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Swiss Cheese Salad with Creamy Dill Dressing:
The great tastes of Swiss cheese and dill come together in this easy cheese
salad recipe with just a few ingredients and lots of flavor. Swiss Cheese is combined with the rich flavors of sun-dried tomatoes, capers and crunchy jicama with a creamy dill dressing.
Our Swiss cheese salad is the perfect baked potato topping or a delicious mushroom stuffing. See all the easy meal ideas below along with the ingredient exchanges for this quick salad recipe.
2-3 servings (as a main dish)
You will need 6 ingredients:
- Swiss Cheese
- Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Oil
- Capers
- Jicama
- Sour Cream
- Fresh Dill
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Ingredients:
Swiss cheese - 1 1/2 cups cubed
Lower the Fat: use low-fat or fat-free Swiss cheese
sun-dried tomatoes in oil - 1/2 cup roughly chopped
capers - 1/4 cup
jicama - 1 cup medium dice
sour cream - 1/2 cup
Lower the Fat: use low-fat or fat-free sour cream
fresh dill - 2 to 3 tsp finely chopped or 1/4 tsp dried
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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the cheese, tomatoes, capers and jicama.
2. In a smaller bowl, combine the sour cream and the dill.
3. Add the sour cream mixture to the salad ingredients and toss to combine.
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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:
Main Meal Ideas:
** A great potato topping - scoop this Swiss cheese salad into a warm baked potato and serve along with steamed spinach, onions and mushrooms tossed with olive oil and lemon pepper.
** Our Swiss cheese salad with creamy dill dressing also makes a delicious meal when served with scrambled or poached eggs. You could also serve this quick salad as an omelet filling with warm garlic bread slices and a side of steamed broccoli and water chestnuts.
** Spoon our Swiss cheese salad into broiled portobello mushrooms and serve along with a bowl of seasoned warm brown rice on the side. This is a fast and easy meal any time.
Light Meal Ideas (suitable for lunch or a light dinner):
** A great easy meal idea is to serve this quick salad as a topping for toasted English muffins with cut up vegetable sticks or a bowl of soup on the side.
** You can also serve our cheese salad over a bed of arugula and sliced red onion rings with rye crackers on the side.
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Ingredient Exchanges:
* Instead of Sun Dried Tomatoes: try Pimiento Stuffed Olives or Your Favorite Salsa
* Instead of Jicama: try Celery, Cucumber or Turnips
* Instead of Sour Cream: try Yogurt, Blue Cheese Dressing or a Creamy Garlic Dressing (Lower the Fat: use low-fat or fat-free dressings)
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These simple additions add even more flavor to this swiss cheese salad with creamy dill dressing.
Additions
* Walnuts or Cashews or Smoked Almonds
* Cooked Cubed Ham or Smoked Turkey
* Crispy Cooked and Crumbled Bacon
* Seasoned Croutons
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