Try out this delicious green and fruity chicken salad and I’m sure your family will love you for this simple yet satisfying salad! It’s definitely something different from the usual vegetable salads and it doesn’t take long to toss this salad together to impress all at the dining table!

This great chicken salad with strawberries recipe will take 30 minutes to put together and makes plenty of servings for 6.

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Ingredients needed:

• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons snipped fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon peel
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into thin bite-size strips
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 4 cups torn mixed spring salad greens
• 1 head radicchio, torn into bite-size pieces
• 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 1/2 cup bottled balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
• 6 lettuce leaves

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Are you a mushroom lover? This side dish of mushrooms will certainly be a delight to mushroom lovers. It’s easy to make and lovely to the taste. Serve with your favourite main course to add to the meal or substitute the breakfast portion of mushrooms with this simple pan fried mushroom dish.

Just spare 15 minutes and you’ll be ready to serve this fresh mushroom dish. It’s good for 6 servings.

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Ingredients needed:

• 1 tablespoon butter or margerine
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic (2 cloves)
• 8 ounce fresh mushrooms, quartered
• 1/4 cup dry white wine or chicken broth (use wine if vegetarian)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano or marjoram, crushed

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Here’s another refreshing coleslaw salad which you can make as an appetizer, serve it up as a side dish of a main course, or eat it as a meal on its own. This can be quite a heavy meal if you have a small stomach. Nevertheless, it is still a satisfying meal. Give this apple and sweet pepper coleslaw recipe a try when you run out of ideas what to make. It only takes about 20 minutes to prepare. This recipe is good for 3 to 4 servings. This dish is suitable for vegetarians.

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Ingredients needed:

• 1/3 cup plain fat free yogurt or fat free mayonnaise dressing or salad dressing
• 1/4 of a 0.4 ounce buttermilk ranch salad dressing mix (about 1 teaspoon)
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 2 cups shredded red or white cabbage
• 1 small red or green pepper, cut into thin strips (about 1/2 cup)
• 1 small apple, chopped
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced celery

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