Summer Salads: Shoe String Salad, Dorito Taco Salad

Monday, August 08, 2011

Summer Salads: Shoe String Salad, Dorito Taco Salad

Thought I'd share a couple more of my family's favorite summer salad recipes. These two are my "junk food" salads. What could be better than adding a little junk food to a healthy salad recipe? Both of these can be mixed all together for a potluck, or family reunion, but I like to keep the crunchy items on the side, so I can keep the salad in the frig. and just add the crunch when we're eating.

Shoe String Salad

Ingredients:

1 cup grated carrots

1/4 cup chopped red onion

3 hard cooked eggs, chopped

1 cup chopped celery

1 12oz. can tuna

shoestring potatoes

Dressing:

(Can't say I actually have measurements here, so I'll make them up-they're totally to taste.)

3/4 cup Mayonaise

1 Tb. lemon juice

1 Tb. rice vinegar

1 Tb. prepared mustard

1/2 t. celery seed

1/2 t. sugar

1/2 t. dill weed

salt and pepper

Mix dressing together. Mix ingredients together. Pour dressing over and mix. Chill several hours. Add shoestrings before serving.

*This is a great protein packed salad for vegetarians!

Dorito Taco Salad

Ingredients:

7 cups Romaine lettuce

1 cup chopped red onion

1 green pepper, chopped

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 lb. ground beef, cooked and drained

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained

2 cups grated cheddar cheese

1 cup black olives, sliced

Doritos-I like the cool ranch variety

Dressing:

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup Western dressing

1/2 cup milk

1/2 package dry taco seasoning mix (I use the 40% less sodium variety)

Mix dressing ingredients and chill. Layer ingredients in large bowl in order listed. Chill. At time of serving, crunch up Doritos and add to salad with dressing.