My first taste of Russian salad was from my aunt. I never knew one could make red beets into a salad. Russian salad prepared the Pinoy way is probably named as such because of the natural red coloring of the ingredients, red beet. The salad taste sweet with a slight tangy flavor due to the tart apples and the vinegar marinade. It is basically a potato salad except that the natural red color of the beets seep through the potatoes and the other ingredients. In wikipedia, Russian Salad is not even colored red. A homemade variant of the Russian Salad contains carrots, ham, onions, pickled gherkins, eggs, sweetcorn, cucumber, peas, potato and mayonnaise.

I believe the Pinoy version of “Russian Salad” is very delicious. Try preparing it.

Ingredients

1 cup cubed cooked red beets, beta vulgaris or sugar beets (Known as remolatsa in the vernacular)
1 cup pineapple tidbits
4 tart apples (sweet red apples tend to be mushy)
mayonnaise (I buy reduced fat)
1/3 cup diced sweet ham
1/2 cup diced cooked chicken
3 cups cubed cooked potatoes
1 cup cubed cooked carrots
2/4 cup finely diced celery
vinegar, salt and pepper to taste
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Posted: October 27th, 2009 under Recipes, Salad.
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A Filipino party is not complete if there is no Macaroni Salad, whatever guise it shows up in. This recipe was a favorite party dish during our “growing up” years. Although I cannot remember the source of this salad, I hope you can try it out for your family and guests during the holiday season.

1 package salad macaroni

1/2 cup celery, diced or sliced

1/4 cup pimientos, chopped

1-1/2 cups hard-cooked eggs, chopped

2 cups ripe mangoes, peeled and diced

1/4 cup pickle relish

3/4 cup mayonnaise (or substitute with salad dressing for a lower-calorie salad)

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

2 tsps vinegar (sukang puti)

1. Cook salad macaroni as directed. Drain well and chill.
2. Combine celery, pimientos, eggs, mangoes, and pickle relish.
3. In a small bowl, season mayonnaise with salt, sugar, vinegar. Add this to the celery mixture. Gently fold in the cooked, chilled macaroni. Blend thoroughly.
4. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves garnished with sliced, stuffed olives or tomato wedges.

Posted: October 15th, 2009 under Celebrations, Recipes, Salad.
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3 cups of Hearts of Palm, julienne
1 head of cabbage, julienne
1 can crushed pineapple, drained
mayonnaise to moisten (I use salad dressing because it’s less fatty with the same taste)
salt and pepper to taste
raisins (optional)

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Posted: September 1st, 2009 under Recipes, Salad.
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I love Coleslaw with pineapple in it. This is one of the first salads I made as a teenager. Here’s to more of our childhood (teenage) memories.

1/2 medium cabbage
1/2 cup mayonnaise (or salad dressing)- I prefer reduced fat mayonnaise
1 cup drained crushed pineapple
1/4 cup cut-up marshmallows (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
raisins (optional)

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Posted: July 9th, 2009 under Recipes, Salad.
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I like this tangy sweetish salad. According to Wikipedia, the origins of the Waldorf Salad came from well, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

A Waldorf salad consists of julienned apple and celery, chopped walnuts, grapes, and mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based dressing. The salad was first created around 1893 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City (the precursor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel which opened in 1931)

There is an elegant ring to the salad. Prepare this salad and place over a bed of lettuce.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

8 apples, unpeeled (remove cored, chopped into chunks, around 6 cups)
2 tablespoons Kalamansi juice (or lemon juice)
1/4 cup raisins
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 cup walnuts (chopped but not too fine)
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup yogurt (plain)
2 tablespoons white sugar
lettuce
extra walnuts for toppings
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Posted: June 29th, 2009 under Recipes, Salad.
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When I made Shrimp Potato Salad for my ex-boyfriend (now my husband), he was very impressed. He loved the salad. Salads are so easy to prepare so that’s why I prepared this. I remember how I researched on the best combination for this salad. It’s a composite of a lot of recipes. You can also revise the recipe. Here it is.

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Posted: May 23rd, 2009 under Recipes, Salad.
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During a rare moment of domesticity, I offered to make kani (crab stick) salad for dinner today. I was inspired by a rather expensive kani salad I had at a Japanese restaurant at Eastwood whose name escapes me now. The kani salad I ordered was incredibly disappointing – not only was there hardly any kani; 70% of the salad was made up of cucumbers. I really, really hate cucumbers.

The kani salad I made tonight was something I just kind of put together by myself. Except for a little help from Google on “Japanese mayo”, I pretty much came up with the recipe all on my own. Here’s what I remember of it:

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Posted: January 12th, 2009 under Recipes, Salad.
Comments: 1