Pacific Rim Summer Salad Recipes

PACIFIC RIM SUMMER SALAD

Steps:

• Chill lettuce leaves and salad plates for 15 minutes.
• Place olives, parsley, cucumbers, radishes ,chilles, hearts of palm, salt, pepper in a bowl and toss the salad.
• In a small bowl combine lemon yogurt, lemon zest, lime juice and cayenne pepper. Whisk dressing until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Fold dressing into salad, cover with plastic and chill for 15 minutes.
• Assemble the salad.
• Place Red-Leaf lettuce leaves on chilled salad plates and add salad.
• Garnish salads with fresh chopped parsley and sliced Kamata olive.

PACIFIC RIM CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• Stir rice vinegar, sugar, and bay leaf together in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Whisk the boiling mixture until the sugar dissolves completely; remove from heat. Discard the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
• Spread cucumber and radish slices onto a layer of paper towels. Sprinkle sea salt over the cucumber and radish slices. Set aside for 10 minutes. Rinse under cold running water and pat dry with paper towel.
• Toss cucumber, radish, sweet onion, tomatoes, chives, cilantro, garlic, and white pepper together in a large bowl. Drizzle rice vinegar dressing over the salad; toss to coat.

PACIFIC RIM FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• peel and seed papaya, cut into cubes.
• place papaya in a large glass bowl.
• add sliced kiwis and bananas and mix well.
• squeeze orange and lemon together, stir into fruit mix.
• let stand at room temperature an hour or two, then refrigerate overnight for best results.

PACIFIC RIM'S WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl combine mayonnaise, vanilla yogurt, maple syrup, seasoned rice vinegar, sea salt, white pepper and whisk dressing until smooth.
• Add diced apples and pears to salad.
• In a small saute pan melt butter, add coconut, almonds, toast until light brown and add to salad.
• Fold in celery, raisins and grapes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover salad with plastic and chill for 10 minutes.
• Cover chilled salad plate with Red Leaf Lettuce, place salad on plates.
• Garnish salads with fresh chopped cilantro.

FANTASTICALLY FRESH SUMMER SALAD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for the dressing in a blender or food processor. Blend for at least 2 minutes.
• Place the lettuce in a large salad bowl. Add dressing and toss.
• Top with radishes, strawberries, avocado and cheddar cheese. Serve immediately.

PACIFIC RIM SUMMER SLAW

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine cabbage, celery, Maui onion, carrots, water chestnuts, parsley, cilantro, cranberries and Mandarin oranges.
• In a small saucepan combine 2 tablespoons Mandarin juice, lime juice and lime zest. Bring to a slow boil and whisk until combined. Remove from heat and whisk in oils. Add dressing to salad. Add sea salt, celery salt, white pepper and toss well. Cover salad with plastic and chill for 2-hours.
• Garnish with Fresh Parsley Sprigs.