German Salads Recipes

"I grew up eating this salad and love it. It's a bit different than most North American cucumber salads I've seen as there is no sour cream in it, only a simple oil and vinegar dressing. Usually it's been made using only cucumbers but sometime cooked green and/or yellow beans and/or tomatoes are added. The quantity of oil and vinegar dressing may need..."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, green beans...

""Gurkensalat" is a German stand-by. I have been eating this little salad since I was knee-high-to-a-grasshopper. The trick to this salad is 1. really getting the water out of the cucumber by salting the cucumbers and letting sit in a colander for 20 minutes to delete excess water. 2. I use fresh chives from the garden, and make sure my cucumbers..."

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Ingredients: pepper, cucumbers, dill...

"From the cookbook "Heritage of Cooking" A Collection of Recipes from East Perry County, Missouri. Recipe from Mrs. Amelia Mueller. To find out more about this cookbook read the description from the first recipe I posted from it Recipe #38782."

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Ingredients: potato water, onions...

"This is like a German potato salad served warm, and it's definitely one of the tastiest I've had, so don't wait for Oktoberfest to try making it! I did not include the 2 hour resting time. Timing Hint: This salad may be made a few days in advance and brought to room temperature before serving. This recipe was from the internet. Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: Dijon mustard, lemon juice...

"A quick and easy potato salad to prepare. The dressing is poured over hot, sliced potatoes to allow the seasonings to penetrate before the starches in the potato cool and set."

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Ingredients: chives, brown mustard, onions...

"Posting for ZWT 6 and another recipe from About.com for German recipes. Recipe states: Mix this salad dressing ("Salatsauce") in the bottom of the bowl and then add lettuce. Toss to coat and serve. I personally don't care for a too sweet salad dressing, so I would just but a teaspoon for us, but that is up to personal preference. Serve..."

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Ingredients: cream, fresh lemon juice...

"This sausage and cheese salad is popular in the German part of Switzerland. The recipe is adapted from a Dr. Oetker recipe. This salad makes a great lunch served with rolls. You can also substitute the pork sausage with cooked chicken sausage or leftover pork loin."

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Ingredients: chives, sausages...

"This is a creamy crunchy cabbage salad my family in Germany makes. I used half and half in this recipe but it also tastes very yummy with cream. I have also made the salad with evaporated milk before. I prefer a subtle bacon flavor, therefore I use oil instead of the bacon drippings but you can substitute these if you like."

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Ingredients: pepper, oil, salt...