SALAD or SIDE DISH RECIPES??
 

LAST MINUTE-I KNOW!! anyone have any SALAD or SIDE DISH recipes i can make for a late afternoon babyshower i have in a couple hours?? its co-ed..(the owner of my salons wife is preggers..) we are all bringing side dieshes-and i was planning on bringing something that i was supposed to start last night.. but things came up and i couldnt start it. anyways.. I was going to look through my recipes i have-but i thought i would ask on here and see if anyone has anything that is quick and easy.. but tastes real yummy!! :p thanks alot!! appreciate it!! <3

Do you have any Suddenly Salad? Those are super quick and YUMMY!

Pasta Salad
 

How about Pasta salad, Its easy to make, goes around good, and its Yummy.

Here are the Basic Ingredients:

1-Pasta

Shaped, colored, tubular, flavoured, lots to choose from. I like to buy a bag of mixed as it adds a nice colourful look to the dish.

2-Vegetables

Anything goes here, whatever your tastebuds desire. The popular ones being...

Celery
Onions-any kind
Olives
Carrots
Broccoli
Tomatoes-small cherry
Cucumber
Peppers-green, red, yellow, orange, jalepeno



3-Other

Garlic
Parmesan cheese
Salt Pepper, Spices
Chicken
Seafood


4-Dressing

You can add your favorite bottled dressing or make one from scratch. Here are 2 basic ones:


Creamy


1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp. wine or cider vinegar
1 clove crushed garlic
1 tsp. basil
salt and pepper to taste

You can substitute yogurt for mayonnaise or mix mayo and yogurt together for your dressing base.

Lemon juice can be used in place of vinegar.


Oil/Vinegar

1/4 cup salad oil
3 tbsp. vinegar-balsamic,wine, cider etc.
1 clove crushed garlic
1 tsp basil and/or oregano
Salt and Pepper to taste

Boil your pasta noodles for about 10 minutes or until cooked. Drain and rinse in cold water, and let cool.

While noddles are cooling, chop up any vegatables you are adding, and make dressing.

Once cool, add all other ingredients you have chosen from the above list, adding the dressing last.

Cool in the refrigerator for about 2 hours before serving.

Just add lettece, tomatoes, cucumber, oil, salt, and vinegar.. Now mix! :)

Can you go to the YT cookbook site and check out the recipes there? They're catagorized so you could probably find something there! Good luck and have fun at your party!

Well you have a few good recipes, now go have a good time.

If I was running that late I would have just stopped in the local supermarket deli department and picked something up. ;)

Hey guys.. thanks for all of your replies!! i ended up getting a dessert from the store-and sprucing it up myself for presentation-hehe. we were going to be late-so i didnt bring a side dish after all, just a dessert. anyways.. thanks and ill have to check out the yt cookbook-(even though im not a big fan of cooking-bad, i know:rolleyes:-especially cuz i love all types of food)
*oh and yorkie shadow thanks so much for the details you posted(i will def. make note) ;)
PS-the baby shower was fun-like i said it was co-ed, more of like a get together with lots of food and drinks. oh and i have to say the baby's room was Gorgeous!!-its a girl and they are naming her Skye.
Thanks again all!! XO.