last week's salads

Herby Potato Salad (i serve it with grilled chicken for a complete meal)
ingredients:
1 lb new potatoes
salt and pepper
16 vine ripened cherry tomatoes, halved
generous 3/8 cup black olives, pittled and coarsely chopped (i omitted this b/c i forgot to buy them)
4 scallions, finely sliced
2 tbspn chopped fresh parsely
2 tbspn chopped fresh mint
2 tbspn chopped fresh cilantro
juice of 1 lemon
3 tbspn olive oil

cook potatoes in pan of lightly salted boiling water for 15 minutes until tender. drain, let cool s lightly before peeling off the skinds (i didn't peel the skins, i left them on). cut into halves of fourths,(i cut them before i boiled them). then combine with the tomatoes, olives, scallions, and herbs in a salad bowl.

mix the lemon juice and oil together in a small bowl and pour over the potato salad. season with salt and pepper to taste before serving. yum!! i love this one!!!



Walnut, pear, and crispy bacon salad

ingredients:
1/2 lb bacon (i used turkey)
generous 5/8 cup walnuts halves
2 pears, cored and sliced lengthwise
1 tbspn lemon juice
spring mix salad

dressing:
3 tbspn olive oil
2 tbspn lemon juice
1/2 tsp lemon
salt and pepper

preheat broiler to high. arrange bacon on foil lined broiler pan and cook under the broiler until well browned and crips. let cool then cut into 1/2 inch pieces *** i used turkey bacon and pan fried it instead of using the broiler b/c it makes my kitchen too hot to work in. i put a little olive oil in a pan and then added the pre-sliced up turkey bacon to make it crispier. i fried it until crisp****
meanwhile, heat a dry skillet over medium heat and lightly toast the walnuts, shaking the skillet frequently for 3 minutes until lightly browned, let cool.

toss the pears in the lmeon juice to prevent discoloration. pu the salad mix, walnuts, pears, and bacon into a salad bowl.

to make the dressing, whisk the oil, lemon juice and honey together in a small bowl. season to taste with salt and pepper, then pour ovver the salad. toss to combine.

this one was really yummy too. a little lighter so i bought some fresh bread and some spreadable herbed goat cheese and we had that with it too.

i'll try that pizza next time i got to the grocery store. i went to the farmer's market this moring and bought a bunch of fresh veggies and a chicken marinade so we'll probably have that this week (plus i am working 4 12 hour shifts this week and don't have time to make dinner!!)

have a schwell week!