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salad ideas?

Posts: 128 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love salads! I honestly could eat them everyday. I have my basics that I always eat..
So what are some salads you love? I want some fresh ideas! thank you :wink:

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  • Posts: 59 Member
    My "Mega salad" consists of the following:

    lettuce
    cherry tomatoes
    sweetcorn (little spoonful)
    chopped spring onions
    beetroot
    grated carrot
    sliced red pepper
    a boiled egg


    and some cold meat on the side :glasses:

    BOOOOOM!!! :tongue:
  • Try putting some kumquats on a salad if you can find them, they are kind of intense on their own, but on a salad they give it a pretty nice citrusy kick.
  • Posts: 64 Member
    iceberg lettuce, croutons, bacon bits and ranch! love it!
  • Posts: 1,792 Member
    Sliced strawberries, feta, pecans, grilled chicken, and strawberry/berry vinaigrette.

    Great combo.

    I prefer spinach for the greens so it isn't the nutritional equivalent of cardboard though.
  • Posts: 1,294 Member
    Romaine lettuce, purple onions, kidney or black beans, carrots, tomatoes, red bell pepper(red is my favorite, but any is okay), dried cranberries, nutritional yeast, and usually lemon juice instead of dressing. I sometimes will put avocado on it, but that's kind of a treat, not a usual thing. And I will sometimes use fat free salad dressing. I absolutely LOVE salad!
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  • Posts: 1,048 Member
    My salad today was:
    Spinach
    Tomato
    Grapes
    Strawberries
    Walnuts
    Feta
    Like 5 croutons
    Lite Raspberry vinaigrette
  • Posts: 686 Member
    Romaine lettuce or I prefer lots of spinach, grilled chicken or a boiled egg..sometimes a side of salmon, carrots, lots of cucumbers, green onions, radishes, bell peppers, sometimes mushrooms,1/4 cup of garbanzo beans or soybeans, avocado, tomatoes.

    I eat my salad with a splash of vinegar and lots of pepper.

    I had a salad for lunch! :bigsmile:
  • Posts: 228 Member
    My fave right now is:
    Arugula and/or spinach
    1 ounce goat cheese
    pickled beets (I prefer Lovebeets!)
    salt/pepper
    drizzle of EVOO
    drizzle of vinegar

    BUT, it doesn't need dressing at all really, if you cut/chop it well enough with the beets and cheese and S&P.

    Sometimes I add some beans, but I get enough of those in the rest of my meals lately, so for me, lately, a salad get's to be a salad and doesn't have to be a meal.
  • Posts: 22 Member
    Lettuce, chicken, black beans, corn, salsa, & light ranch.
  • Posts: 1,372 Member
    caprese
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  • Posts: 73
    grated khol rhabi is very nice on salad as is mooli (japanese radish) I keep a big pot by the backdoor where I grow mixed salad leaves like mustard and land cress (DONT grow this in open soil it's unbelievably invasive!)
    Putting fresh picked stuff in salads makes an awful lot of difference even if it's just herbs out of a windowsill pot x
  • Classic spinach - Baby spinach, red onions, white mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, bacon (optional), and crutons.

    Pairs nice a with honey dijon or poppyseed dressing.
  • Posts: 228 Member
    Oh! Also Tabbouleh!
    I love fresh parsley this time of year. I make it myself sometimes, but if you're looking for store bought, I highly recommend the Good Neighbors brand. It's my preferred ratio of veggies to grain.

    I seriously, cannot wait to get home to some tabbouleh now.
  • Posts: 128 Member

    i love skinny taste and have loved everything i have tried from it. I look at her salads often. i wanted to see what other people came up with too!
  • Posts: 1,157 Member
    I keep plenty of fresh fruits, veggies and some meats for my salads.
    Tonight's salad will have:
    Teriyaki Chicken, Hard Boiled egg, Baby greens and spinach, Tomatoes, Onions, Radishes, Carrots, Mushrooms, Peppers, Pickles, Roasted Pecans, a little cheese and Home Made Honey Mustard Dressing
  • Posts: 284
    I usually have the same salad over and over but change dressings. Sometimes I might have lemon juice, other times I might have a Balsamic dressing or I might use a light salad cream, but I even make up vinaigrette bt I make it completely oil free! yummy x
  • Posts: 135 Member
    saw an idea for mango chicken salad was going to try
    chicken breast, mixed salad leaves, macademia nuts,sliced mango and cucumber, lime juice and chilli dressing looked awesome.
  • Posts: 397 Member
    I eat a salad for lunch everyday – mixed greens, red bell pepper, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, ½ avocado, tuna and sometimes some sunflower seeds. Never use dressing.
  • Posts: 692 Member
    My standard salad mix is
    Lettuce - usually romaine plus whatever else looked good at the store
    Mushrooms
    Cucumber
    Onions
    Radishes

    to which I add a few of the following depending on the mood i'm in
    hard boiled egg
    bacon
    diced pepperoni
    shredded chicken
    provolone cheese
    pepper jack cheese
    feta cheese
    blue cheese
    sliced almonds
    pickled veg mix
    hot pepper rings
    olives
    avocado
    basil
    parsely
  • Posts: 1,073 Member
    Today I made a sweet salad that was delicious.

    Torn baby spinach
    Quartered, pitted cherries

    Then the dressing was
    1/4 cup full-fat coconut milk
    1/4 cup blueberries
    1 tbsp olive oil
    about half a tbsp of lemon juice
    dash of cinnamon
    all mixed up in the food processor (a blender would have worked better though)

    And that was it. I was going to add grilled chicken, but I was too lazy. I think almonds would have been great on it, but we're out.
  • Posts: 1,361 Member
    Romains or leaf lettuce,
    Spinach
    carrots
    radish
    tomato
    cucumber
    hemp seeds
    sunflower seeds
    dressing of choice!
  • Posts: 204 Member
    Spinach, watercress and rocket. peppers, red onion, sweetcorn, cucumber, gherkin, Beetroot and grapes. Pine nuts and Balsamic Vinegar.
    I usually have this with smoked Salmon or prawns
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  • I get so overzealous and put literally every vegetable I like in a salad... it gets gross because the flavors don't mesh well. I need to learn how to make "themed" salads, lol. :tongue:
  • Posts: 4 Member
    My current favorite is: sliced stawberries, blueberries, slivered almonds, chicken chunks over baby spinach (or romaine) with Wishbone's veryberry vinegrette dressing. Yummy.
  • Posts: 441 Member
    I usually just throw whatever I have in my fridge in a bowl for lunch - romaine, spinach, snap peas, carrots (I use a cheese shredder and grate them into the salad), beets, radishes, dried cranberries or raisins, sunflower seeds or walnuts, and maybe a little cheese. I will also squeeze some lemon or lime juice on them. Sometimes I will add blueberries or whatever fruit is in season. I've also put mango, avocado, strawberries, melon, Greek yogurt, kale, celery, quinoa, barley, and really anything else.

    I also made a great strawberry salad with spinach, strawberries, raisins, with a raspberry viniagerette dressing. Yum!
  • My favorite salad is with walnuts (just a few chopped) feta cheese, craisins, and fat free raspberry vinaigrette. Also, love to go southwest style and mix salsa with fat free sour cream as a dressing. So good!
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