Easy Summer Salad Recipes (Part 1)

Hey! I don’t know about you, but I am so fed up by the hot weather we’ve been having lately. I take a shower and my skin is still sticky. I don’t sleep as well, either from the heat or from the noise of the electric fan. And I’m worried about our pug dog, who is constantly breathing noisily from the heat. But what I do like about this weather is the food. Salad, lots of salads. The Husband is not a big fan of salads. He likes the typical Filipino meal of white rice, meat, and vegetables. But when it’s 40 degrees Celsius out and 30 degrees Celsius in, I simply do not picture myself cooking or baking in the kitchen. It’s genius!

Looking through my notes, I realized that I don’t have a lot of salad recipes. But I thought I would share with you the ones that I have. Let me know what you think!

Potato and Smoked Salmon (click here for the post)

• Creamy dill dressing

• Potatoes, cooked and cooled down

• Smoked Salmon

Potato and Leftover Roasted Chicken Salad

• Mayonnaise, cream, and mustard dressing

• Potatoes, cooked and cooled down

• Leftover roasted chicken, shredded

• Shallots, sliced

• Green Onion, diced

Potato and Lardons Salad

• Shallot vinaigrette

• Potatoes, cooked and cooled down

• Lardons, Fried

Couscous, Mussels, Tomato, and Arugula Salad

• Vinaigrette

• Couscous grain, cooked and cooled down

• Mussels marinated in white wine and diced onion, drain the white wine

• Diced onion, from the mussels

• Tomatoes, diced

• Arugula salad

As-I-Like-It Salad

• Creamy Vinaigrette

• Lettuce

• Cherry Tomatoes, sliced

• Fresh mushrooms, sliced

• Red onion, sliced

• Parmesan cheese, sliced

• Red bell pepper, diced

• Chicken breast, cooked and diced

• Corn

• Black and white sesame seeds

Frisée Salad, Lardons, Tomatoes and Eggs

• Creamy Vinaigrette

• Frisée salad

• Eggs, boiled and halved

• Lardons, fried

• Tomatoes, diced

• Croutons

• Red onion, sliced

• Cheese, grated

Ham, Cherry Tomato, Red Bell Pepper, Green Bell Pepper, White Asparagus, and Mache Salad

• Creamy Vinaigrette

• Ham

• Cherry tomato, whole

• Red bell pepper, sliced

• Green bell pepper, sliced

• White asparagus

• Mache salad

Ham, Corn, and Lettuce Salad

• Creamy Vinaigrette

• Ham, cubed

• Corn

Shrimp, Crab, and Mache Salad

• Balsamic vinaigrette

• Mache salad

• Red tomatoes, sliced

• Shrimps, cooked and peeled

• Crabstick, diced

• Fresh dill / aneth

Shrimp and Pomelo Salad

• Mayonnaise

• Salt

• Black Pepper

• Shrimp, cooked and peeled

• Pomelo, peeled and sliced

Tomato Salad

• Olive oil

• Tomatoes, sliced

• Red onion, sliced

• Salt

• Black pepper

• Basil, chopped

Ensaladang Talong / Filipino Eggplant Salad

• Eggplant, cooked, peeled, diced, and smashed

• Tomatoes, diced

• Onion, diced

• Filipino white vinegar

• Fish sauce

• Salt

• Black pepper

• Filipino Bagoong (optional)

So, what are some of your summer salad recipes?

xoxo Elodie