Amazing Watercress Salads, Spreads and Soup

Watercress is an amazing ingredient for superb salads, salad dressings, sandwich spreads and even soup, trying the amazing watercress foods will guarantee for a delicious treat.

There are varied excellent foods made by watercress as one of the ingredients. Sampling these delicacies makes for a wonderful exotic experience that will generate much interest in the wild greens.

Sandwich spreads

Here we have the Watercress- feta sandwich spread and also watercress Egg- salad sandwich spread.

Watercress - feta sandwich spread

This spread is extra yummy and can be used not only in sandwiches but also in bagels and pita bread. These spread can also be thinned with milk and used as a dip.

Ingredients

The main ingredients are 1 ½ cups of watercress, 4 oz feta cheeses and 8 oz cream cheese. Other ingredients are:

2-3 cloves of garlic

½ tsp coarse ground pepper

1-2 tsp milk to soften as needed

Preparations

1)All of the above ingredients are placed in a food processor. They are then chopped at high speed until smooth, green and creamy.

2)Milk is only added if necessary to soften it to a nice sandwich spread consistently.

Watercress Egg- salad sandwich spread

Ingredients

The main ingredients are ½ cup watercress, chopped finely and 2 hardboiled eggs. The other ingredients are:

2 Tbsp chives or minced onion

2 Tbsp mayonnaise

Salt and pepper

Preparation

1)The hardboiled eggs are mashed with a fork and mixed with watercress and chives.

2)Moisten with mayonnaise then season gently with salt and pepper.

Optional: One can add a teaspoon of horseradish to make this spread extra wonderful

Soup

The watercress potato soup is a great way to enjoy soup. This soup features some garlic, some watercress, potatoes and a bit of some butter and some onion.

Watercress potato soup

Ingredients

The main ingredients are 4 cups watercress and 8 medium potatoes that have been peeled and diced into bite-sized pieces. Other ingredients are:

10-12 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium large onion

1 Tbsp butter

1 cup milk or cream

5 cups water or stock

¼ tsp pepper

2 tsp salt

Preparation

1)The onion and the garlic are sauted in butter.

2)Diced potatoes and 5 cups water or stock are then added.

3)Potatoes are cooked until soft and let to cool.

4)½ of the potatoes and broth are put into a food processor or blender and blended until smooth.

5)Add puree back to pot with the rest of the potatoes and water then turn low heat.

6)Watercress, salt and pepper are then added.

7)Simmer gently until watercress is tender.

8)Add milk or cream and serve.

Remember: This soup scorches easily so hover over it and stir often. Using a Crockpot for stages 6 to 8, will make the soup not to scorch, and you can be doing other things while the soup simmers. This soup will disappear quickly!

Salad and Salad Dressing

Here we have watercress Chef’s salad and creamy watercress yogurt dressing.

Watercress Chef’s salad

Ingredients

The main ingredient is 2 cups of watercress. Other ingredients are:

2 cups grated carrot

1 hardboiled egg

1 avocado, diced

½ cup toasted sunflower seeds

½ cup grated parmesan cheese

Preparation

Toss everything together and serve with a nice homemade dressing.

To get a double dose of watercress, top with creamy watercress yogurt dressing. These will make the whole experience extra yummy.

Creamy watercress yogurt dressing

This recipe is an old standby for salad dressing. This dressing is what it takes to make for really delicious salads. Watercress can be substituted with other in season wild greens throughout the year this includes: chickweed or other tender grass.

Ingredients

The main ingredient is 1 cup of watercress, which can be substituted with chickweed or other tender grass. Other ingredients are:

½ cup yogurt

½ cup olive oil

1 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar

1 tsp honey

Dash of pepper

1 garlic clove

¼ tsp salt

Preparations

1)Blend all ingredients except yogurt thoroughly in a food processor or blender.

2)Add yogurt and blend gently until smooth.

Watercress is amazing wild green and guarantees for superb salads, wonderful spreads and enjoyable soups.