Mini Salad Bar For Picky In Laws Recipes

SALAD BAR IDEAS

Steps:

• Make the hard boiled eggs, according to the Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs or Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs methods.
• Wash and chop the vegetables; place them in serving bowls.
• Drain and rinse the chickpeas or beans, if using.
• Make the salad dressing. Serve!

MINI SALAD BAR FOR PICKY IN-LAWS

Steps:

• Wash, trim, and chop or tear all greens. Put the iceberg in one bowl, the mesclun in another bowl, the spinach in another, and the romaine in another.
• Clean and slice the cucumbers. We don't peel garden cucumbers, only store cucumbers. You can if you prefer. Arrange in a shallow dish.
• Wash tomatoes. If full-size, slice them into thick rounds and arrange in a shallow dish. If cherry tomatoes, take stems off and put into a bowl.
• Put the remaining items into more small bowls.
• Provide a selection of dressings, homemade or store-bought. I suggest several variations from Recipe #213989.
• Note -- if there is something you know EVERYONE likes increase the quantity as needed.
• A bunch of attractive, coordinating bowls are very nice if you have them, but if your in-laws are as informal and loving as mine are the cereal bowls will do just fine. :D.

THAI-VIETNAMESE SALAD BAR

Steps:

• Arrange salad bar ingredients in attractive dishes and bowls as you prepare them: romaine, baby mixed greens, bean sprouts, daikon or red radishes, carrots, scallions, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, mint leaves, basil leaves, nuts and sweet almond or anise"croutons".
• Heat a grill pan over medium high heat.
• Combine soy and oil in a shallow dish.
• Add chicken and turn to coat.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Drizzle fish with oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Grill chicken 3 minutes on each side.
• Cut chicken into strips on an angle and place onto a serving plate.
• Grill fish 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until opaque.
• Squeeze lime over the fish and break up into chunks as you transfer it to a serving plate.
• Combine all ingredients, except oil, for peanut dressing in a blender.
• Blend for 30 seconds, then open lid and continue dressing by pouring slowly in oil.
• Transfer dressing to a serving dish and sprinkle the dressing with a spoonful of nuts from your salad bar to garnish the dish.
• For garlic dressing, whisk vinegar, jelly, garlic, black pepper and chili oil together.
• Slowly pour in vegetable oil while continuing to whisk.
• When the oil is thoroughly mixed, transfer dressing to a small dish to serve.