Salads.......how I love thee!

Umm..buttercream frosting. It is my favorite food group. It is hard for me to get the sugar/fat monkey off my back. More power to you since you love salads!

Oh, ok I have one healthy one..halibut. I could eat it 5 out of 7 days.

Me too, love my lunch salads.. I make it the night before after I clean up from dinner. I use those Zip lock bowls that come with the little tiny bowl that snaps into the lid.. it fits 2 tablespoons of dressing.

I do:

Spring mix
petite baby carrots
grape tomatoes
cukes
red onion
a tsp of craisins


Fave dressings: Wishbone light buffalo ranch or light french or light ranch, sometimes a light balsamic

for protein I do a can of swanson white meat chicken drained, tuna, boiled egg, cold cut meats or some left over meat from dinner.

Never tire of this yumminess!!

Pollywog39, congrats on getting healthy. I am on the same journey and feeling so much better. I have re-introduced fruit and vegetables into my diet after so many years of having my doctor tell me not to eat these foods because of a digestive health issue I have. Now, I am eating 95% of my diet from fruit, vegetables and fish of all types.

My salads are almost daily foods and I add all the regular stuff, red lettuce (easier on the tummy), tomatoes, sweet red peppers, zucchini of all colors (chopped or in ribbons), tiny sweet carrots... anything else I can find.

For a dressing, I mix 2 Tablespoons of Pace Picante and 1 Tablespoon of either Hellmann's Low Fat mayo or So Delicious gluten/dairy free plain yogurt. This makes quite a lot of dressing and is delicious. It's creamy with a bite.

Once again, Pollywog39, good luck, I admire you!:flowerforyou:

I eat at least one salad a day ..... some combination of .......

Greens
Chopped veg
A bit of cheese
Nuts
Beans
Fruit
A bit of protein

With plain rice wine vinegar ..... or Newman's LIme Vinaigrette ..... or just lemon or lime juice .....

My husband likes iceberg lettuce & bluecheese dressing ...... mostly he eats what I give him, but every so often he gets his favorite salad :drinker:

Ohhh now I have to go find Lime Vinagarette that sounds yummy!

Being a college student, I get some off looks by my apartment mates about eating so much salad. I'm a big guy but I just can't get enough. I usually 'beef' up my salads. I buy the pre-packaged stuff from trader joe's just for the convenience factor, then chop in a cucumber and a couple carrots. I top it off with a couple ounces of lite turkey slices, or roast beef slices, crumbled Gorgonzola cheese, and a bit of oil & vinegar. A low calorie filling meal all in 1 bowl! Keep on eating that rabbit food!

Another salad lover. I like fresh spinach. I usually get the 50/50 mix with spinach. I fill a glad bowl with lid with mix and then through in cherub tomatos and mushrooms. I usually add carrots and broccoli and then Balsamic vinegar & oil dressing. I do it in the morning when I am fixing breakfast and make llunch for that day.

Granola.

Salad lover here, too! And I'm also a basic iceburg lettuce kind of gal. Nothing wrong with other types of lettuce (as long as they're not bitter) and I LOVE spinach, but I will never turn down iceburg lettuce! I eat salad at least once a day... Usually twice.

For veggies I love red onions, broccoli, bell pepper, white mushrooms, pepperoncinis, pickles, olives (black or green, but preferably no pimiento), roasted peppers, and cucumber.

As for other stuff... chopped Ball Park smoked turkey hot dogs (don't knock it 'til ya try it!), Amy Lu's carmelized onion chicken burger patties, kidney beans, chickpeas, (any kind of bean, really), thinly-sliced steak, ground turkey seasoned like taco meat with a few crushed tortilla strips, a light string cheese stick shredded up (I split one over two salads), turkey pepperoni, whatever!

We have a pizza place in town that is known for making all kinds of crazy pizzas - ones with mashed potatoes, refried beans, hamburger meat, bacon, pasta, peanut butter, pesto sauce, etc. etc. etc. You name it - they make it. Their slogan is "On a pizza???" Anyway, they will make any of their pizzas into a salad - all the toppings, just served on a bed of lettuce and/or spinach. OH MY GOSH THEY ARE TO DIE FOR! They have inspired me to put all kinds of stuff on my salads. If it's good off a salad, it's probably good on one! Hey - I'll try anything once.

As far as dressing... I like 'em with just salt & pepper or some really good pico de gallo salsa. Ahhh!!! So delish!

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i love salads!!. i add sunflower seeds and dried cranberries or strawberries!.

I LOVE cilantro in my salads too!! For me it just MAKES it...takes a plain-tasting salad and gives it such a good taste!

I love salad too! I must say i'm addicted to Arugula...so good and i love making my own mustard dijon vinaigrette but most days i just squeeze lemon and sherry vinegar with a bit of olive oil

My favorite ingredients:
- tomatoes are a must
- marinated artichokes (in water)
- beets
-avocado
- mango
- pea shoots ( my new find)
-green olives
-red onion

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I grow my own organic produce ~ so, fresh from the garden spinach, toasted pine nuts, sheep feta, cherry tomatoes, with balsamic-olive oil dressing and seasonings.