Sometimes... I get REALLY excited about a salad.

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I get much more excited about a well made salad than something like...McDonalds.
    But, then, I adore salads.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    That's funny, you lettuce haters. I eat so much of it that I actually have to weigh it because it comes in at a couple hundred calories every week.

    Yes! I probably go through 2lbs of spinach plus 3lbs of romaine and maybe 2lbs of mesclun mix per week.
    We eat a fair amount of salad, but also cook greens down and mix them with everything!
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Back to the OP, my favorite is lettuce of any type, cucumber, sunflower seeds, blue cheese/gorgonzola, light champagne vinaigrette, dried cranberry, and chicken if I can fit it in.
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    I'm a simple salad person.

    Tomatoes, romaine, feta, red wine vinegar, cucumbers, and hard boiled egg is super yum. Sometimes I add grilled chicken.
  • sadiebrawl
    sadiebrawl Posts: 863 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    I get excited about colors, and salads are the best for adding lots of different colored foods.

    YES!!!!!
  • sadiebrawl
    sadiebrawl Posts: 863 Member
    CatShelton wrote: »
    I had the best salad last night! I wanted it again today. I bought a full strawberry fields salad from wendy's then came home and dressed it up the way I wanted. I threw away the dressing it comes with and the candied sunflower seeds (too much sugar) and I added 1oz of slice almonds, 1 oz of crumbled goat cheese, some baby spinach leaves, and avocado oil/raspberry balsamic for dressing. It was so good! I want it again soon for sure!

    this made ma mouth water!
  • coco_bee
    coco_bee Posts: 173 Member
    br3adman wrote: »
    I don't get excited about salads. I get excited when the scale drops tho lol

    Lol, what he said, but I do enjoy salads in the summer time yes
  • ejbronte
    ejbronte Posts: 867 Member
    Hi All - Want to share a salad I made yesterday and finished up today - it's one of those better-the-second-day dishes:

    Cook up some quinoa (I used black).
    While the water is working on the quinoa, toss in:
    About 1/4 Spanish onion, coarsely chopped
    About 1/4 of a red pepper, also coarsely chopped
    About half a cup of cooked (I used canned) small white beans
    When the water boils, lower the heat and add the juice and pulp of half a lemon.
    Salt, pepper and any other seasonings to taste.
    Let it simmer.

    While it's simmering, into a food processor (I have a little one, perfect for small servings):
    About 7 or 8 cherry tomatoes (these fresh from my generous tomato plant in the back yard)
    about half as much peeled cucumber
    A little onion
    A clove of garlic
    A little red pepper
    Juice of half a lemon
    A little olive oil.
    Salt, pepper and any other seasonings to taste.
    Spin the processor till everything's small but not liquified

    Combine the two sets of preparations together, toss. Serve at room temperature. Put the leftovers in the fridge for tomorrow. Use some bread to sop up the dressing!

    Incidentally, the tomato and veggie mixture is an Andalucian salad called pipirrana.

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