At the age of 61 it doesn’t take a lot to zest up my life, but I love trying new recipes and ingredients to go along with them. I was real excited when I was chosen for this opportunity with Glam Media to Zest up my life with Zesty Italian. I look at this as being is a great opportunity to experiment with new recipes moving toward a healthier lifestyle incorporating more salads into my daily meals. When I started to look around the internet I was real surprised at the number of recipes that called for Zesty Italian as one of the ingredients in their recipe. I am also called on frequently to prepare a dish for the local church, which I am glad to do, but I like to change things up a little bit so I am not serving the same dish every time.
This is the start of a series of two posts, in this post there will be a recipe for a healthier type of life style salad; because healthy food leads to a zestier life style. On April 23rd, in the second post, I will prepare a Zesty Italian Recipe that can be used for a pot luck or church social. I hope you enjoy!
So let’s add some zip to your salad by adding some Zesty Italian seasoning.
- 1 cucumber (sliced or cubed)
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
- 1 medium onion (sliced thinly)
- 1/2 sweet green bell pepper (diced or cubed)
- 1/2 sweet red bell pepper (diced or cubed)
- 1/2 sweet yellow pepper (diced or cubed)
- 1/2 cup Low Fat Zesty Italian salad dressing
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 seasoned pepper
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar
- 1 cup Caesar croutons
- Prepare vegetables as called for in ingredients list.
- In a large bowl mix together the Zesty Italian dressing, cheddar cheese and chopped vegetables.
- Salt and pepper to taste with seasoned salt and pepper.
- Chill and serve topped with the Caesar croutons.
- Tip: Use fresh grated Parmesan cheese in place of the cheddar; it’s a great addition to this recipe.
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