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Looking for some quick and easy summer meals? Try these fresh and flavorful summer salad recipes. Made with just a few simple ingredients, these quick recipes will have meals on the table in no time. When you don’t feel like making something long and complicated on those hot summer days, give these easy recipes a try. Each recipe makes 2-3 servings.
Easy Summer Potato Salad: You will need 6 medium red or 4 medium white potatoes (cubed, boiled until tender, and cooled), 2 scallions (thinly sliced), three-quarters cup low-fat cottage cheese, 2 tbsp pimiento-stuffed olives (roughly chopped), and 1 tbsp fresh dill (finely chopped or 1 tsp dried dill). Combine all the salad ingredients in a bowl and toss well, salt and pepper to taste. To Serve: Place on a bed of assorted salad greens with a bowl of your favorite warm or cold soup.
Red Pepper Pasta Salad: In a mixing bowl, combine 2 cups cooked farfalle or rotini pasta, 1 cup red bell pepper (medium dice), 1 cup of cooked chicken (cubed) or 1 cup packaged flavored tofu (cubed), one-half cup sliced water chestnuts, one-half cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese, and one-quarter cup basil pesto (thinned with a little water to make a sauce). Toss ingredients well to combine. To Serve: For a simple summer meal, serve salad chilled in bowls along with warm garlic bread and a side of steamed and chilled broccoli tossed with lemon juice and a little olive oil.
Kiwi Mango Salad with Almonds: You will need, 3 medium kiwis (skin removed and cubed), 1 large mango (skinned, seeded, and cubed – you can also use frozen mango pieces (one and a half cups) – just thaw first), 1 cup jicama (skinned and diced), and 2 tbsp sliced almonds. In a mixing bowl, combine all the salad ingredients and toss well. To Serve: – Spoon this quick salad into a bowl over some plain low-fat yogurt. Serve along with cinnamon pita chips or cinnamon graham crackers or toasted cinnamon bread with cream cheese spread.
These simple summer salad recipes make the perfect meal ideas for those hot days of summer. Made with just a few simple ingredients and quick preparation they are great meals for those day when you don’t really want to cook. Give them a try.
Laura Cokherell, a cooking enthusiast, shares a wide variety of low-cost meal ideas from breakfast through dessert, including more easy summer recipes, at Quick Salad Recipes.com. You will find a large selection of quick recipes for healthy, flavorful, natural meals that require a minimum of ingredients, time, effort and clean-up for the time-pressed world we live in.
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