Different Salads?

[Luckylove]

We are going to my brother's house for a BBQ Sunday and we are bringing the salad. My SIL is always very creative with her food. Very Martha Stewart like. Does anyone have a good salad that isnt the norm but isnt too unusual??

Thanks! :hungry

[Sara]

How about broccolli salad? I haven't made this recipe yet, but want to for our BBQ coming up:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bodacious-Broccoli-Salad/Detail.aspx

[Lynette]

Broccoli salad is good :) My recipe is a little different in that there is no cheese, no onions, and I add toasted almonds but it is one of those salads you can tweak to your tastes because I have had it with sunflower seeds and grapes before too.

A sweet green salad I make when the rest of the meal is more salty/savory is baby spinach, candied walnuts, mandarin orange slices, dried cranberries and some raspberry vinagrette.

And everyone seems to like a good Caesar salad :)

[Brookepanda]

we have a family recipe taco salad that is always a hit :)
iceburg lettuce sliced very thin
1 can ranch style beans with the juice drained but not rinsed
half block grated chedder cheese
1 tomato diced
1/2 purple onion diced
1 small can olives diced
half a bag of crushed fritos
mix it all up with catalina dressing to taste :)

It's always a hit in our family...or any gatherings we have brought it too....lately I have been adding seasoned ground beef as well....

Just throwing it out there :)

[becky]

yum that sounds so good Brooke. So I'm going to have to have a BBQ at my house and request you bring that over with you and your family :)

[Shanta]

I do a very easy salad that is always a hit.

Heart of Romaine lettuce
Dried cranberries
Toasted pecans ( you can spice these if you want to go all out)
Good crumbled blue cheese (danish is my fav)
and Briannas' Poppy seed dressing (it has a peach on the bottle)

if you get the lettuce in a bag and toast the pecans in advance you can make it in under 3 min. :)

I am a big 30 min meal type gal

[justamom]

We use Romaine Lettuce, or Spinach, or both. Then add cherry tomatoes, cucumber, diced avocado, raisins or cranberries, Feta or Parmesan Cheese, olive oil or italian dressing.