Sensational Salads link to traditional and modern holiday menus

Hi R
Wondering what you guys ate for Christmas dinner?  A typical Aussie Christmas menu will include simple and creative salads to accompany ham or cold turkey etc.  However, even if the temperatures soar and the humidity rises, many of us still insist on a traditional hot Christmas dinner (usually a late lunch) but this is often accompanied by salads.
Two salads follow - great for post Christmas and holidays as well as enormous health benefits. Just leave out the creamy dressings and concentrate on the wonderful tastes of herbs and creative dressings.
Clara
http://fitinyourjeanscuisine.blogspot.com/2010/12/thai-bbq-prawns-with-mango-and-avocado.html

Leafy salad with Salsa Verde is the ultimate flexible
elegant salad ladened with flavours of caper and anchovy

Mango & avocado salad - tangy accompaniment
to chicken and seafood.

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A date with a healthy dish

'Oranges and Lemons say the bells of Morocco'

I'm back on track!!  Shoulders back, tummy in, walk tall like a dancer - ready for some taste-great yet healthy foods to make you feel good in your jeans.

Dates are a rich source of potassium making it a valuable heart food. They contain a variety of B vitamins which are great for stress and also to maintain a healthy body – to metabolize carbohydrates and maintain blood glucose levels, provide fatty acids for energy, and they help make hemoglobin. They are also an excellent source of iron.
Add the brain boost of almonds with the oranges and this fruit salad has to be a super food.
Being essentially Moroccan, it can be served at the end of a meal as a dessert or as a side dish to a rich tagine or coucous.

Orange and Date Salad
Serves 4 to 6
6 oranges
1 to 2 tsp orange flower water (optional)
lemon juice to sharpen  (optional)
2/3 cup stoned dates (fresh or dried)
1/2 cup toasted almonds
Icing sugar to sprinkle on top

Using a sharp knife peel the oranges removing all the pith and cut into segments, preserving  the juice.  (Optional step - Add orange flower water if using and/or lemon juice to sharpen).  Chop the dates and half the almonds.  Sprinkle over the salad with a little icing sugar.  Chill for half an hour.  To serve, sprinkle over rest of almonds  and a little extra icing sugar.

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