Who else loves a good salad 😃

DonnasJourney0805

Sometimes you just gotta have a great salad.. eating healthy can be so good 🥗

Runner5Lulaica

When I had access to a salad bar at lunch, all I ate were giant salads (to the point that my now-husband thought I didn't eat meat when we were first dating). I've forgotten how much I enjoyed them, but I've gone back to eating them the past two weeks and loving how I feel (less post-lunch drag).

Fit_Happens_2021

I love salads. I really love to put all kinds of things in my salads such as cilantro, grapes, red peppers, slices of orange, apple, pears. I love spinach, romaine lettuce, spring mixes, etc. along with the usual cucumber, tomatoes, and spring onions. I mix fresh lemon juice with EVOO and use it as a dressing, sometimes add a little honey. I put chicken, tuna, turkey with it for the protein part mostly, rarely cheese as I am lactose intolerant and only do well with hard aged cheeses. I find salads in most restaurants can be really lacking, I love the places that put a lot of effort into the salad ingredients.
What things do other people like to add to their salads?

nossmf

My wife thinks I'm crazy that I enjoy salads without salad dressing. But not only have I not found one which I enjoy the taste, let alone the calories, but I actually like tasting the individual flavors inside the salad.

Noreenmarie1234

Love my salads. Have a huge one pretty much every single day and have for years!

rosebarnalice

I pack a giant salad almost every day for work:-)

mariamsmb1

My favorite salads are a Persian cucumber salad and a southwest style salad with avocado, corn, and beans.

I also love a Thai salad with shrimp!

VegjoyP

Salads can be a divine chock full of vitality, tastes or a big bowl of empty hi calorie stuff! Classically a " salad" would be a healthy option. I have a salad- left greens at least once a day! My favorite is spring mix, steamed broccoli, cauliflower, tri colored carrots, few sun dried tomatoes, grilled red peppers, artichokes, few black olives, cooked mushrooms, watermelon radishes, tempeh or tofu chunks, nutritional yeast, Braggs aminos and Good Foods plant based dip!!

PAPYRUS3

kale caesar salad with sweet potatoes and crispy chickpeas.

There's nothing like a warm roasted root vegetable with lots of greens/tooth-some grain of some kind., a few seeds or nuts are a nice touch too...

Love @VegjoyP's example too

sulwen314

I love to eat salads but I hate making them - so much prep!

This is my favorite salad when I feel like putting in the effort - the dressing is AMAZING: https://minimalistbaker.com/roasted-vegetable-salad-with-chimichurri/

4Phoenix

That salad and the tasty dressing....yum! My daily lunch salad is an event

PAPYRUS3

sulwen314 wrote: »

I love to eat salads but I hate making them - so much prep!

This is my favorite salad when I feel like putting in the effort - the dressing is AMAZING: https://minimalistbaker.com/roasted-vegetable-salad-with-chimichurri/

this one looks super delicious! I so agree with the work that goes with making them....but it's worth it:)

7rainbow

I ate the same fruit salad every day for 6 months and now I can't look at them...

DonnasJourney0805

@PAPYRUS3 thqt looks amazing😃

lemurcat2

Love salads,in part bc I also find them a super quick meal option, especially if I have some kind of protein (like hard boiled eggs or shredded chicken or skirt steak) ready to add. The longest portion is typically if I decide to roast or sautee some veg that I'm desiring to add.

If one doesn't like available dressings, it's super easy to make one's own. I generally have, even before I cared about cals (although there are tons of low cal premade dressings).

missysippy930

I love food!
Love salad with romaine, arugula, radish, bell pepper, red onion, sliced strawberries, chopped pecans, blue cheese crumbles and strawberry vinaigrette.

ReenieHJ

What?? You mean salad isn't just lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers??

Some of these look and sound absolutely off-the-charts amazing!!!
Can anyone share what their favorite salads have calorie-wise?

Chef_Barbell

I love salads! I like to take what normally would go in a bun or bread and put it on mixed greens and other veggies... fills me up pretty decently.

Kandisn29

That looks amazing! I love a good salad!

Emheia

I've been on a real salad kick the last week or so. At least one meal a day is some kind of salad. Spicy quinoa with tomatos/red onions/black beans for dinner tonight. Tastes kind of like a taco but without meat.

acpgee

Nicoise, tagliata di manzo, Viet pomelo.

dragon_girl26

I love salads, but unfortunately salads with raw lettuces and kale don't necessarily love me back. I'm living vicariously through the pics though!

AmberlyMarlene

If it has a leafy base then I'm not eating it unless I have no other option and I'm starving lol

goal06082021

@dragon_girl26 I like baby spinach as a leafy base for a salad, rather than lettuce - can you do spinach?

Raspberry Chicken Salad
* Spinach base
* Grilled chicken, cubed (marinate the chicken in the dressing before cooking for maximum deliciousness)
* Mandarin orange slices (canned is fine, just drain them; if you have whole, cut them appropriately)
* Sunflower seeds
* Craisins
* Raspberry vinaigrette dressing (or raspberry-walnut, but the plain raspberry is best IMO)

Russian vinigret salad is also delicious, this is how my Russian professor in undergrad made hers:
* Beet, carrot, and potato, boiled about 45 minutes and then chopped small
* Raw onion, sour pickle, cabbage/sauerkraut, all chopped small
* One or two tbsp of oil (sunflower is typical, olive is fine, vegetable is also okay)
* Salt and pepper

schmanciepants

I love the fried onions they sell in the salad topping section....so good on top of a giant bowl of veggies and blue cheese crumbles.

acpgee

Here is a favourite salad idea resource
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/dining/22mlist.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

callsitlikeiseeit

we eat a lot of grilled chicken salad and side salads.

I can bulk it up for hubby (who has no weight issues and if anything could gain a few pounds) and keep it lighter for me.

lynn1

I love all salads but a chef salad is my favorite!! 😍😍

wilson10102018

I like a 1/2 head of Romaine grilled cut side down on a griddle with a pat of butter.

Safari_Gal_

Did someone say salad?? 😉 Yep love em. 🥗

Through the years I’ve been experimenting with different greens ... it’s not just spinach and kale!

So many varieties. Recipe depends on mood...
sweet lettuces and a spritz of EVOO & balsamic are my go to lately... also like watercress and microgreens with avocado... there are still a ton of greens I haven’t tried.. it’s on for 2021

acpgee

We rediscovered retro waldorf salad recently when we had a lot of celery stalks to use up following a recipe that called for celery leaves. We lightened up the classic recipe by using a combination of ranch dressing and yoghurt instead of classic mayo. The trick is toasting the chopped walnuts in a scant amount of butter and a generous sprinkle of salt. Some diced celery and diced apple with raisins tossed in your mayo substitute, sprinkled with the walnuts. The occasional pops of salty walnut or sweet raisin is what makes this salad sing. We lined the plates with a little lettuce.