Dinner Salads

Brett and I love us some salad action. I also believe at least one-third of your plate should be green EVERY meal.

Here are some great salads I've served for dinner!!

Chicken with Spinach Tortellini with Orange juice dressing.

Sautee your chicken in some olive oil until completely cooked. Cook your Buitoni Spinach and Three-cheese Torellini as directed, and drain.

In a pan, heat up some fresh squeezed OJ, orange zest, and olive oil until combined, and toss with chicken and tortellini. Serve over greens with yellow bell pepper and red onion.

Chicken sausage with onion and green grapes

Cook chicken sausage under broiler or on stove top to your taste.

Thinly slice tons of cucumber, purple and white onion. Brett had bought me a Mandolin slicer that day, so I broke it in. I highly recommend getting one. http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-Folding-Mandoline-Slicer/dp/B001F5RSEK/ref=sr_1_7/183-7697115-1887505?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1252288930&sr=1-7

If I may.

A big handfull of green grapes, some good goats cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. Amazing.

Jalapeno Ceasar Salad

So I found these Chicken Sausages with Jalapanos in them and I had to buy them. I sliced them to 1/4" slices and sauteed them. Red pepper, Avocado chunks, baguette chunks for croutans, and Jalapeno Ceasar dressing. For the dressing, combine 1 jalapeno, de-seeded if you wish, with 1/2 c store bought ceasar in a food processor. We went on a picnic for dinner...

Fruit

Never underestimate how good fruits are on a normal green salad.

Cut chicken breasts into chunks and marinate in raspberry pomegranite salad dressing. After a few hours of marinating, cook chicken over medium high heat, about 10 minutes, until done.

Over romaine lettuce, dice strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, onion, cucumber, grapefruit, celery, grapes, and whatever other fruit you might have...but not bananas, they wont hold well.

Serve with raspberry pomegranite dressing from the bottle.

Toasted Salami, Feta and Avocado

Toast triangles of salami under the broiler until crispy.

In a food processor, combine 1/2 an avocado with 1/4 c

ranch dressing.

I have a Magic Bullet food processor. I make a lot of dressings using it...http://www.buythebullet.com/

Toss avocado dressing with greens and top with salami and feta crumbles.

Spinach with Chicken Sausage

I found a chicken sausage with spinahc and feta cheese in it, so I knew I had a salad right there.

Sautee the sausage in 1/2" rounds in olive oil. Served over spinach with feta crumbles and a sweet balsamic vinaigrette.

Anything served with Parmesean Crusted Chicken

Oh god this is good....

Trim and wash your chicken breasts.

In one bowl, crack an egg and season with salt and pepper. In another bowl, pour 1/2 C KRAFT grated parmesean cheese and season with lots of black pepper, salt, basil and oregano flakes. Dip chicken in egg, then cheese crumbs. Sautee in olive oil 5 minutes each side, and another 5-10 in a 350 oven.

Serve over pasta or a salad, such as....

Romaine lettuce, red bell pepper, croutons, parm cheese, and ceasar dressing.

Greens with red pepper, carrots, onion, cucumbers, and home-made croutons.