Marinated Vegetable Salad – That Skinny Chick Can Bake

I fell arduous for this straightforward Marinated Vegetable Salad when handled to a Southern-style luncheon at a plantation alongside the Ohio River.

So refreshing and engaging, I used to be compelled to verify what precisely was within the dressing so I may make this vegetable salad recipe at house!

Why You Should Make this Summer season Vegetable Salad

• The salad dressing is tremendous easy! Solely 2 substances plus water, salt and pepper.
• You’ll be able to add or remove any greens within the recipe.
• It’s tremendous gentle, cool, and refreshing, making it excellent for summer time.

I’m undoubtedly not a type of cooks who’s capable of style a dish and determine the precise substances and proportions. Thank goodness I used to be touring with a girlfriend who occurs to be a caterer. After we have been chatting after lunch, I requested her in regards to the dressing for this pretty salad. She referred to it as a “moist” dressing, a time period that was new to me.

I used to be intrigued. Have you ever ever had a marinated cucumber salad? It’s that type of dressing. Sugar, vinegar and…..water! Salt and pepper rounded it out. The occasion caterer was a doll and answered all our questions—rattling off recipes for considered one of her cookies and letting us know the place she obtained the inspiration for her banana cake. After I requested if there was something apart from these 3 substances within the dressing, she confirmed that this straightforward trio was the marinade.

Reader Endorsement:

From April: The marinated greens are completely great! Couldn’t get sufficient, me and the Household, so I made one other batch once more at this time. Very refreshing. That is the dish for Summer season! Thanks for sharing!

Detox Salad

As I used to be engaged on this publish, I noticed one other blogger’s model of a really comparable salad, although the dressing proportions weren’t precisely the identical. She referred to as it a detox salad, and I can see why. I simply pulled up the dietary content material and a serving is just 65 or so energy and it’s filled with nutritional vitamins and fiber.

This vegetable salad recipe is a terrific more healthy dish to have round on Thanksgiving weekend. When everyone seems to be moaning and groaning about overeating, this marinated vegetable salad could possibly be the antidote!

Ideas for Making a Marinated Vegetable Salad

• I like to ensure all greens are in good bite-sized items.
• Making the onion slices fairly skinny, then chopping them slightly extra, ensures nobody will get a big chunk of onion. Although they do mellow out, dropping their sharpness after sitting within the marinade.
• Some dressings for comparable salads embrace oil, however I don’t suppose that it’s wanted in any respect.
• Different recipes use double the pepper, however I really feel that overwhelms the greens.
• I just like the ratio of two elements water to 1 half vinegar, however should you favor a extra pickled style you possibly can up the ratio to 1 to 1.
• Additionally, extra sugar may be added, however I favor only a contact of sweetness, particularly should you’re utilizing it as a detox salad. You would attempt utilizing honey as an alternative of sugar, however I haven’t examined that various.

You Could Additionally Like:

Should you like a salad for lunch or together with your night meal, this Good Caesar Salad is all the time a success or considered one of my favourite recipes from my sister, Arugula Salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, and avocados. This Simple Pasta Salad Salad Recipe is ideal for summer time entertaining. Asian Slaw is one other veggie-packed winner!

These salads have additionally caught my eye: Grilled Corn Salad,  a Winter Inexperienced Salad with Poppyseed Dressing, and a Inexperienced Salad with Feta and Beets!

Plus, verify my recipe index for Extra Salad Recipes.