Malaysian Salad

When my daughter was in Children's Hospital for a dental surgery, hubby and I took turn to get something to eat. I decided to check their cafeteria for food. I was impressed with their food selection. Since I have diabetes, I have to be careful with what I eat. I decided to buy this Malaysian salad. It was superb! This is the first time that I had this and I wish I can find a place to buy just like this as it was really good.

House Salad at Jim 'n Nick's

My friend ordered this salad and we shared it. This is really awesome! House salad with greek dressing. One of the best. I promised myself that the next time I go to Jim 'n Nick's I will order this salad again.

House salad has the following: lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, cheese and some shredded pork. Greek dressing is great with it as you can taste the different spices of the dressing. Try it!

Vietnamese Fresh Salad

My friend Myla served this to us at their own place. This is very delicious especially if you like cilantro. This is made of fresh veggies and crab meat. She told me that you can actually use shrimps and mung bean sprouts in it.

This is served with hot and spicy sauce and hoisin sauce. Delicious!

Seaweed Salad

Went to eat at New China Buffet yesterday. I so love their Seaweed Salad! Besides the salad my friends and I feasted on their sushi too!

Boston Bibb Salad

Presenting Josie's creation. Josie is a Filipina friend of mine.

Boston Bibb Salad sprinkled with ripe strawberries, feta cheese, and almond slivers, with mango ginger vinaigrette dressing.

Looking at the photo, it may seem like it is something you will only find in fine restaurants. But believe me, Josie made this at their own home.

Salad with Croutons

I have been eating salad as my midnight snack. Well, I think at least, it is healthier. I stayed up as late as around early morning so I always get hungry around midnight.

This is one of my most common midnight snack. Salad made of cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, avocado and croutons. Sometimes, I use catalina dressing or french dressing or red wine vinaigrette.

Midnight Snacks

I have been staying up finishing some tasks that I got hungry. Time for snacks everyone...



Baby carrots and lettuce in Catalina Sauce! Yumm and healthy too!

Salad in French Dressing

I wanted to eat something healthy especially when I stay up late at night. We usually have some salad to satisfy our cravings at night. We usually use french dressing.

This is what i had last night....

Lettuce and carrots in french dressing

Spinach Salad with a Twist

This is the first time that I had this salad. I always prefer our normal salad with french dressing. Our normal salad usually comprise of tomato, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, radish and avocado. But, for a change I tried spinach salad.

Ingredients:
Spinach
purple cabbage
Mandarin orange, drain
almonds or walnuts
goat cheese
balsamic vinaigrette

Directions:

• Slice purple cabbage, wash and drain.
• Wash spinach and drain
• Cut goat cheese into bite small size
  
• Put spinach in a salad bowl and mix with cabbage. Sprinkle with orange, almonds or walnuts, goat cheese.
• Top with balsamic vinaigrette.
  
• Mix and Serve.

Buko Pandan

When we attended Angie and Freddie's Anniversary Party, we enjoyed sumptuous meal and the dessert was wonderful.

Ate Angie served us with buko pandan... wanna have some?

A little trivia.... Did you know that...

Buko Pandan is a favorite Filipino salad served in almost every kind of party in the Philippines, originated from Bohol. It can also be in a form of a refreshing drink with buko and pandan flavored gelatin and pinipig toppings or a flavor in the Filipino drink pearl shakes.

Salmon Salad with NAKANO Vinegar

I grew up in a place where fish are plentiful. Fish is always a part of our daily meal. There are different kinds of fish that is available in our locality and we cooked it in different ways, that is why, we never get tired of eating fish.

When I got here in the USA, I was disappointed that the choices of fish is very limited. The only good thing that came out of the little choice that I have is, I learned to enjoy cooking different recipe using salmon.

One of my secrets for healthy cooking is using NAKANO All Natural Seasoned Vinegar. This vinegar has subtle and distinctive taste. It is made from real rice thus it is all natural, fat free, low calorie, gluten free, and has 50% less sodium. This vinegar is really great for Salmon Salad. NAKANO All Natural Seasoned Rice Vinegar can also be used as healthy alternative to salad dressing, butter or sour cream. I encourage you to join NAKANO Splash Recipe Club and find out how you can Save $1 on Nakano Rice Vinegar.

Anyway, here's the recipe of Salmon Salad with Tomatoes, Capers and Dill Vinaigrette

Ingredients:
2/3 cup NAKANO Seasoned Rice Vinegar Roasted Garlic or Original
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons dried dill weed, divided
4 salmon fillets, about 5 ounces each
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
16 asparagus spears
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1 tablespoon capers Hearts of Romaine lettuce

Directions:
Combine rice vinegar, garlic, salt and 1 teaspoon dill weed to make dill vinaigrette; stir well. Place salmon fillets in a shallow non metallic container. Add 4 tablespoons dill vinaigrette; marinate 30 to 60 minutes. Drain salmon and discard marinade. Grill or saute salmon, starting with the skin side down, until cooked as desired. Cover and set aside.

Add olive oil to remaining vinaigrette. Blanch asparagus and place in shallow, rimmed dish. Drizzle 3 tablespoons vinaigrette over asparagus. Combine tomatoes, capers, 2 tablespoons vinaigrette and remaining 1/2 teaspoon dill weed.

To serve, arrange lettuce leaves and 4 asparagus spears on each serving plate. Remove skin from salmon and place one fillet on each plate. Spoon a generous ribbon of tomato mixture over salmon, lettuce and asparagus. Serve with remaining dill vinaigrette, as desired.

Serves 4

Salmon may be served hot or at room temperature.

Jenn's Favorite Salad

Jenn's Favorite Salad is a recipe that I tried which I got at Jenn Cooks.... Adventures From the Kitchen...

Since I like salads, I decided to try her recipe. It was really delicious and even Andrea liked it. I altered her ingredients though specifically the onions since I don't like raw onions. But for the complete recipe of the salad visit her website here.

This is my version (slightly altered)

Ingredients:
Hard boiled eggs (diced)
Lettuce
Mayonnaise
Milk
Vinegar
Sugar
Salt
Pepper

Directions:

1. Mix mayonnaise, milk, vinegar and sugar. Set aside.
2. Prepare the lettuce. Add eggs. Season with salt and pepper
3. Pour the dressing and mix
4. Serve