All Green Salad with Ham

This All Green Salad with Ham is so crunchy and flavorful.  Nutritious too!  The green vegetables are loaded with vitamins.  The ham adds a little saltiness and smoked flavor to the salad.  Yum!

I like to make this salad often.  It doesn’t take long to make and tastes great.  For a little more “fanciness”, I sometimes substitute the ham for cooked, peeled, and deveined shrimp.

Main Ingredients for the All Green Salad with Ham:

Celery:  adds crunch!  Rich in vitamins A, K, and C and Potassium and Folate minerals.  For those who don’t like the taste of celery, the thin slices get lost with all other flavors, but the health benefits are still there! I slice each stalk lengthwise and then slice the stalks thinly across.  This way the celery pieces are small and mix well with the other ingredients in the salad.

Cucumber: adds juiciness! Slice the cucumber lengthwise into thinner slices and cut up into small cubes.

Green Bell Peppers: Rich in vitamin C and antioxidants.

Dill: Dill is such an aromatic herb; it goes great in this salad.   Chop the dill finely.  Some like to remove the stems from the leaves and use the leaves only, however, I use it all.  Both are rich in nutrients.

Ham: Using Ham in the salad adds a touch of color and a touch of extra flavor.  Maple glazed ham gives the salad a sweeter taste.  You can use any ham you like.   When I serve this salad at a dinner party, I substitute the ham with medium-size cooked shrimp; it works just as well!

Because ham is already salted, adding more salt is a preference.  If you don’t like much salt in your food, there is no need for it.

You may also want to add:

• broccoli florets
• chopped parsley
• chopped cilantro
• some diced chives

Now, don’t go adding all these ingredients in one salad! 🙂  It will be a little too much!

Try these other great salads:

• Olivier Salad
• Chickpea and Crab Salad
• Cabbage and Ham Salad
• Spring Vegetable and Berry Salad
• Russian Vinaigrette Salad