Serves 4 to 6
This delicious salad is the very essence of summer, sporting as it does, a wide variety of garden fresh vegetables.
About 4 cups of very small new potatoes, boiled and then halved or quartered (do not peel)
1 cup blanched julienne of carrots, blanched
About a cup of small cauliflower florets, blanched
About a cup of small broccoli florets, blanched
2 stalks of celery, diced
2 green onions, cut into thin rings, including most of the greens
1 sweet purple onion, cut into thin rings
About 1/2 each, red, green, gold and orange bell peppers, cut into Julienne
About 1 cup raw edible pod sugar peas, (not oriental snow peas)
1 cup Marinated Mushrooms, or commercial
1, 6-ounce can pitted black olives (or pitted olives of choice)
1 tablespoon capers, well rinsed
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 cup Mayonnaise, or commercial
2 tablespoons Sweet and Hot Brown Mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Crisp lettuce leaves
2 or 3 ripe Tomatoes, sliced
2 or 3 hard boiled eggs, sliced
Fresh, coarse ground black pepper to taste
Place the first thirteen ingredients in a large bowl and toss together. Blend the mayonnaise, mustard and Worcestershire sauce together and pour over the salad. Mix well. Line a serving dish with the lettuce and pile the salad into the center. Arrange the tomatoes and eggs around the outer edge of the plate. Serve chilled. |