| For beginners, the hardest thing about making salad | | | | 4 cups of chopped broccoli |
| recipes is choosing the ingredients as it can easily turn | | | | 1 pint of halved grape tomatoes |
| out wrong. The following recipes are simple enough | | | | 2 chopped green onions |
| novice cooks can follow them with ease. | | | | 1 cup of bottled coleslaw dressing |
| Salad with Bacon | | | | 2 (8 ounce) packages of tortellini |
| Ingredients | | | | 1 lb of bacon |
| 3/4 cup diced carrot | | | | Directions |
| 1 cup uncooked couscous | | | | Cook the tortellini as per package instructions. After |
| 1 1/2 cups of water | | | | draining, rinse with cold water. Let it cool for half an |
| 3/4 cup diced cucumber | | | | hour in the fridge. Cook the bacon in a skillet for 10 |
| 1/2 diced red bell pepper | | | | minutes until it turns brown. After the bacon is drained, |
| 1/2 (15 ounce) can garbanzo of beans (drained, rinsed) | | | | put it on a plate. Slice it into small pieces. |
| 1 cup of uncooked couscous | | | | Put the grape tomatoes, bacon, broccoli and tortellini in |
| 1 chopped onion | | | | a bowl. Sprinkle the dressing over it. Toss to coat. |
| 1 tbsp soy sauce | | | | After making salad recipe, let it cool in the fridge prior |
| 1/4 cup olive oil | | | | to serving. |
| 2 teaspoons curry powder | | | | Couscous Salad with Spices |
| 1 tbsp white sugar | | | | Ingredients |
| 2 tbsp of white balsamic vinegar | | | | 1/2 cucumber |
| Salt | | | | 3 tbsp chopped fresh mint |
| Pepper | | | | 2 teaspoons ground cumin |
| Directions | | | | 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley |
| Begin making salad recipe by putting the bacon in a | | | | 1 juiced lemon |
| skillet. Cook it for 10 minutes at medium high heat. Drain | | | | 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper |
| the bacon and put it on a plate with paper towels. | | | | 3 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro |
| When it has cooled, crush the bacon to bits. Set it | | | | 3 tbsp chopped fresh basil |
| aside. | | | | 1 clove garlic |
| Drain the bacon drippings until 1 tbsp of it remains in the | | | | 1/2 cup crushed feta cheese |
| skillet. Add the onion to the skillet. Cook until the onion | | | | 2 cups couscous |
| turns brown. Boil water in a saucepan and add the | | | | 3 cups water |
| couscous. Take off the pan from the heat. Leave it | | | | 1 fresh chopped jalapeno pepper |
| standing for 5 minutes. | | | | Directions |
| Fluff the couscous using a fork. Get a small bowl. Add | | | | Boil water in a saucepan. Place it away from the heat |
| the garbanzos, red bell pepper and cucumber. Add the | | | | and add the couscous. Allow it to stand until the |
| couscous, carrot and onion too. | | | | couscous gets all the water. Use a fork to fluff it. Mix |
| Get another bowl. Mix the sugar, white balsamic | | | | all the other ingredients in a bowl. Pour the couscous |
| vinegar, curry powder, soy sauce and olive oil. Add the | | | | over it. |
| salt and pepper. When making salad recipe, keep | | | | Making salad recipes can be fun as you can try out |
| mixing until the sugar dissipates. Sprinkle this over the | | | | different ingredients. Once you know the basic |
| salad. Add the bacon bits. | | | | process, you can try various vegetables and spices to |
| Broccoli Salad with Bacon | | | | give it flavor. |
| Ingredients | | | | |