Romaine Cucumber And Grape Tomato Salad With Ranch Dressing Food

ROASTED TOMATO DRESSED ROMAINE SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place the tomatoes on a baking dish and drizzle with a little extra-virgin olive oil and season with some salt and pepper and transfer to the oven. Roast until the tomatoes start to burst, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Once cool, transfer to a salad bowl and slightly smash up the tomatoes with a fork, add the minced red onion and the mustard and vinegar. In a slow steady steam, pour in the extra-virgin olive oil, to taste, while mixing with a fork. Add the romaine lettuce and toss to combine.

ROMAINE SALAD WITH CARPACCIO OF TOMATO AND CUCUMBER

Steps:

• To make the salad dressing, whisk together, ketchup, mayonnaise, rice vinegar, lemon zest, lemon juice, chives, and parsley. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and set aside.
• To assemble the carpaccio, place a large tomato slice on each serving plate to be used as the base. Top with 4 thin slices cucumber, distributing evenly atop the tomato. Put a 1/4 teaspoon of salad dressing in the center of cucumbers to anchor a romaine leaf placed curved side up. Top romaine with a small amount of shaved red onion.
• Place 1/2 cup of greens alongside carpaccio. Drizzle dressing on and around and serve additional dressing on the side.

RANCH CUCUMBER, TOMATO AND ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Slice the cucumbers and put in a bowl. Sprinkle with a little salt.
• Halve or quarter the tomatoes depending on the size of the tomatoes and how big you like the pieces. Mix with the cucumbers.
• Thinly slice the onion. I prefer it sliced, but I'm sure you could do a chopped onion instead. Mix with cucumbers and tomatoes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix with ranch dressing. Let sit for at least 30 minutes.

CUCUMBER AND GRAPE SALAD

Steps:

• *NOTE: If using cucumbers from the garden, and/or organic cucumbers, it is not necessary to peel them unless you wish. Store bought cucumbers (especially conventional produce) need to be peeled to remove the wax.
• In a large salad bowl, combine the cucumbers, grapes and celery.
• In a small non-reactive bowl combine the dressing. Pour over the cucumber mixture and toss gently.
• Season with freshly ground black pepper.
• Cover and chill until ready to serve.