Easy Salad and Dinner Recipes You Can Make Anytime: Salad and Dinner Recipes That Go Together

By Ida Smith

Eating healthy and staying on a diet can take the excitement out of mealtimes, but with some creativity and combination of salads and feel-good foods, you will be looking forward to cooking and eating again. 

 

This recipe book contains 40 mouthwatering and easy-to-make salad and dinner recipes that will reawaken your appetite and satisfy your taste buds.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ida Smith
• Release date: Sep 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393375982

Ida Smith

IDA SMITH enjoys disappearing into a good story, whether she’s reading or writing it. Ida believes life rarely happens the way we plan, so she writes of fictional characters traveling Jagged Journeys. Ida’s stories capture our imagination—leaving us wondering: “What if that were me?” Ida lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family where she enjoys scrapbooking, gardening, and the outdoors.

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Mexican Rice Salad

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This one of the most complete 5-ingredient recipes you will come across that is also delicious, of course.

Yield: 4

Total Prep Time: 10 mins

List of Ingredients:

−  2 Pack microwave Mexican rice (250g each)

−  1 pack Mexican salad kit (400g)

−  Cherry tomatoes, halved (250g)

−  Fresh coriander leaves (garnish)

How to Cook:

Cook rice according to directions on the pack

Combine all the ingredients including rice, cheese (from salad kit), and dressing (also from salad kit)

Serve and garnish with coriander

Chicken and Parmesan Salad

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Can’t get enough of cheese and chicken recipes, this delightful ensemble of these two ingredients equals creamy goodness, with a zip of lemon.

Yield: 2

Total Prep Time: 30 mins

List of Ingredients:

−  Chicken thigh fillets (1 lb.)

−  Salad leaves, washed and drained (3 handfuls)

−  Lemon juice (1 ½ tbsp)

−  Parmesan shavings (1 cup)

−  EVOO (5 tablespoons)

−  Salt and black pepper (to taste)

How to Cook:

Slice chicken into thin strips, coat with 1 tablespoon oil, and season with salt and pepper

Heat pan on medium-high heat, stir fry till chicken strip browns

Next, mix remaining oil and lemon juice in a small bowl

Pour chicken into lemon dressing, add in salad leaves and toss

Serve salad warm with parmesan cheese shavings

Balsamic Salad with Ricotta and Steak

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Here is another cheesy delight salad recipe that should impress the people you are feeding.

Yield: 3

Total Prep Time: 30 mins

List of Ingredients:

−  Steak, sliced into bite-size (200 oz)

−  Plain flour (1 cup)

−  Ricotta cheese (8oz)

−  Shredded lettuce (3 cups)

−  Balsamic vinegar (2 tbsp)

−  EVOO (2 tbsp)

How to Cook:

Season flour with salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl, add sliced steak and toss until well coated

Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat, place coated steak in oil and fry each side till it turns golden and crispy. Drain steak slices on parchment paper

In a small bowl whisk together balsamic vinegar and EVOO and season. Add in lettuce leaves and toss till well coated

When serving, spread ricotta on the plates, place lettuce and top with steak

Serve while steak is still hot

Tomato Pasta Salad

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