Swiss Cheese Salad
with
Creamy Dill Dressing

Our Swiss cheese salad is the perfect baked potato topping or a delicious mushroom stuffing. See all the easy meal ideas below along with the ingredient exchanges for this quick salad recipe.

2-3 servings (as a main dish)

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6 Ingredients Needed:

Swiss cheese - 1 1/2 cups cubed
Lower the Fat: use low-fat or fat-free Swiss cheese

sun-dried tomatoes in oil - 1/2 cup roughly chopped

capers - 1/4 cup

jicama - 1 cup medium dice

sour cream - 1/2 cup
Lower the Fat: use low-fat or fat-free sour cream

fresh dill - 2 to 3 tsp finely chopped or 1/4 tsp dried

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1. In a mixing bowl, combine the cheese, tomatoes, capers and jicama.

2. In a smaller bowl, combine the sour cream and the dill.

3. Add the sour cream mixture to the salad ingredients and toss to combine.

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Main Meal Ideas:

** Swiss Cheese Baked Potato with Lemony Steamed Veggies: A great potato topping - scoop this Swiss cheese salad into a warm baked potato and serve along with steamed spinach, onions and mushrooms tossed with olive oil and lemon pepper.

** Our Swiss cheese salad with creamy dill dressing also makes a delicious meal when served with scrambled or poached eggs. You could also serve this quick salad as an omelet filling with warm garlic bread slices and a side of steamed broccoli and water chestnuts.

** Spoon our Swiss cheese salad into broiled portobello mushrooms and serve along with a bowl of seasoned warm brown rice on the side. This is a fast and easy meal any time.

Light Meal Ideas (suitable for lunch or a light dinner):

** A great easy meal idea is to serve this quick salad as a topping for toasted English muffins with cut up vegetable sticks or a bowl of soup on the side.

** You can also serve our cheese salad over a bed of arugula and sliced red onion rings with rye crackers on the side.

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Ingredient Exchanges:

* Instead of Sun Dried Tomatoes: try Pimiento Stuffed Olives or Your Favorite Salsa

* Instead of Jicama: try Celery, Cucumber or Turnips

* Instead of Sour Cream: try Yogurt, Blue Cheese Dressing or a Creamy Garlic Dressing (Lower the Fat: use low-fat or fat-free dressings)

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These simple additions add even more flavor to this swiss cheese salad with creamy dill dressing.

Additions

* Walnuts or Cashews or Smoked Almonds
* Cooked Cubed Ham or Smoked Turkey
* Crispy Cooked and Crumbled Bacon
* Seasoned Croutons

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