Salad Toppings? What're YOUR Favorites?

kirstinlee

Just curious what everyone likes to mix in with their salads. I have a very high intolerance for almost any raw vegetable that isn't leafy, so I'm always looking for new ideas. I recently found these things called Crunchies, which are basically just freeze-dried fruit -- all of the taste and most of the nutrition, waaay less sugar than dried fruit, and they add that crunch that I just have to have with my salad. What's some of your favorites?

Pearsquared

As far as non-vegetable toppings, I like:

Sunflower seeds
Bacon bits
Hardboiled eggs
Homemade croutons (topped with olive oil and parmesan. Om nom nom)
Shredded asiago cheese
Walnuts

Not all at once, of course (too much, lol) but these have all been tasty on my salads.

lynnsf

Mushrooms and garbanzo beans. They fill me up. I'm thinking about hardboiling some eggs to have ready for salads. I do like them, but I never have them ready when I want a salad.

MichelleBogart

My favorites are hard boiled egg, dried cranberries, chopped ham, peas, sunflower seeds, imitation or real crab, chopped turkey or chicken, cheese, shredded carrot. Um, yeah, I do usually put all those on at once except for the crab and turkey. My salads aren't always the healthiest. LOL

BigBrunette

Dried cranberries
Crushed cashews
Mandarin orange slices
Black beans
Hard-boiled eggs
Pancetta bits
Fresh mozzarella
Pickle relish

AwesomeSquirrel

Some of my favourite salads:

Baby spinach
Walnuts
Feta cheese
Dried cranberries

Mixed leaves
Chicken
Blue cheese
Apple
Pecans
Dried cranberries

Mixed leaves
Poached eggs
Bacon
Mustard dressing
Cucumber

Couscous
Spinach
Broadbeans
Feta
Mint

Janet_andpie

I usually pick one or two of the following to go on my salad.

Cottage Cheese
Grapes
Almonds (or any nut)
Olives
Pickled beetroot
Soy Sauce
Baked beans (odd, but it works)
Raisins (or any dried fruit)
Cheerios (OK, I'm weird but I like 'em)

2B110Again

There's a great restaurant my hubby and I go to often with a great salad bar. I usually top my salad with croutons, bacon bits, tortilla strips, and cheese.

majope

Lots of different things...
cheese
bacon
dried fruit
fresh fruit
nuts
crispy onions
crispy red peppers
crispy tortilla strips
hard boiled egg
sandwich meat
barbecue meat (pulled pork or chicken)
various beans
croutons
that shake-on crunchy salad topping stuff

...but usually only 2 or 3 at a time. Like, with a fruity vinaigrette; blue cheese, nuts, and fresh berries (or dried cherries); with salsa ranch dressing: tortilla strips, crunchy red peppers, and cheese; with honey mustard: bacon and crispy onions.

lanoreco

Extra Veg:
avocados
cucumbers
cherry tomatoes
peppercinos
canned beets

Misc:
Croutons
Kalamata olives

Cheese:
Feta
Goat cheese

Meet:
Chicken
Tuna
Oscar Meyer pre-cooked bacon (it's so easy to just tear up and throw in)
Sardines

herblackwings39

I like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, bacon bits, bean sprouts, dried cranberries, jalapenos, olives, blue cheese, sharp cheddar, ham or chicken.

Really lots of stuff tastes great on a salad. One combination I really enjoy is thinly sliced pears with walnuts and blue cheese. Just a little of a sharper cheese goes a long way.

ncmedic201

Sunflower seeds
Slivered almonds
Walnuts
Pecans
Cranberries
tortilla strips
garbanzo beans
black beans
cheeses-feta, gorgonzola, cheddar
apples
strawberries
blueberries
mandarin oranges
eggs