I was craving for salad in one fine afternoon. My fridge was loaded with some fresh purchase from supermarket. So I decided to make use of some asparagus,potato, egg, ham, canned preserved peach, apple, cherry tomato and some fresh sweet corn to create a HK styled salad. My sis taught me this recipe when I was very young. She used to make this salad whenever she had a party.
Idon't really like the "raw" vegetable taste from asparagus and sweet corn. So I just throw them in the boiling water for few second to get rid of the raw taste. Then slice or dice all ingredients according to your liking.
Beside using fresh ingredients to make your salad special, the blend of salad dressing is equally important. Hongkongers like to use miracle whip as the dressing base and add some condense milk or evaporated milk to make it sweet. Often I find the condense milk makes the salad too sweet and the evaporated milk too watery.
I still prefer using Miracle whip as the salad base because it tastes fantastic. I use it to make not only salad but also egg mayo or tuna mayo without using mayonnaise. Just use your own imagination to add whatever you like into the miracle whip to create your own special salad dressing. I added black pepper, garlic, sea salt, lemon juice, olive oil, Italian herbs... The reason I use canned peach is that the syrup will somehow balance the sourness of the dressing so I don't need to use condense milk. Mixed and toss the ingredients with the dressing. A light and healthy lunch/snack can brighten up a usual, sleepy afternoon.
