Olive Garden Salad

Shredded Lettuce
Black Olives
Tomatoes
Seasoned Croutons
Parmesan Cheese, grated
Pickled Pepperoncini
Red Onion, thinly sliced

Olive Garden Dressing

Top all ingredients on top of the lettuce and enjoy.

Maple Blueberry Pecan Salad

Dressing:

1/3 C Pure Maple Syrup
1/3 C Rice Vinegar
1 C Sugar (Next time try 3/4 cup, 1 cup seems to be too much)
1 Package Dry Italian Dressing Mix

Blend together then slowly add:
1/2 C Light Olive Oil

Note: Cut the Dressing in half if serving a small group. The full amount makes 1 1/2-2 cups.

Salad:

Romain Lettuce
Feta Cheese
Diced Gala Apples
Blueberries
Cinnamon Sugared Pecans

Cinnamon Sugared Pecans:
1/3 C Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 C Pecans (chopped or broke in half)

Place add ingredients into a frying pan over medium heat.  Stir until sugar melts and coats the nuts well, but remove from heat as quickly as possible.  Spread on wax paper or non-stick pan.  Let cool then break apart before adding to salad.

Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 cup Sugar (or 1/4 cup)
1/3 cup Oil
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
1/3 tsp Pepper

Instructions:
Put Ingredients in a mason jar put a lid on it and shake until sugar dissolves.

Greek Avocado Salad & Dressing

Salad:

Greek Pork or Chicken
Washed & Shredded Romaine Lettuce
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Green Pepper
Red Onion
Feta Cheese
Olives
Avocado
Shredded Zucchini

Dressing/Marinade:

1/4 C Olive Oil
1/4 C Lemon Juice
1 Tbls Red Wine Vinegar
2 tsp Minced Garlic
2 Tbls Dried Oregano
1 tsp Salt
Cracked Pepper

Directions:

1. Whisk together all the marinade/dressing ingredients.
2. If making with chicken use 1/2 of the marinade/dressing to marinade the chicken in.  Allow to marinade for 30 minutes.
3. Prepare the salad and grill the chicken.

Green Fruit Salad

Romaine Lettuce
Apples
Bacon Bits
Avocado
Strawberries
Croutons
Candy Almonds
Brianna's Poppy Seed Dressing

Assemble:
1. Candy sliced almonds in a skillet with brown sugar.  You can add vanilla and cinnamon for more flavor.  After the almonds have cooled break into bite size pieces.
2.Shred the lettuce.
3. Cut the apples, avocado and strawberries into bite size pieces.
4. Place lettuce in a bowl and put all the toppings on top.  Do not toss the salad otherwise all the toppings will end up in the bottom of the bowl.
5. You can use any dressing that you would like but we prefer to use Brianna's Poppy Seed Dressing.

Cilantro Ranch Dressing

Ingredients:
1 packet of TRADITIONAL Hidden Valley Ranch mix (not buttermilk)
1 c. Mayonnaise
1 c. Buttermilk
2 Tomatillo's, remove husk, diced
1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
1 Clove garlic
Juice of 1 lime
1 Jalapeno (keep the seeds in to make it spicy)

Instructions:
Mix all ingredients together in the blender.