Do you have an easy salad recipe you'd like to share?

United States
May 29, 2009 1:33am CST
The one below is called Five Cup Salad and is light and refreshing in warmer weather, healthy, and easy to make. I hope you enjoy it. Five Cup Salad Into a bowl put:1 cup sour cream 1 cup flaked coconut 1 cup drained mandarin oranges 1 cup baby marshmallows 1 cup drained crushed pineapple Mix ingredients gently and refrigerate for several hours. Serves 10
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• India
3 Jun 09
Summer salad - Sandy summertime banks of rivers in India, harvest wonderful mushy fruits that let 
you delight in rustic summertime salads. Summers find most rivers drying up into 
rivulets, creating huge expanses of dry river embankments readily used by countryside-folk to sow in water-melons, mash-melons, cucumbers and tomatoes
Hello my friend PeacefulWmn9 Ji, This is summer in our country, best cheap and easy as below:- http://www.salad-recipe.net/blog/ Rustic Indian Summertime Salad - Courtesy food.sify.com Sandy summertime banks of rivers in India, harvest wonderful mushy fruits that let you delight in rustic summertime salads. Summers find most rivers drying up into rivulets, creating huge expanses of dry river embankments readily used by countryside- folk to sow in water-melons, mash-melons, cucumbers and tomatoes. If you happen to be in the vicinity of rural India in the summers you might not escape the bountiful boatloads of melons, cucumbers and tomatoes that languidly move down the flowing strips of water, that the rivers are reduced to in summers. But the sandy beaches are another story. They turn into green fields full of the creeper plants, trailing with mellow fruits. It sure is fun to find a nice shady spot under a laden mango tree, weighing heavy with raw green mangoes, redolent with the fragrant aromas. You might find a rope woven cot to sit down and enjoy the cool fresh fruit that provides instant gratification. Well- washed in the river waters and cut in rustic styles, the fruits might be served in the hollow scoops of the melon shells or in leaf bowls!Juicy kharboojas (mash-melons), dripping tarboojas (water-melons) along with gently salted kakdis (cucumbers) and tamatars (tomatoes) make you enjoy the play of colors of your rustic salad as well. Peach, red and green fruit cubes that you can just go on eating. Just ten more days for this bounty that vanishes with the first drops of the approaching monsoons. You wait for the season again to enjoy rustic Indian summer salads. May God bless You and have a great time.
• India
3 Jun 09
Hello my friend PeacefulWmn9 Ji, So nice of you for your positive comments. May God blessYou and have a great time.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
12 Jun 09
A nice creamy salad is mustard mayonaisse mixed with olive oil, shrimps on top, then chopped tomatoes, basil leaves, lettuce and spring onions, mix up all together in the sauce. You can heat it up with a drop or two of tobassco in the dressing.
• United States
12 Jun 09
This would be an excellent seafood salad. It sounds easily made, healthy and delicious. Thank you for sharing it! Karen
@foodieme (100)
• India
5 Jun 09
Yes and I am sure this is one of the fat-free salad recipes everyone would want to try; above all, it uses potato Check out the recipe here and let me know how the recipe turned out for you http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/almost_faf_free_green_onion_potato_salad Enjoy!
• United States
6 Jun 09
It sounds yummy! Thank you for the link : ) Karen
@pink_lady (361)
• Philippines
29 May 09
Hi There, The only salad I know how to prepare is Fruit Salad & Macaroni Salad. I think everyone knows this, but I just want to share this recipes: Fruit Salad: One Big can of Fruit Cocktail Two big cans of Condensed Milk Three to Four packs or cans of Creams You can also add some, pineapple crush, pineapple tidbits and some more ingredients that you like. Just mix them well and put it in the fridge and serve. Macaroni Salad: One pack of Macaroni salad Two big cans of Condensed Milk Two or Three packs or cans of cream One can of Pineapple tidbits and pineapple crush Then mix all ingredients in a container. Make sure the macaroni is not overcooked. Put it in a fridge and serve. Hope you try it and enjoy eating...;o)
• United States
29 May 09
These sound delicious for picnics and summer family reunions. I imagine the condensed milk and cream make them extra good! Thank you, and yes, I will try them. : ) I love the versatility of macaroni salad, and have always put veggies in mine, so it will be fun to try it with the fruit instead! Another thing I have tried is cole slaw with pineapple tidbits and baby marshmallows in it. I got the recipe from a friend and my family loves it. Karen
@rich_yu (163)
• Israel
1 Jun 09
easy salad that i always do is to cut a tomato and cucumber and put salt on it..thats easy and ready to eat.
• United States
1 Jun 09
Mmm, sounds good. I do this and add a little vinegar. Have a happy night! Karen
@divkris (1156)
• India
29 May 09
Grate 2 carrots, 1 onion and 1 beetroot and mix them into the serving bowl. Squeeze half a lid of lemon and add salt to taste. And there you have a quick and colorful salad to serve.
• United States
29 May 09
This sounds yummy! And yes, the colors would make it pretty, too. Have you ever mixed raisins with the vegetables? I've eaten those from salad buffets before. They were good! Thank you for the recipe. Karen
@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
29 May 09
I would use your recipe as a desert. I like salads with raw greens (lettuce, spinach, endive, chicoree, etc). A very nine one is to mix any of those (or all of them) with celery and avocado. I make a drsssing with salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon juice.
• United States
29 May 09
I love green salads, too, and your dressing sounds healthy and delicious! Thank you for sharing it. Karen