Mike's Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad
Mike's Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mike's tangy garden fresh summer salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mike's Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mike's Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mike's tangy garden fresh summer salad using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad:
  1. Prepare ● For The Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad
  2. Make ready 2 LG Firm Garden Cucumbers [ends cut - peeled - thick sliced]
  3. Get 2 Firm English Cucumbers [ends cut - unpeeled - thin sliced]
  4. Prepare 1/2 LG Purple Onion [thin round slices]
  5. Make ready 1/3 Cup Yellow Bell Peppers [chopped]
  6. Take 1 1/2 LG EX Firm Beefeater Tomatoes
  7. Take 1/3 Cup Red Bell Peppers [chopped]
  8. Take 3 tbsp Fresh Chives [chopped]
  9. Make ready 1 Cup Fresh Celery [1" chop]
  10. Prepare 2 tbsp Fresh Basil [chopped]
  11. Take 1 tbsp Fresh Dill [minced]
  12. Make ready to taste Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  13. Make ready ● For The Italian Dressing
  14. Get 1 (16 oz) Bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing [well shaken - you may not need all]
  15. Make ready ● For The Garnishments
  16. Make ready Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  17. Take Fresh Parsley
  18. Get Fresh Basil
  19. Take ● For The Options
  20. Make ready 1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
  21. Prepare 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
Steps to make Mike's Tangy Garden Fresh Summer Salad:
  1. Rinse and chop all vegetables and herbs and place in a large plastic bowl with a tight fitting lid. Add 3/4 of your shaken bottle of Kraft Italian Salad Dressing and mix well but, gently. You don't want to bruise your veggies.
  2. Cover tightly and refrigerate for 3+ hours. Gently flip covered bowl every occasionally to re-coat vegetables. Serve cold and garnish with fresh parsley and basil. Enjoy!
  3. Serve this garden salad ice cold. That's it! Easy peasy! Garnish with fresh ground black pepper, fresh parsley and basil. Gently stir before serving. Enjoy!
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