Delicious Salads Cookbook

By Kris Saven

The Delicious Salads Cookbook contains original vegetable and fruit salads recipes as well as original salad dressings.  The majority of the recipes in The Delicious Salads Cookbook  are American dishes for your enjoyment.  

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kris Saven
• Release date: Jul 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781386935209

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The Delicious Salads Cookbook

By Kris Saven

K. M. Copyright 2016,

All Rights Reserved

All rights reserved.

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit,

and my family and friends; especially my Mom who helped save my life.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Food Preparation

True Food

Vegetable Salads

Salad Dressing

Fruit Salads

Works Cited

FOOD PREPARATION

These salads are easy and quick to make having a little prep time for each ingredient. You can try adding croutons to add crunch and flavor and/or have rolls or bread with these salads.

Chicken

You can shorten your preparation of chicken salads by purchasing already prepared chicken breast from the supermarket. You can use prepackaged deli chicken, but it may be too salty. It just depends on your taste. Be sure to follow the food safety guidelines for cooking chicken and raw meat recommended by the CDC (Center for Disease Control). The chicken should be completely white with no pink coloring when completely cooked. If you see pink coloring in the chicken, continue cooking until the chicken is completely white.

Shrimp

You can use fresh shrimp that you should peel and devein or purchase frozen shrimp that has already been deveined and peeled to save time. When boiling shrimp, make sure the water is already boiling before you put the shrimp in. You may also want to thaw the frozen shrimp before placing it in the boiling water to make sure the shrimp is completely cooked.

Ham and Turkey

Unless it’s Easter or Christmas, you probably don’t have the time to cook a full ham or turkey. Ham already prepared by your grocery store deli or prepackaged turkey or ham will taste good in these salads. Try to get the low sodium variety of these meats so their flavor won’t be too salty for the salad.

Food Safety

To prevent food poisoning, the CDC recommends you do the following when preparing raw meats:

Clean

1. Wash hands with warm soapy water for 20 seconds before and after handling poultry.

2. Wash utensils, cutting boards, dishes, and countertops with hot soapy water after preparing each food item and before you go on to prepare the next item.

3. Washing raw poultry before cooking it is not recommended. Bacteria in raw poultry juices can be spread to other foods, utensils, and surfaces.

4. Sanitize food contact surfaces with a freshly made solution of one tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach in one gallon of water.

Separate:

1. Separate poultry from other foods in your grocery-shopping cart and in your refrigerator.

2. If possible, use one cutting board for fresh produce and a separate one for raw poultry.

3. Never place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw poultry.

Cook:

1. Cook poultry to a safe minimum internal temperature of 165°F as measured with a food thermometer.

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