4 Yummy Fall Salads & Their Dressings Served at Our Hygiene Homestead in The Woods

Published: Mon, 11/14/11






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OUR
HOMESTEAD
FALL WALDORF SPECIAL
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup red pears with skins left on and diced
1 cup red apples with skins left on and diced
1 cup big, purple grapes,
     halved and without seeds
1 cup celery in thin U-cuts
1 cup dried cranberries,
     sweetened in fruit juices
1 cup dates, pitted and quartered
2 large avocados, ripened until soft and diced
Juice of 2 tangerines
Pomegranate seeds
Lovely, perfect lettuce leaves
DIRECTIONS:
  • Hold out the lettuce.
  • Mix and mash the diced avocado and tangerine juice until the dices disappear and the mix is a genuine mash and is suitable for a dressing.
  • Mix thoroughly all the remaining                       ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
  • Next, stir in the avo-tangerine dressing.
  • Plate the lettuce to suit your guests: line individual salad bowls and place the FALL WALDORF SPECIAL on top. Or serve the lettuce leaves on a platter and the salad on another platter to serve buffet style.
  • Whether plated on a big platter or in individual salad bowls, sprinkle the lovely, translucent red pomegranate "jewels" over the salad.
  •  
    A NUT DRESSING VARIATION FOR THE FALL WALDORF SPECIAL
    Instead of the 2 large and diced avocados, use 1/2  cup almond butter mixed with the tangerine juice as a yummy dressing. Sprinkle slivered almonds on top of the plated salad with the pomegranate seeds.
     
     

    AUTUMN
    ORANGE-&-RED NESTS
    INGREDIENTS:
    2 cups coarse-shredded or spiralized carrots
    2 cups good and ripe, peeled,
         and diced persimmons
    1 cup fine-shredded beets
    1 cup big, purple grapes,
         halved and without seeds
    Lovely, perfect lettuce leaves
    Individual pitchers
         of whole, blended pineapple
    DIRECTIONS:
  • On 4 single-serving salad plates, arrange lettuce leaves to make the fully covered bottom and the outer-most rim of a "nest"  for the salad.
  • Mix the carrots and persimmons together, and make the next most outer rim of the nest.
  • Make an inner circle of beets with a hollowed-out center.
  • Fill the center with the grapes.
  • Serve the little pitchers of whole, blended pineapple for dressings for you and your guests.
  •  
     
    SIMPLY TOMATOES
    SUPER SALAD!
    INGREDIENTS:
    Various fancy greens: curly endive, spinach, baby bok choy leaves, parsley, red-tipped lettuce, curly green leaf lettuce, kale leaf edges, watercress, arugala, and whatever else you can find!
    Several vine-ripe tomatoes 
         or large beefsteak tomatoes
    Dried tomatoes, snipped into little pieces
         with a scissors
    Small grape tomatoes, left whole
    Heirloom miniature tomatoes
         if you can find them
    Cherry tomatoes, halved
    DIRECTIONS:
  • On individual salad plates, lay down beds of greens.
  • Thick slice the vine-ripe or beefsteak tomatoes. Layer them by putting one slice 1/3 the way on top of the next slice, making 2 rows across the plates with a 2-inch centerspace in-between the 2 rows.
  • In the centerspaces, place the smaller grape, heirloom, and halved cherry tomatoes.
  • Sprinkle all the tomatoes with the little dried tomato pieces.
  • Serve with SIMPLY TOMATOES DRESSING prepared as follows: VITA-MIX until thick and smooth 6 peeled tangerines, 1 cup cashews, fresh and chopped basil sprigs to taste, 2 green onions, 1 yellow bell pepper, and any other preferred herbs. Add more juice to make a thinner dressing. Add more cashews to make a thicker dressing.
  • Each tomato lover can put on his or her own dressing, according to taste.

  •  
    FALL CINNAMON CABBAGE SLAW
    INGREDIENTS:
    2 cups medium-shredded purple cabbage
    2 cups medium-shredded green cabbage
    1 cup diced green apple
    1 cup diced red apple
    1 cup halved green grapes
    1 cup halved red grapes
    1/4 cup minced onion
    DIRECTIONS:
  • In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix the cabbages, apples, and grapes.
  • Make the FALL CINNAMON CABBAGE SLAW DRESSING by VITA-MIXing until smooth and creamy the following ingredients: 1 cup very ripe and soft persimmon fruit, tangelo juice as needed, 1 cup walnuts, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
  • Toss gently to coat the salad mix with the dressing.
  • Transfer the FALL CINNAMON CABBAGE SLAW into a special serving bowl.
  • Cover and chill for 2 to 6 hours so fhat the many fine flavors can mingle to bring out the fullest fall bouquet.
  • Sprinkle the entire salad with sesame seeds and pomegranate seeds just before serving to give spectacular, edible garnishes!