5 Ingredient Salad Recipes for Your Next BBQ
I know this post is late because Summer is basically over, but I wanted to share a few quick recipes for my favorite summer salads anyway. These colorful, refreshing bowls of salads have been crowd-pleasers at my BBQs all Summer long. And they don’t require a lot of work either because they only consist of five ingredients each. Just top any of them with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and black pepper.
Corn Salad
Corn
Basil
Tomatoes
Green Pepper
Red Onion
Boil corn on the cob, shave the corn off the cob with a knife, and let it cool in a bowl for a few hours. Add some apple cider vinegar for extra flavor.
Watermelon Salad
Watermelon Chunks
Fresh Mint
Red Onion
Pumpkin or Sunflower Seeds
Arugula, or leafy greens of your choice
This is the typical watermelon salad I get as a starter at restaurants all the time, especially in NYC and DC, believe it or not.
Spicy Watermelon Salad
Watermelon
Jalapeño Pepper
Crumbled Feta Cheese
Mint
Red Onion
Remove most of the seeds from the jalapeño pepper, so the salad isn’t too spicy.
Pictures and more details for these recipes below are coming soon. Stay tuned!
Cucumber Salad
Cucumber
Tomato
Basil
Red Onion
Crumbled Feta Cheese
Tomato Salad
Large Tomatoes
Baby Tomatoes
Basil
Red Onion
Cracked Black Pepper
Citrus Salad
Orange
Grapefruit
Tangerine
Kumquat
Parsley
Portions
When it comes to portions and shopping for ingredients, I don’t quite have that information for you because I’m not a chef or professional food blogger. My advice… Just eyeball it and think of how much the average person might eat. For example, the corn salad featured below uses six cobs of corn because there were six people dining in total.
