Recipe for grilled steak salad with creamy cowboy ranch dressing from Salad Days

Tasty Friday time! Today I have a recipe for a grilled grass-fed steak salad with creamy cowboy ranch dressing, including how to make yummy grilled cheesy croutons, from the book Salad Days:
Recipes for Delicious Organic Salads and Dressings for Every Season.

I love the presentation for this salad. I can't wait to try making these croutons! Click on this page from Salad Days to enlarge and read the full recipe for this steak with ranch dressing salad.

And if you want a bunch more yummy salad recipes that are accompanied by really pretty and innovative presentations, grab yourself a copy of the Voyager Press book:

Salad Days:
Recipes for Delicious Organic Salads and Dressings for Every Season

by

Pam Powell

Photographer: Paul Markert

This book includes 150 recipes for creating delicious salads and dressings using organic, locally grown ingredients. Recipes include Apple and Roasted Beet Salad with Fruit, Nuts, Gorgonzola, and Watercress; Green Apple Sassy Slaw with Crisp Apple Maple Dressing; Pear and Grape Salad with Big Woods Blue Cheese and Concord Grapes; Pecan-Crusted Goat Cheese and Micro Greens with Crisp Apple Maple-Brushed Crostini; Chilled Moroccan Couscous Salad; Curry Chicken and Apricot Salad; Harvest Moon Salad; and many more. Sixty color photos and colorful illustrations from the author accompany the recipes. Sidebars and tips for green ways to prepare salads are included.

 

Pam Powell is the founder and creator of Salad Girl Organic Salad Dressing Company, with products that can be found nationwide in co-ops, Whole Foods markets, and other supermarkets. Pam shares recipes for her organic salads regularly on her Salad Girl blog. She lives in Minnesota.

www.saladgirldressings.com

 

Paul Markert specializes in people photography, corporate portraits, lifestyle photography, and commercial photography, but his forte is shooting people with food. Born in California and raised in Minnesota, Paul set up his first darkroom when he was 10 and decided to pursue a career as a professional photographer at age 18. Paul lives with his wife and children near the chain of lakes in Minneapolis, where they enjoy spending time together outdoors. He loves to fly-fish, bike, and snowboard.

 

Comments

[Janice]

I love salad with steak. I order it out a lot, but rarely fix it at home. I've been looking for different recipes for grass fed steak. This looks like a great one for me.