The temperature is rising here in the South and I am ready to eat light with cool summer salads. Here are a few that are light and cool and refreshing and super easy to prepare. What’s really nice about summer salads as entrees is you can prepare them ahead and serve chilled or at room temperature when ready to eat. No last minute cooking or pan clean up.
You will notice that lemon is a common factor in several of the recipes. Roasted Lemon Vinaigrette screams summer for salads. If you don’t have the time to roast lemons for the vinaigrette you can simply use fresh lemon juice instead. Not bottled please, ONLY freshly squeezed lemon juice. For more vinaigrettes and salad dressings click here.
Roasted Salmon Salad
Oven Roasted Shrimp Salad
Quinoa and Roasted Chicken Salad
Chicken Salad Veronique
Summer Rice Salad
Wild Rice Salad
Moroccan Potato Salad
Vegetable Couscous
Angel Hair Pasta with Tomato and Fresh Basil
There you go. Pair any of these delicious make ahead dishes together to make a great summertime meal and keep your kitchen time to a minimum.
Enjoy!