What are your go to salads?

pumpkinspice84

I eat salads a few times a week. Mostly prepackaged salads. I am going to try to start packing my own. What are your go to homemade salads? What dressings are you using or making?

CreativeFedora

I posted a salad recipe on here last month: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/910385-spinach-salad-recipe

It's a spinach salad. As of late I've added cilantro and it's super yummy!

SynapseAP

I use the prepackaged salads as a base (Fresh Express). Then I usually add in (chopped up), 1/2 an avacado, tomato, a bit of cucumber and some red or orange pepper (sweet). There's enough flavor from the avacado, tomato and peppers that I can avoid adding dressing

pumpkinspice84

I posted a salad recipe on here last month: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/910385-spinach-salad-recipe

It's a spinach salad. As of late I've added cilantro and it's super yummy!

That does look good. Will be trying this.

sparkle814

I have been mixing baby spinach with green leaf lettuce and using Market Basket fat free raspberry vinaigrette. I'll usually chop up a few baby carrots and a string cheese and then have either some chicken, tuna fish, or cottage cheese on it. Yum!

spaghetti93

I found homemade dressing to be super easy to make and taste soooo much better than the packaged stuff that's full of preservatives. I don't like an oily dressing so I like to experiment with substitutes. Plain yogurt makes a great creamy base alternative. I just add some white wine vinegar but blending it with strawberries or raspberries makes it even better if you like fruity dressings. If you want a less creamy dressing try adding fresh squeezed citrus fruit. I'm really not a big salad person but when I'm in the mood for one it usually includes chicken, a small sprinkle of cheese (Gorgonzola, feta, or asiago), some apples, and sometimes nuts (although I would rather just eat nuts plain) over spinach or baby greens.

Casstevens133

Leaves, tomatoes, celery, cucumber, spring onions, bell pepper, beetroot, coleslaw, sweetcorn, .... Yum!! Sorry meant to add home made salad dressing ... Olive oil, white wine vinegar and Dijon mustard

2FatToRun

Fastest salad I can make is 2 handfuls of spinach,an orange, some pecans, shredded cheddar cheese, and left over chicken. I squirt some orange juice all over the ting it is so yummy!

xinit0

I posted a salad recipe on here last month...

Salad recipe. I'm not sure that I've ever seen those two words together...

SarahDavs

My go-to salad is: chopped romaine lettuce, peas, baco bits, tomatoes or cucumbers. Sometimes I add corn, chopped meat, beans, shredded cheese or olives. I really enjoy Newman's Own vinaigrette's especially the lite caesar and the lite honey mustard. I think they're 2 TBSP = 70 calories, and I never need to use more then 1 TBSP because they are so flavorful. :-)

csmith822

Aldi has a Caesar Salad Kit (Little Salad Bar) in a bag. I never used to like salad very much, but I love this. It's so yummy and easy that I eat it almost every day.

rduhlir

One of my new favorite "salads" is Chipotle Coleslaw:

Ingredients

1/3 cup fat-free mayonnaise (I replaced this with plain greek yogurt)
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle chile pepper
3 cups shredded green cabbage
3/4 cup whole kernel corn, thawed if frozen
3/4 cup chopped red sweet pepper
1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
1/3 cup chopped cilantro

In a small bowl stir together mayonnaise, lime juice, honey, cumin, and chipotle chile pepper. In a large bowl combine cabbage, corn, sweet pepper, onion, and cilantro. Pour mayonnaise mixture over cabbage mixture. Toss lightly to coat. Serve immediately or cover and chill up to 24 hours.

Serves 6 and the calories for me came out to 46 per serving (based on my ingredient at home)

Pimpmonkey

lettuce or spinach, mushrooms, avocado, cherry tomatoes and whatever dressing I happen to have if I feel like dressing at all.

Sherbog

My favrite is spinach, iceberg lettuce ( I know I know I love the crunch) madarin oranges, feta cheese, cilantro, radishes. I always use fat free mayo diluted with water until it is very very thin. Live on salads as I am a quantity eater.

Shirley in Oregon

avababy05

Lean cuisines new salad additions are awesome! Lot's of flavor and comes with dressing.

Makes it very easy

AlongCame_Molly

Chicken Caesar, or black bean and sweet baby peppers with spicy Ranch.

MissJanet55

I really love this kale salad, and it is better the second day:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Kale-Salad-with-Pinenuts-Currants-and-Parmesan-351274

schondell

Any salad base you like, I prefer spinach.
Handful of blueberries, strawberries, orange segments and cheddar cheese cubes

The fruits are really juicy and so you don't need dressing!

keem88

i mostly use romaine lettuce, but i get baby spinach as well.

tortellini salad: boil and drain tortellini and rinse with cool water. toss with baby spinach, banana peppers, olives, red onion, mushroom, peppers, feta cheese, and olive oil red wine vinegar lemon juice and oregano.

romaine lettuce with cucumber, mushroom, peppers, banana peppers, olives and a ranch dressing made from plain greek yogurt, and spices (onion powder garlic powder dillweed oregano)

chickpea salad: mashed chickpeas with avocado and a little mayo, on top of lettuce with onion tomato cucumber

LeahKRayas

I usually start with spring mix salad in a bag and add tomatoes, cucumber, shredded carrots, 1/2 advocado, and sometimes sunflower seeds, boiled egg or chopped up sliced ham it just depends on what I feel like eating that day.
For the dressing I make my own right before I start making the salad by adding 1/2 cup non fat greek yogurt, 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese, and about 1/4 cup plain unsweeted almond milk and then adding a tsp or two of the hidden valley ranch seasoning mix. It is fast and easy to make and taste really good ( IMO). This will make at least 4 very generous serving of dressing and the entire thing has less than 100 calories or about 25 cal per serving!

iulia_maddie

Salad? This is how i feel about it.

clh126

I'm pretty lazy when it comes to salads. My "go to" salad is to take a bag of arugula, pre-packaged guacamole and combine. If I want to jazz it up, I'll add some strawberries and sliced almonds.

PHr34k0wt

I have 3 favourite salads;

1. Chef's salad, that awful thing. Packed with all the rejected meats and cheese and dressings... guuuhhh
2. Spinach, strawberry, pecan and goat cheese salad, with a light vinaigrette
3. Ice berg lettuce, little cubes of cheddar cheese, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, and a bit of ranch. mm.

judychicken

Bump

Hbazzell

I buy the mixed herbs salad mix and mix it with alfalfa sprouts and butter lettuce. Then I try to top it with protein so either kidney beans or garbanzo beans. sometimes I add baby carrots.

sessik86

I 2nd the strawberry salad. I use spinach, strawberries, feta cheese, pecans, and a fat free poppyseed dressing that has only 35 cal per serving. It is so tasty.

tsubasamasuwaka

My go to salad is lettuce , chopped celery , celantro , sweet red pepper , tomatoes ,1 tbs chopped white onion , mushroom , 1 slice pickled lemon , chopped pickle , 1/2tsp argan oil

sueswan74

love salads! Bump

hbunting86

My favourite lunchtime salad of the moment!

Carnivor0us

My favorite salad is a bacon salad. Ingredients: bacon.

Queen_JessieA

If my son is not around, I will do pecans, cranberries, chopped up apple and some grilled chicken...tho I have done it w/out the chicken! Oh! And blue cheese...Marzetti makes an awesome pomegranite dressing...yums!