Your favorite salad toppings?

ilovelucy711

What are your favorite toppings for salad?

I have two that I love!

One is the classic Greek salad - romaine, tomatoes, onions, kalamata olives, feta cheese and greek salad dressings.

The second is an apple walnut chicken - salad mix, grilled chicken, walnutes (or pecans), sliced apples, cranberries and blue cheese.

Looking for more salad ideas! :happy:

Crochetluvr

Chick peas, hard boiled eggs, broccoli, grape tomatoes, any cheese, avocado, bacon bits and ranch dressing

ekrier2

My favorite is.

Cucumbers - diced
Regular mixed lettuce
kalamata olives
grape tomatoes
mini mozzerella pearles (balls)
and lite balsamic vinigrette dressing.

Simple and delicious.

peachfigs

I love salads!

I use homemade dressings such as creme fraiche or greek yogurt, mixed with herbs like basil, mint, oregano, etc. I like balsamic dressing too.

...then add things like parsley, sunflower seeds, raspberries, apple slices, sesame seeds, boiled eggs, tangerine pieces, dried mango.

Last but not least, CHEESE! I like crumbled feta or goats cheese.

Edit: Also, I think the leaves are a huge part of making a salad great. Iceberg lettuce is tasteless! I love rocket or herb salad.

trud72

hard boiled eggs,radishes,pickled onions cucumber raw white cabbage yumm


also another one is

super thin white and red cabbage sliced with lemon jucie and a tiny bit of virgin olive oil on(or not)! wait till it goes soggyish! yummy :bigsmile:

lalionne

i'm in love with having these key elements on my salad:

sunflower seeds, shredded carrots, hard boiled eggs & garbanzo beans (chickpeas)...i always get these items at a salad bar...especially the sunflower seeds! yummmm!

jenillawafer

Bacon bits, wasabi peas, fire roasted peanuts, croutons, a plethora of veggies (carrots, green & red bell pepper, onions, broccoli), pickles, soynuts, sunflower seeds, hard boiled eggs, onions, feta (my favorite cheese, but any will do), all topped with balsamic vinegar.

mjanssen86

Eating a salad right now...here are the ingredients:

2.5 cups shredded lettuce (darker varieties are better for you obviously, but shredded is all i had in my fridge)
1/4 cup shredded carrots
1/4 black beans (canned, drained)
1/4 corn (canned, drained)
1/4 diced tomatoes (fresh)
3 Tbsp. Newman's Own Lite Balsamic
1.5 tsp. Lime Juice

Total Calories: 194

amandanndel

I love so many different salads... right now I'm adoring chickpeas, cucumber, tomato, sunflower seed, and onion atop of arugula with honey mustard.

I recently bought a dressing mixer "thingy" from OXO does anyone make their own dressings?

lisamarie1780

I like prawns with pineapple or mango and chilli

I love tuna with boiled egg and avocado as well

I love most salads though to be honest. I eat salad most days

ladydy911

Eating one now. Heart of Romaine, baby spinach, red onion, green onion, tuna and HUMMUS HUMMUS HUMMUS. A little lemon juice, no dressing.

jdatillo

Spring Mix lettuce with cherry tomatoes, red onion, sundried tomato, pine nuts, goat cheese and drizzled with olive oil and squeeze of lemon.

crista_b

I love summer salads. Strawberries, mandarin oranges, blueberries, feta cheese, maybe some almonds or pecans, raspberry vinaigrette. *drool*

FitFunFabulousNicole

Feta

coliema

Olives, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, almonds, avocado, crab, grilled chicken. (Not all mixed together at once, just a variation of those)

For dressings I like a thin ranch, italian, vinegar, honey mustard, lemon juice.

Tuffjourney

Recently just tried edamame. Never had it before, its yummy. But, this goat cheese everyone is talking about is my next goal.Cant wait to try that. :happy:

Tuffjourney

Forgot to add what I do like. Radishes, baby bell peppers, Cucumbers, carrots. I dont like a lot of dressing on a salad, so I put my salad in a zip lock bag and add a bit of dressing then shake the bag up so everything gets just a bit of dressing on it. Then I put it on my plate. It sounds strange, but it works for me...:ohwell:

rebbylicious

My salad-

Romaine
Blue cheese
Dried Cranberries
Sunflower seeds
& I love briannas poppy seed dressing.

mkwongh

bump for later -- usually bring salads to work for lunch. Some yummy options i must try

melindasuefritz

none u are adding more caleries

oliviabog

Yum to avacado and crab! I usually quite like some mackerel with my salad. Trying to include more omegas!

i did love cheese but sort of gone off it since having my gall bladder out

murphy612

Feta

and avocado

heather0mc

i just bought something weird for my salad - at least it seemed kinda weird! it was a bag of broccoli slaw. i guess you are supposed to add stuff to it to make cole slaw. but instead, i topped my salad with it! it was pretty delish and i think it satisfied the need for some extra crunch.

i love me some carrots and chic peas and hard boiled eggs and broccoli (non-slaw lol) and lots of lettuce and corn and black beans and cucumbers and avocados and red onions and cheese....*drool*

themommie

Spring mix, feta cheese, apples, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds or almonds with a balsmic dressing or

Spring mix, olives, avocado, black beans, corn limebjuicenand salsa yum

lousoulbody

I love, delicate baby spinach as my salad base topped with chopped onions, avocado, pear & poppy seed dressing, yum yum.

Another is chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, olives and kind, red, yellow or green peppers, tossed with greek dressing & feta cheese. NO GREENS, Just chunky salad…voila`

Another is Costcos Sweet Kale Salad

And yet another twist, make your favourite salad and at the end toss with coleslaw, it reminds me of that applebee's salad minus the tons of fat!!

Cheers:drinker:

scrap

Citrus (1/2 cutie or mineola)
Fresh herbs

marie_2454

I love chicken taco salad! Lots of lettuce with some chicken, corn, black beans, tortilla strips and sometimes a little shredded cheese. I mix salsa with fat free ranch for the dressing. So good! I also really like spinach with pears/ apples/ strawberries/ blueberries with chicken, crumbled blue cheese, walnuts/ pecans, and a strawberry balsamic vinaigrette.

RJay64

Meat - lean steak strips with greek olives, feta, and a vinaigrette.

apothecarist

Been making spinach salads lately and topping it off with:

Garlic stuffed olives (get mine from Trader Joe's)
Sun dried tomatoes
Feta cheese
Homemade spicy salsa
Stacy's Pita Chips
Lowfat cottage cheese
Broccomole (!)--great recipe posted here somewhere

GormanGhaste

I just bought something weird for my salad - at least it seemed kinda weird! It was a bag of broccoli slaw. I guess you are supposed to add stuff to it to make cole slaw. but instead, i topped my salad with it! It was pretty delish and i think it satisfied the need for some extra crunch.

I love broccoli slaw! Rather than using it as a garnish, I'll use it as my entire salad base, with just Kalamata olives and some light dressing.

PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot

Chili powder!