Salads are a healthy and extremely simple and quick meal to put together, but put a bit more effort in and a simple salad can turn into a dazzling, mouthwatering dish. We’re going to look at a few salad recipes here to give a great culinary experience. We’ll start off with a simple American salad recipe:

American Salad Recipe

INGREDIENTS
2 lbs of diced potatoes
2 sticks of celery; minced
1 lb of fried and minced eggs
2 diced apples
Mayonnaise

1 lettuce

Boil the potatoes until soft, then remove them from the pan and allow them to cool, then place them in a salad bowl, before adding in the celery, eggs, apples and mayonnaise. Mix it all well and serve on a bed of lettuce leaves.

Okay, so that’s the first salad, very simple but delicious as an appetizer or side dish. Let’s make something a bit meatier now!

Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe

INGREDIENTS
1 lettuce
1 chicken breast
1 egg
1 tomato
Diced fried bread
7 oz of Parmesan cheese
4 anchovies
Oil
Vinegar
Salt and pepper
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
1 clove of garlic
1 egg

Wash and cut up your lettuce leaves into a salad bowl, and add slices of tomato. Cook your chicken in a pan with some oil, and hardboil your egg. Then add them and 3 chopped anchovies, grated cheese and fried bread, or croutons.

To make the sauce, mix the lemon juice, vinegar and oil, putting it to one side when it’s ready.

Now crush the garlic, add the last anchovy, some Worcestershire sauce, then season with salt and pepper, then mix it all with whisked egg. Next you’ll want to add the lemon juice mix, vinegar and oil, and whip it all together. Drizzle the sauce on top of the salad and serve up!

Or how about a seafood salad? This one is especially simple, just get some good ingredients and you’re set!

Cold Tuna Salad Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 can of tuna (drained)
1 tbsp. of low-fat mayonnaise
1 tbsp. of soy sauce (low sodium)
1 tbsp of dehydrated onion
Juice of 1 lemon
Half a tbsp of powdered curry
1 lettuce or spinach leaf

All you have to do is mix the tuna in with the other ingredients, then serve up on a bed of lettuce or spinach leaves. This recipe is for just one serving, and at only 230 calories it’s a great healthy dish.