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Summer Vegetable Salad

“THIS SALAD is not only delicious, it helped our family weather the Depression. I still remember lining up with Papa to receive dried beans and a 10-pound sack of yellow cornmeal. We used the cornmeal to make polenta. Mother made this salad with vegetables from the garden, and it really tasted good with the polenta. -Rudy Mancini, Calistoga, California”

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Reviewed: Aug. 12, 2008

Enjoyed it. Didn't change a thing. May try it with mozzarella cheese at some point.

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Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2008

I try to find different ways to actually enjoy eating vegetables but this was not it. The vinegar was way too strong. Maybe it would have been better with less vinegar or maybe another type other than red wine. I don't think I would make this again.

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Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2007

I served with fresh mozerella.

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2007

This was great! What I did that was different from the recipe. As someone previously suggested, I cut the ingredients in the salad dressing in half. That amount was perferct for the amoutn of fresh veggies in the salad. I used olive oil instead of vegetable oil...which I usually do in all fresh salads which include tomatoes. I didn't have cherry tomatoes, so I cut up fresh tomatoes to equal once cup. I stirred that dressing really well to incorporate the garlic flavor before I added it to the mixed fresh vegetables. The results were super-yummy!

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SQUEAKYCHU

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Home Town: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Living In: Rockville, Maryland, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2007

This was very good and a great way to use the fresh vegetables from the garden. I would suggest to others who make this either use more vegetables or make less dressing because at the bottom of the bowl, the vegetables were swimming in dressing. Also, if you are not a big fan of vinegar, you may want to cut back on the vinegar. I brought this salad to a picnic and some loved it and others thought it was heavy on the vinegar.

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KayB

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Reviewed: Jul. 24, 2007

This may not be a fair rating.. I changed it up quite a bit! I didn't have red wine vinegar, so made a dressing out of red wine, vinegar, and a balsamic dressing that I had on hand. I thought that the garlic was overpowering, and I LOVE garlic. So the next morning (before taking it to the picnic I made it for), I added a little italian dressing to calm down the garlic. Everyone raved about it.

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Kristin O

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2007

this was great!! i made this for a small family get-together and everyone loved it! the only thing i changed was i used olive oil instead of vegetable oil.

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Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2007

This was so simple and delicious. I'll be making this many more times this summer!

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Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2007

I love the dressing - very tangy. Good salad to pack up on a lunch to bring to work. Throw in any veggies you have. I put a bit of lettuce in (but not too much!), some blanched asparagus is good.

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