| 1 | Any brilliant, tasty and relatively easy salad ideas to make for a crowd? Any suggestions will be happily received. I am making a green salad but need other ideas. tammy195 - 2014-10-14 23:36:00 |
| 2 | A roasted vegetable salad with garlic aioli is always popular. samanya - 2014-10-14 23:50:00 |
| 3 | Love a good Indonesian rice salad or a curried rice salad wheelz - 2014-10-15 00:20:00 |
| 4 | Recipe for roasted vegetable salad - sounds yummy. Have tried a few but just not quite got the right taste. monty4ever - 2014-10-15 10:47:00 |
| 5 | I love roast vege with the cashew nut dip stirred through as the dressing (the one you can buy in the deli section of the supermarket) A tip from TM MB - when you make your salad, put into a large zip lock bag and put into the fridge... Much more storage room in your fridge using this method duckmoon - 2014-10-15 21:47:00 |
| 6 | I love a potato salad, don't forget the chopped gerkins duckmoon - 2014-10-15 21:48:00 |
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| 8 | duckmoon wrote:
I love roast vege with the cashew nut dip stirred through as the dressing (the one you can buy in the deli section of the supermarket) I love the Thai Kumara & Carrot Salad. paora-tm - 2014-10-16 00:07:00 |
| 9 | Toadfishes Brown Rice Salad 1 cup brown rice
1 3/4 cup water
1/4 cup soya sauce (light if available)
1/2 onion finely chopped Cook the rice in the water & when cooked & still hot add the soya sauce and finely chopped onions let cool (a couple of hours preferably overnight) Add the following ~
1 red pepper chopped
2 Spring Onions
1/2 cup roasted peanuts chopped ( I leave them whole)
1/2 cup each of roasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds and sultanas. Dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1 clove garlic crushed
1 tsp fresh ginger
1 tsp honey or Sugar Mix and pour over salad. Mix well.
I have the dressing in a jar, the nuts etc in a bag and the rice in the fridge and just mix together last minute. If you are having lots of other salads I would triple this recipe for 50 people. toadfish - 2014-10-16 05:53:00 |
| 10 | My Pasta Salad is always popular wherever we take it - love using fresh capsicums, cherry tomatoes, cranberries, almonds etc to make a pretty salad! Definitely my go to - take a plate to a BBQ salad http://justamumnz.com/2014/01/27/summer-pasta-salad/ |
| 11 | paora-tm wrote:
I love the Thai Kumara & Carrot Salad.
Yum that sounds nice, do you have the recipe please, thanks marianaw - 2014-11-08 16:39:00 |
| 12 | duckmoon wrote:
I love roast vege with the cashew nut dip stirred through as the dressing (the one you can buy in the deli section of the supermarket) A tip from TM MB - when you make your salad, put into a large zip lock bag and put into the fridge... Much more storage room in your fridge using this method Now why have I never thought of this?? jia5 - 2014-11-08 17:49:00 |
| 13 | monty4ever wrote:
Recipe for roasted vegetable salad - sounds yummy. Have tried a few but just not quite got the right taste.
The secret is in the dressing, imo.
I use home made Aoli with heaps of fresh herbs, parsley in particular & a good bit of garlic.
Sometimes I use a dash of balsamic in with the oil when roasting the veges & always include red capsicum & whatever else I have on hand ... kumera, parsnip, onions, potato, pumpkin, beetroot ...the more the merrier.
I don't always serve it warm but never straight from the fridge, either. Edited by samanya at 6:28 pm, Sat 8 Nov samanya - 2014-11-08 18:26:00 |
| 14 | A fantastic one.. well we think so lol is Chopped avocado, sliced mushrooms and mix with thousand island dressing. Yeah I know doesnt sound all that good but it is very popular. You can put carrot strips into it as well or even shrimps/prawns. skydancing - 2014-11-08 18:28:00 |
| 15 | WW balsamic dressing, warmed, is wonderful on roast vege salad. rarogal - 2014-11-08 18:42:00 |
| 16 | duckmoon wrote:
I love a potato salad, don't forget the chopped gerkins and the chopped mint too nauru - 2014-11-08 19:06:00 |
| 17 | I make a colourful rice salad which goes a long way. I used brown rice as I'm partial to it, but you dont have too. Add Chopped up apricots, spring onions and different coloured peppers, raisins, cashews or pine nuts, tinned kernal corn, and celery. Mix together 1/4 c olive oil, 1/4 C vinegar, 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar and 2 tsp curry powder to dress salad with. molly37 - 2014-11-08 19:36:00 |
| 18 | a suggestion from TM :
store them in the fridge in a large ziplock bag... you can get more into your fridge duckmoon - 2014-11-11 19:56:00 |
| 19 | My Morrocan couscous goes down a treat also my roasted sesame seed coleslaw. Cheap to make perfect to fill large bowls or pile high on platters rexavier - 2014-11-11 20:05:00 |
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| 21 | Strawberry ,Asparagus & Avocado Salad.
