What do you put in your salads?

butterflylover527

I'm bored, so i thought I'd ask this lol.

I put a lot of different stuff in mine, depends on my mood.

Varies from raisins, lunch meat, almonds, walnuts, pecans, carrots, celery, SOMETIMES a little shredded cheese, and salad dressing (Ken's light Vidalia)

What about you guys?

butterflylover527

Depends.. Hard boiled eggs, chicken, cucumbers, cheese, grape/cherry tomatoes, nuts, (sometimes even a few croutons if I have some calories to spare.)

Mmmm I think I'm going to have to steal the hard boiled eggs idea!!

Melindaleigh12

I like everything in salad, the usual eggs, cheese, sometimes lunch meat or cold chicken breast but my secret ingredient if I ever don't feel like salad is Frenchs crispy fried onions!!!! Well worth the 40 cal for a tablespoon of delicous!

JoeClaunch

I use lettuce, red cabbage, carrots, green pepper, mushroom, broccoli, califlower, radish, and then I sprinkle with Tastefully Simple All Natural garden Veggie dip Mix - no fat to my salad - less than 80 calories total - HUGE and I do mean a HUGE salad and it really tastes good - If y'll have not been to a Tastefully Simple Party you need to find one - if you live in the Tucson area I'm going to have a male/female party in November but you really need to hook up with some of the products before that - I found it by mistake - just like this is a dip mix - it is great spinkled on salads and sandwiches gives them flavors and becauce you don't use enough to matter it don't count - Good Luck -

Impy84

raisins, orange wedges, strawberries, grapes ( i like fruit lol), tuna, cucumbers, bell peppers, broccoli. those steamable veggie bags.
basically whatever i want lol

butterflylover527

I like everything in salad, the usual eggs, cheese, sometimes lunch meat or cold chicken breast but my secret ingredient if I ever don't feel like salad is Frenchs crispy fried onions!!!! Well worth the 40 cal for a tablespoon of delicous!

Oh yumm!! I use to eat a whole can of the fried onions :ohwell:

LaPati

I like everything in salad, the usual eggs, cheese, sometimes lunch meat or cold chicken breast but my secret ingredient if I ever don't feel like salad is Frenchs crispy fried onions!!!! Well worth the 40 cal for a tablespoon of delicous!

French onions, what a great idea! I will have to try!

I have looked for crispy little tortilla strips for my salad, like El Pollo Loco puts on the loco side salad but haven't been able to find them, does anyone know where I might find these?

And for my salad I like putting garbanzo and kidney beans, cucumbers, broccoli and a little bit of cheese.

spngebobmyhero

my usual salad:

spring greens
grape tomatoes
cucumbers
1 can of oil packed tuna
balsamic vinegar

taunto

I got a few goto salad recipes I use

Poor mans salad:
small red onion
tomato
cucumber

use quantity as you like, chop them up nice and tiny and then add some lemon juice. Viola! Its pretty good salad if you're eating it with rice and curry or rice in general

Fatoush:
romaine lettuce
tomato
pita chips
cucumber
red onion

chop em up nice and chunky except for the cucumber and red onion which should be chopped tiny. Add them up together. Mix in some "Summac" (An arabic spice) with some lemon juice and then drizzle some extra vigin olive oil on top

tammietifanie

My fav is :

Baby Spinach leaves
Hard Boil egg
Kidney beans
Tomato
Chopped up cooked Turkey bacon
and Drizzle Olive oil over it with a dash of pepper

bhankiii

For me the question is what do I put ON my salads. I love Indian food more than life itself, but I'm avoiding the white rice carbs, so when I go to the Indian buffet, I load up my plate with salad instead of rice and put my saag paneer and lamb korma on top. Similarly, leftover spaghetti goes on a plate of baby spinach. Because I'm not really a fan of salads.

betterme1291

my favorite salad
cucumber
apple
red grapes
lemon juice
S&P
red pepper flakes

sweetsarahj

My salads always start with baby spinach. I don't even remember what lettuce tastes like, lol.

