I had some leftover cauliflower and wanted to make a salad but I wasn’t really sure what to make. I am not the biggest fan of raw cauliflower. A friend of mine suggested a salad that included cauliflower, cheese, thousand island dressing and Doritos. At first I wasn’t going to make it, but I couldn’t get it out of my head. I’ve always loved thousand island dressing – I used to order it all the time when I was a kid.
I recently discovered that it is shockingly easy to make your own thousand island dressing with ingredients that you might already have in your fridge. I like to say that I make it from scratch. When you make a condiment by mixing other condiments together, you totally made it from scratch, right? Anyway, I made the salad and it is pretty darn good. I would absolutely throw it together again if I found myself with some extra cauliflower. It would also make a great pot luck salad (as long as it is not sitting in the sun).
- ½-1 head of cauliflower
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 2 or more green onions
- tortilla or dorito chips
- shredded cheese (tex mex)
- Thousand island dressing:
- ½ cup mayo or miracle whip
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- ½ tablespoon rice wine vinegar (or cider)
- 1 tbsp relish (any kind)
- Cut cauliflower into florets. Cut green and red peppers into chunks. Put them all into a large bowl.
- Mix thousand island ingredients together in a small bowl. Pour over the vegetables.
- Top each bowl with shredded cheese, crushed chips and sliced green onions.
Did They Eat It?
Nicky: liked the cauliflower. “flower”
Gordie: liked nibbling on the cauliflower and peppers while we made it.
Stephen: Tasty. Reminds me of crab dip.
Dana: I love thousand island dressing. Definitely worth making if you have some cauliflower lying around.
My Mom makes something similar with Catalina. Gotta love a salad with dorito’s! I LOVE YOUR SALAD STUFF!
Found you on Monday Funday and I clicked over for a salad! What I got made me even happier – DORITOS!!!!!!!!!!! Only my number one favorite food/snack in the world. Def going to try this!!