What do you put on your Salad?

missjoci

Romaine, mixed bag lettuce, cucumber, tomato, peas, cauliflower, carrot, maybe celery. The best part recently is my homemade balsamic vinagrette! Yum. I need to find good meat to put on the salad though. Gets pretty boring if you don't mix it up!

LazyDavid

Pretty much all of the above (including the steak!) but dependent on what I'm eating with it I'll use either a balsalmic vinaigrette or an olive oil based dressing. If I'm having cheese on it; it has to be Feta as in:

Crumbled feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, diced red onions, olive oil and lemon juice served on a bed of chopped iceberg lettuce! Yummy and a great starter! )

Yakisoba

spinach
arugula
jicama
chickpeas
olives
feta
tomatoes
cucumbers
tofu
peas
olive oil
raspberries
egg
avocado
candied walnuts

sorryteacups

I tend to put whatever veggies are in my fridge into my salad. Some salad staples are:

-romaine lettuce + baby spinach
-cherry/grape tomatoes
-cucumber
-green pepper
-mushrooms

Dressing-wise, I love all by Newman's Own and Seeds of Change.

LadyGhostDuchess

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myshell26

Leafy greens (usually romaine and spinach)
cucumbers
green peppers
Yogurt dressing or Light Italian
Sometimes black olives
French's onion strings (just a little to replace the crunch of the croutons)
If I really need it to be light then I'll go for almonds or pistachios in place of the onion strings

juliesummers

I have my big raw salad most days:

Raw spinach, tomato, kale, garlic, onion, mushroom, zucchini, slice of avocado, 1/4 cup jalapeno pinto beans,

Xtina_Beba

My fav salad: Cucumbers, bell peppers (all colors) tomato, onions, olives, grapeseed oil, lemon juice, salt & cayenne pepper

monicanicoletta

when i go to this salad place called chop stop i get :

spinach/lettuce mix
garbanzo beans
grilled chicken
tomatos
cucumbers
black beans
lemon vinagerrette

when i make salad at home i usually do
spinach mix
strawberries
candied pecans
and make my own dressing : 2 tbsp of olive oil 1 tbsp of balsamic, a dash of salt and brown sugar

so much healthier to make your OWN dressings or use a lemon based one. just because it says reduced fat or low fat doesnt make it good, most salads are higher in cal/fat then burgers and people think they are eating healthy but they are adding on the wrong toppings and dressings!

Iceskatefanrn

Hubs will smoke a huge salmon filet for me nearly every weekend, then I divide that up for salads. So nearly daily I have a Smoked Salmon Salad - the salmon is seasoned with just minced garlic and dill, yummy! Love it on mixed field greens and baby spinach - grape tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, etc etc... fabulous!

For dressing I love Walden Farms Bacon Ranch - Sugar Free/Fat Free/Carbohydrate Free/Gluten Free/Cholesterol Free.

And NO, it's NOT "Flavor-Free".. it has amazing Bacon Ranch flavor!

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Ice

Missjulesdid

Lentils
Chick peas
Baked crispy pita bread (measured and used in moderation of course!)
Hard boiled eggs
Various shredded vegetables
dried cranberries
Chicken
taco meat
Chili
raisins
sprouts
cashews
pistachios
homemade italian
balsalmic vinegar
lemon juice/olive oil/salt
Half mixed field greens and half iceberg (yeah I know it has zero nutrition but I love it)

Of course this does not all go on the same salad.. but these are my standard "go to" ingredients that I choose from. A salad for me can easily go over 600 calories of deliciousness... which is fine because it really is a complete meal!