I eat a lot of the same stuff that others have said, but at least once a week when I want something a bit different I eat:

2 cups spinach
1 sliced hard boiled egg
grated carrot
grated zuchinni
60 g tuna
3 spicy pickled beans

Renee's Asian sesame dressing

So yummy! Bean sprouts in this would be good too, altho i never have those in the house

sassybellex

i like to put quinoa and wholemeal couscous in my salads, avocado and pineapple is another 2 favourites.

kayemme

we eat salads for all kinds of meals, sometimes as a side, but mostly as the meal itself, so it depends on what kind of salad we're talking about.

for my regular lunch salad, I'll use whatever I have but almost always some of the following:

a mix of crisp and leafy greens
shredded carrots
feta cheese
1/2 hard boiled egg
red onions
green onions
pepperoncini
jalapenos
black or green olives
pickles

homemade dressing (made from balsamic vinegarl, spices & homemade mayonnaise (oil, egg, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar & some spices)

and seasonally

1/2 tart apple (i adore the combination of apples & onions)
tomato
avocado
snap peas
chopped cauliflower
chopped broccoli (not much, because I'm not a big fan of broccoli)


and occasionally

sunflower seeds
homemade croutons (though since I've basically cut bread from my diet, this is extremely rare. I used to make croutons with stale bread. I don't think I've ever bought them at the store)

if it helps much, you can look at my diary around may 15th to about june 5th. I had a salad for lunch almost every day and it had to sustain me from noon to about 6 with a small snack in between. I also bicycle commute to work & back, so it had to give me enough energy to get home (though, home is more downhill than up, thankfully)

sweetsarahj

I got a few goto salad recipes I use

Poor mans salad:
small red onion
tomato
cucumber

use quantity as you like, chop them up nice and tiny and then add some lemon juice. Viola! Its pretty good salad if you're eating it with rice and curry or rice in general

Fatoush:
romaine lettuce
tomato
pita chips
cucumber
red onion

chop em up nice and chunky except for the cucumber and red onion which should be chopped tiny. Add them up together. Mix in some "Summac" (An arabic spice) with some lemon juice and then drizzle some extra vigin olive oil on top

I love love love fatoush! It's a 'party' salad to me, I also add minced radish, and I use green onion instead of red. Also I buy pita bread, cut it in pieces and fry it before adding to the salad- not healthy but so tasty!

Frogger0828

Diced avocado. Higher in calories than other veggies, but fantastic super food with good fat. If you dice up a quarter of the avocado, you'll find you need less dressing - so win win!

Josette89

My favorite salad ever is a Greek Salad. With Spinach. I love Feta cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette. Oh Oh! And Red onions. But if I were to have any other kind of salad it would have Bell Peppers, onions, Croutons, and a hint of shaved Parmesan cheese. Maybe with a light Caesar Dressing. I really prefer fresh made Caesar, with real Anchovies, but I haven't had much time to make stuff like that in a while. yummm... It is kinda crazy how much I love food, hahaha. But that's why I'm a cook and not to mention the reason why I am on MFP.

mynameiscarrie

Lately it's been:

lettuce
chick peas
red bell pepper
cherry tomatoes
a few croutons
and light ranch dressing or caesar dressing

I would put hard boiled eggs in there, but for some reason i'm really nervous to make hard boiled eggs...

butterflylover527

I would put hard boiled eggs in there, but for some reason i'm really nervous to make hard boiled eggs...

Yeah I know what you mean!

Acliff510

I love sunflower seeds in mine. & I agree about the tastefully simple ... I used there vidalia dressing and LOVE it!!!

I wish I could copy Applebees Oriental chicken salad for 1/2 the calories!!! I love that thing!!! (had it last night before going to see magic mike as a matter of fact!!)