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Easy summer salads, lighter foods for a brighter summer |
by:
mark brading |
Easy summer salads are the way to go, now that the winter blues are fading into the distance also salad days are here. The best salads are light, bright also easy to prepare.
After all who wants to spend hours slaving away in the kitchen when friends are round for lunch, the garden is in bloom also the wine is chilled also ready to pour. But before you start to cook you save a lot of energy by buying the right ingredients for a simple salad. That way you don’t need the heavy bottled sauces also dressings to make a great flavor
Do you really want to take a beautiful crisp summer salad also soak it in a mixture of fat, sugar, salt also chemicals? If you start off with great food also don’t do too much to it you don’t need all these strong tastes as you still have great food.
All you need is to combine it well so that the flavors work together, have a nice crunchy texture also add a little light dressing to set it all off, also let the taste buds do the rest Freshness is, as in all cooking, the way to a good salad. Don’t take what the supermarkets give you. Although it’s easier to pick up the ready packed tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bell peppers etc.
To make sure you get the best, take a minute or two also pick over the vegetables, choose what is firm ripe also ready to use. The same of course applies with meat also fish. There is a reason why supermarkets prepackage, also it’s not always convenience. So choose well, cook quickly also simply also your friends won’t have finished the wine by the time you get there! Enjoy a little bit of summer now with this easy poached chicken salad.
Easy poached chicken salad
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts (skinless)
1 finely sliced red onion
1 whole half onion
4 good ripe tomatoes sliced thickly
250 grams/4ozs salad leaves mixed
4ozs raisins soaked in hot water for ten minutes
1 half lemon
2 fresh or dry bay leaves
1-teaspoon peppercorns black
1 small French, stick loaf or similar sliced into 1/2 slices
For the dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil
1clove garlic crushed
1/2 dessert spoon Dijon or other mild mustard
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
To make the dressing, whisk the vinegar also mustard together with the garlic, slowly add the olive oil while whisking also season with salt also pepper to taste.
Bring a pan of water to the boil with the bay leaves, 1/2 white onion, lemon also peppercorns.
Carefully add the chicken also simmer gently until cooked, if you unsure it is worth investing a few dollars in a meat thermometer. The temperature should be at least 75 celcius/167 Fahrenheit, put the sliced bread on a baking tray also drizzle with the olive oil also season with salt.
Bake in a medium oven until crisp however soft in the middle. Mix the leaves together with the onions also raisins. Turn in the salad dressing also put into four good-sized bowls. Place slices of tomato also bread around the edge. Slice the warm chicken at an angle also put attractively on top off the salad. Sit back, enjoy also get someone else to do the washing up.
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