Equal amouts of all 3. Blanch the asparagus and I cut into 3's. Use an avocado that is just going soft, peel,quarter and dice.(dip in lemon juice to stop from going brown) Remove the green hulls from the strawberries and 1/2 or 1/4 them depending on size. Pile on a serving plate and drizzle this dressing over.
Dressing: 1/4 cup avocado oil, 1 lge clove garlic crushed, 3 tblsps lemon juice, freshly ground salt & pepper to taste, handful of freshly chopped basil. Whisk together.
I never ate avo's until I made this salad. Now it's a staple summer salad blueviking - 2014-11-12 15:28:00 |
| 22 | Red salad.
Slice the following: tomato,radish,red capsicum,red onion.
Throw in a bowl with a tblspn of brown sugar and 1/2 fill the bowl with white wine vinegar. Mix together. Stir the ingredients through every so often to make sure it all marinates. blueviking - 2014-11-12 15:33:00 |
| 23 | Pasta Salad(curry flavoured)
This is the only time I eat curry.
Boil a pkt of pasta as per directions. Rinse and cool slightly.
Add the following: Sliced green or red capsicum(red ones are usually in the preceeding salad and green give a nice colour variation) 1 of usually. Sliced ham, sliced or after Christmas, diced(you don't have to put this in if you don't want)
Sauce: Tblsp hot curry powder(don't worry, it won't be that hot in the end & if you like it hotter, just add more)
1 tblsp castor sugar, 1/4 cup oil(use nice oil) 1 tblsp whit vinegar. 1/2 cup cream(if you don't have cream, just use mayonnaise & less oil)
Combine all the ingredients and enjoy.
I can usually make all these salads by the time the pasta has boiled blueviking - 2014-11-12 15:47:00 |
| 24 | blueviking wrote:
Strawberry ,Asparagus & Avocado Salad.
Equal amouts of all 3. Blanch the asparagus and I cut into 3's. Use an avocado that is just going soft, peel,quarter and dice.(dip in lemon juice to stop from going brown) Remove the green hulls from the strawberries and 1/2 or 1/4 them depending on size. Pile on a serving plate and drizzle this dressing over.
Dressing: 1/4 cup avocado oil, 1 lge clove garlic crushed, 3 tblsps lemon juice, freshly ground salt & pepper to taste, handful of freshly chopped basil. Whisk together.
I never ate avo's until I made this salad. Now it's a staple summer salad Wow that really appeals to me!! A must try recipe! skydancing - 2014-11-12 17:27:00 |
| 25 | You can also put a few tablespoons of basil pesto over a roast vege salad with an extra slosh of olive oil. Add it while it's still warm & gently toss through - really yummy. |
| 26 | all sound delicious. alot better than the boring lettuce salad we
used to make. i love a nice rice salad put what you like in it. potatoe
salad is a favourite although wen you have tried a new one it
some how seems better than yours. when you live on your own
it is just as easy to buy already made one other wise you get
tired of eating the same one. claudds - 2014-11-13 10:21:00 |
| 27 | Have a look at these recipes here for quantities of ingredients: http://www.chef-menus.com/tossed-salad.html uli - 2015-10-22 10:44:00 |
| 28 | Surimi Coleslaw A bag or two of undressed coleslaw (depending on the number in your crowd)
Surimi
Best Foods Mayo Open bags of coleslaw and pour in big bowl. Rip up or chop up surimi so there is a decent amount mixed through the coleslaw. Add Best Foods Mayo to cover. Sure easy and totally yum! kirmag - 2015-10-22 14:33:00 |
| 29 | You have bags of undressed coleslaw sitting around? uli - 2015-10-22 18:49:00 |
| 30 | uli wrote:
You have bags of undressed coleslaw sitting around?
You can buy these from the supermarket, uli. awoftam - 2015-10-22 18:53:00 |
| 31 | claudds wrote:
all sound delicious. alot better than the boring lettuce salad we
used to make. i love a nice rice salad put what you like in it. potatoe
salad is a favourite although wen you have tried a new one it
some how seems better than yours. when you live on your own
it is just as easy to buy already made one other wise you get
tired of eating the same one.
There are trabazillions of salads using veges, fruit, salad veges a mix or some or all, nuts, herbs, grains and seeds along with a myriad of dressings. Google away and you will be amazed! awoftam - 2015-10-22 18:56:00 |
| 32 | awoftam wrote:
You can buy these from the supermarket, uli.
