Salad Nicoise & Pita Pocket Salad
 Liven Your Table With Taste And Your Life With Ease
(NAPSI)-With warmer days comes fresh air, easy breezes and a desire for
zestful dishes that reflect the change in seasons. Winter's hot ovens, heavy
sauces and lengthy meal prep thankfully are replaced with tasty, lighter dishes
that restore zip to the palate and ease in preparation.
Two new recipes-Salad Nicoise and Pita Pocket Salad Sandwich-offer
delightfully refreshing dishes that reflect today's popular Mediterranean
cuisine. And like that region known for celebrating the relaxed basics of life,
these recipes are easy to make, requiring only simple ingredients and a minimum
of preparation time.
With a touch of sophistication, each recipe offers a slightly exotic flavor
to enliven an otherwise plain meal. And if you have children at the table,
they're a fun and delicious way to get them to eat-and enjoy-vegetables.
Developed by Birds Eye, a brand known and trusted by today's consumers, the
recipes embrace the convenience of frozen vegetables-a wonderful time-saver for
anyone looking for a quick and healthy meal. Labeled "healthy" by the
Food & Drug Administration in 1998, frozen vegetables also ensure that the
highest levels of nutrition and flavor are "locked-in" for whomever
you serve.
Easily prepared in advance, the recipes can serve as a light meal as well as
a side dish, and fit all occasions and settings from the dining table to a
summer picnic basket to a gathering of friends on the patio. And when served,
these eye-appealing dishes deliver simple elegance in their presentation.
Salad Nicoise and Pita Pocket Salad Sandwich-healthy, light-tasting fare that
is easy, quick and convenient to prepare. Which will leave you with more time to
enjoy the good things in life.
Salad Nicoise
(Server 4)
(Prep time 5 mins., cooking time 10 mins.)
1 box (9 oz. box) Birds Eye frozen Cut Green beans
1 head Boston or green leaf lettuce
1 can (16 oz. can) whole potatoes, drained
1 can (6 1/8 oz. can) tuna packed in water, drained
2 tomatoes cut into wedges
1/3 cup Greek or black olives, whole
1/3 cup Caesar salad dressing
- Cook green beans according to package directions. Drain and rinse under
cold water to cool; drain well.
- Arrange lettuce leaves on serving platter. Arrange beans, potatoes, tuna,
tomatoes and olives in separate piles on lettuce.
- Drizzle dressing over salad.
Pita Pocket Salad Sandwich
(Serves 4)
Prep time: 4 to 5 mins., cooking time: 10-15 mins.)
1 box (10 oz.) Birds Eye frozen Green Peas
4 pita bread rounds
8 oz. chicken or turkey, cooked and cubed
4 oz. shredded Colby or Swiss cheese
2 sweet pickles, thinly sliced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
4 large lettuce leaves
- In medium saucepan, cook peas according to package directions; drain and
refrigerate until chilled.
- Cut pita bread rounds in half and carefully open.
- Combine chicken or turkey, peas, cheese, pickles and mayonnaise.
- Place 1 lettuce leaf into each pita pocket. Stuff each pocket with
chicken mixture, dividing evenly. Makes 4 servings.
For more great-tasting
recipes and easy entertaining ideas, visit http://www.birdseye.com.
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