are ready to eat as they can become soggy.
The great thing about this recipe is that you can always change the ingredients some (eg: leave out the muchrooms or add cooked cubed chicken breast).
Hope you enjoy!
this is a very good salad..we love it!!!! Hope you do!!
7-LAYER MACARONI AND CHEESE PILE-UP
2 boxes spiral macaroni and cheese
2 c. Miracle Whip
Prepare macaroni and cheese as directed. Combine Miracle Whip, onions
and mustard; add to macaroni and cheese. In a 9x12 baking dish, layer
half of macaroni and cheese and all of the lettuce, tomatoes, peas,
celery and eggs. Cover with remaining macaroni and cheese; press to
edges to seal. Cover; refrigerate several hours or overnight. Top
with bacon just before serving.
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2 heads of broccoli
10 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
packzge of sunflower seeds,optional
1 cup raisins
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons vinegar
You do not need to add Raisins if ya do not want to..you can use splenda,instead of sugar!!!
veggie slaw
1 bunch brocolloi
1/2 head of cauliflower
5 baby carrots grated up
1/2 small sweet onion
1/2 pound bacon cooked and crumbled
1 cup shred cheddear cheese
1 cup light mayo or less
2 Tablespoon splenda
2 Tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 t salt
1/4 tea pepper
chop brocolli and cauliflower,very fine in processor.grate carrots...add together..
mix splenda and vinegar together,add to mayo....mix all together..and eat til the world looks level..
Chicken curry salad
cubed chicken or turkey
diced red onion
diced celery
golden raisins
mayo
curry powder
Mix up to taste, or amount.
We use this as a wrap filling, lay out the wrap, use lettuce, spinach, and shredded carrots, put the "spread " on the lettuce or spinach, sprinkle the carrots on and roll. Can use lettuce for the wrapper.
Easy Italian Pasta Salad
1 box any pasta product-cooked according to directions-al dente
one pkg pepperoni slices-cut smaller
1/2 onion chopped,optional
A great way to take a salad to work for lunch is to put all of the ingredients in a reusable glass jar. This page contains mason jar salad ideas.
