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              A platter of garden salad is also great accompaniment to meaty main dish or as starter. Easy to prepare and just need some creativity for serving presentation so that it looks enticing on the table. Wield your knife and display your cutting skills (no level required😍).          Dressings can be a mixture of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Coco Oil, Brown or Coco Sugar or Honey, ground black pepper. Sesame oil and seeds may also be used. This is my favorite dressing.          Mayo-ketchup dressing can also be one of the variations on the table but I don't use this often. Yogurt-ketchup can be a healthy alternative. Mix mayonnaise and ketchup or yogurt and ketchup well. Add a little sugar if the ketchup is not the sweet type. mix well, add some dry herbs.             Always remember to add the dressing just before serving or on the s...

*Honey-Olive oil- Calamansi Honey Olive Oil Calamansi Italian seasoning (dry herbs) salt Put all ingredients in a cup with lid cover.  Shake before drizzling to salads.  *Mango Salsa Ripe mango, cubed Olive oil Italian seasoning (dry herbs) salt Put all ingredients in a cup with lid cover.  Shake before drizzling to favorite salad.  *Quick Thousand Island's Dressing  Mayonnaise Ketchup Italian seasoning (dry herbs) Mix ingredients in a plate. Serve as side with favorite greens.

By GERLIE M. UY Cucumber and Red Radish Crisps! 6 red radishes, sliced thinly 1 medium cucumber, sliced thinly 1 small white onion, sliced thinly 1 small head of lettuce Dressings 3/4 to 1 Yakult (60 to 80ml) 3 Calamansi, juiced 1 T olive oil salt and ground pepper In a non-metal bowl, mix all first three ingredients. Chill. For the dressing: in a glass with lid cover, put all last four ingredients and cover. Shake. Drizzle dressing in the first bowl of vegetable. In a serving platter, lay the lettuce bed. Just before serving, add all of the vegetables. Serve lightly chilled and serve immediately. Another look at the salad... cucumber... yakult quick photo of the salad... the salad on the side!!!

The triple combo of avocado, cucumber and corn with strawberry dressing! Cubed cucumber! Cubed avocado and the sweet corn kernel! Triple Treat Salad The Strawberry dressing... My store-bought dressing...a Gourmet Dressing by Quan, a local bakeshop and restaurant. Manufactured by Pueblo Bakeshop, La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. 034-434-1733 Fax 034-434-6481 The ingredient says it's made of vinegar, strawberries, corn oil, sugar and spices. avocado a.k.a alligator pear. It was green when not yet ripe and the peelings turned purple when they ripened. Choose a ripe avocado with firm flesh for this recipe. 3 medium-sized avocado, seed removed and cubed (flesh should be firm but ripe) 3 medium-sized cucumber, seeded and cubed  1 can corn kernel, drained strawberry dressing In a bowl, put the first three ingredients. Drizzle with half-cup strawberry dressing. The strawberry dressing I used is store-bought but a home version can be made from strawberry jam, vinegar, corn ...

Cabbage and Radish in Vietnamese Dressing By GERLIE M. UY <p><p><br><br><br><br>VVVV</p></p> If hunger is the mother of kitchen inventions, then variety is the twin of kitchen creativity!!!  This is proven by another way of serving the ever favorite radish salad: cut rounded and thinly and served with tomatoes and onions in vinegar and salt dressing. It was quite a surprise when I served the shredded radish with shredded cabbage and as dressing used the Fish Sauce and Calamansi sauce or the NOUC MAM CHAM or NOUC CHAM the sauce I have featured here earlier fo...