Ah I know what you mean - that pre-shredded mix in the plastic bags. Of course! uli - 2015-10-23 08:47:00 |
| 33 | Here's a nice orzo salad and makes a large bowl. Just made it today for the fourth time since I got this recipe. ORZO, SPINACH AND PINENUT SALAD
500g package uncooked orzo pasta
~3/4 of a bag of baby spinach leaves, finely chopped
Small block of crumbled feta cheese
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
3/4 cup pine nuts
2-3 Tbsp chopped fresh basil (or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil)
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
~1/4 cup olive oil (more if it's too dry)
~1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
directions:
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add orzo and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and rinse with cold water. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in spinach, feta, onion, pine nuts, basil and white pepper. Toss with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Refrigerate and serve cold. rarogal - 2015-10-23 20:55:00 |
| 34 | Roasted vegetable and couscous, very good.
Confetti salad - red kidney beans/bean salad/your fave beans, corn kernels, tomato (fresh or tinned diced tomato), capsicum and red onion all cut to the size of the beans. Drizzle over olive oil, lemon pepper and garlic salt - don't let it get too wet. Quick and easy and yummy. bisloy - 2015-10-24 11:41:00 |
| 35 | Roasted veg salad - I cheat and use master foods roasted veg sprinkle.
Or special potato salad - with bacon and cheese and spring onions.
Tuna pasta salad.
Rice salad - rice, tomato, corn, spring onions, capsicum in soy sauce.
Tomato, mozzarella and basil in olive oil. gaspodetwd - 2015-10-24 19:41:00 |
| 36 | duckmoon wrote:
I love a potato salad, don't forget the chopped gerkins gherkin's eww no lol |
| 37 | some more salad ideas and recipes pixiegirl - 2016-10-21 12:10:00 |
| 38 | bump bev00 - 2017-10-22 02:04:00 |
| 39 | Pumpkin, chickpea and feta... duckmoon - 2017-10-23 15:57:00 |
| 40 | Sea Shell Pasta Salad. Cook pasta. Drain and while warm add some grated fresh ginger and garlic. Mix dressing and add to pasta. Once cool add pumpkin seeds and diced red capsicum.
Dressing.
1/2 cup of soya sauce, 1/4 cup oil, 1/4 cup of sugar, or less depending on taste. |
| 41 | My family really enjoy the Chelsea Winter Kumara Salad, it has walnuts, parmesan etc and mixed together with sour cream and good mayo. Its yum. molly37 - 2017-10-23 18:40:00 |
| 42 | Some great sounding recipes in this thread : ) |
| 43 | Also now do the Countdown broccoli salad & their potato salad. Both on the countdown website blueviking - 2017-10-24 08:13:00 |
| 44 | bump for the pre-xmas events uli - 2018-10-12 17:40:00 |
| 45 | Radio NZ site has great recipes. A favourite of mine from there is a kidney bean salad from Cathy ? |
| 46 | blueviking wrote:
Strawberry ,Asparagus & Avocado Salad.
Equal amouts of all 3. Blanch the asparagus and I cut into 3's. Use an avocado that is just going soft, peel,quarter and dice.(dip in lemon juice to stop from going brown) Remove the green hulls from the strawberries and 1/2 or 1/4 them depending on size. Pile on a serving plate and drizzle this dressing over.
Dressing: 1/4 cup avocado oil, 1 lge clove garlic crushed, 3 tblsps lemon juice, freshly ground salt & pepper to taste, handful of freshly chopped basil. Whisk together.
I never ate avo's until I made this salad. Now it's a staple summer salad Sounds lovely - but for us 'ordinary' folk the ingredients are probably are a bit pricey for a crowd type function. brouser3 - 2018-10-13 13:03:00 |
| 47 | This is a handy one for a crowd
2 cups shell pasta or spiral
2 tomatoes
1 onion
1 small green pepper
1 cucumber Mix together:-
1/2 cup sugar
1/2cup vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup tomato sauce
1/4cup white vinegar
pepper and paprika (not too much)
Pour this mixture over first lot of ingredients.
Keep tomatoes out till ready to serve rainrain1 - 2018-10-13 14:55:00 |
| 48 | Some lovely lady put this recipe here once and its now my go to, she did a great job making it up. Kumara and Carrot salad (like the one at countdown or new world)
•
• 500g of red kumara peeled and chopped into 2cm chunks and 300g carrots chopped into 1 cm chunks. Boil these until tender (I roasted them),
• 1/2 small red onion grated, 1 garlic clove, crushed or grated, 1/2 tsp chilli powder, 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp curry powder, 1 tbsp honey, 2/3 cup canola oil and a small tin of crushed pineapple in juice (include the juice), handful fresh coriander leaves, chopped roughly, salt and pepper.
• Mix the sauce ingredient’s together and pour over hot veggies and it will soak in nicely. tinkagirl - 2018-10-13 15:21:00 |
| 49 | Sounds good tinkagirl
This is the salad I mentioned before. It is from Cathy Duffield who had 3 lovely salad recipes on National Radio. This is a favourite of mine.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/recipes/summer-salad-w
ith-cashew-chipotle-dressing |
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