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Cool Meals for Warm Days
Main-dish salads are fresher and bolder than ever, offering colorful and
creative combinations of light and healthy ingredients. Grilled chicken,
green beans, and grapes top off a mound of crisp greens in this
easy-to-fix entrée pictured at right. Small but flavorful amounts of
toasted walnuts and blue cheese add both richness and texture. Just
serve with your favorite vinaigrette.
New twists on the classic chef's salad are a hot item in restaurants,
and those stylish presentations are easier to duplicate at home than you
might think. Most of the components can be assembled in advance, making
them the perfect one-dish meal for warm-weather gatherings.
You'll find many of our favorite recipes for main-dish salads, along
with terrific tips for easy, make-ahead entertaining in this month's
Test Kitchens Recipe Box.
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Packed With Pizzazz
Flavored mayonnaises take only minutes to make but yield big dividends
in quick and easy recipes for last-minute entertaining. They can be
prepared with regular or reduced-fat commercial mayonnaise, and they can
be stored in the refrigerator for up to one week. When testing with
store-bought mayonnaise, we preferred Hellman's Real Mayonnaise and
Hellman's Light Mayonnaise.
1. Fresh Herb Mayonnaise
2. Lemon-Rosemary Mayonnaise
3. Béarnaise Mayonnaise
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FROZEN ASSETS
It's not often that we find a convenience product that tastes as good as
these buttery slice-and-bake cheese wafers. Studded with crunchy bits of
chopped pecans, Mamie's Famous Cheese Wafers are made without
preservatives. Sold frozen for around $7.95 a roll (baked according to
package directions, one roll yields about 5 dozen wafers), they're
terrific to keep on hand for drop-in guests. If your local grocery store
doesn't already carry them, ask the manager to place an order for you.
For more information visit www.mamieswafers.com.
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This article is from the May 2005 issue of Southern Living.
