Trying to think of some new salad ideas

I doctor my salad up with some additions such as purple onion, red bell pepper, shredded carrots, cucumber, feta cheese, cranberries, toasted pecans, olives, mandarin oranges, etc. Use a good balsamic vinegar and ground pepper to top it off.

vegetables of all kinds, raisins, currants, cranberries, nuts, cheese of various kinds, sunflower seeds... the sky is the limit.

One salad I particularly love started as a lettuce wrap but was messy so we made it into a salad: cooked chicken breast, cooked bacon, pineapple, lettuce, bbq sauce of your choice and a little shredded cheddar if you like it.

Chopped kale, broccoli and cabbage with nuts, cranberries, feta and whatever dressing you like is good too. We like chicken in that too for a meal. Oh! And diced apples are really good in it.

Fresh Spinach, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, hard-boiled egg. Sometimes I put in a little bacon. I make a dressing that goes really well with it.....a little goes a long way for taste

My favorite right now is romaine, chicken breast, strawberries and goat cheese. No dressing is even needed- which is surprising because I am a dressing hog.

I also like a good blue cheese wedge salad (I make my own blue cheese dressing- lite mayo, lemon juice, blue cheese crumbles and pepper). I skip the bacon. I had this tonight- so yummy!

A sweet salad that I have for breakfast sometimes usually consists of a handful of spinach, some fruit (blueberries and bananas are the best that I've tried so far), and a dollop or two of plain Greek yogurt (full fat tastes best, but it's whatever you prefer). You can also throw in some slivered almonds or chopped walnuts for extra crunch. It's very light and nice for those moments when it feels like you've gotta have something fresh.

I'm also fond of throwing a soft boiled egg and some chopped bacon (both still warm) into a Romaine/spinach/arugula blend along with a tiny amount of bacon ranch dressing. The soft yolk of the egg mixes in well with the creamy dressing and the bacon is...well, it's bacon. Bacon makes everything better!

Dole has some newer chopped salad kits, the sunflower crunch (constantly sold out!) is crazy good. I'm not sure if the cost per serving is justifiable but you could make your own for less I am sure.

It has kale, green and red cabbage, romaine lettuce, carrots, sunflower seeds, a very small amount of bacon and green onions and a crazy good onion/citrus dressing. I added dried cranberries and it was good too.

Black beans and grilled corn are great in salad. Even if you think you don't like black beans, drain and rinse them and try them in salad. I always said I hated them, now I love them!

Chickpeas are another good throw in. You can throw them in as is or I roasted some today with a bit of Parmesan.

I'm craving salad now, oops!

Some good suggestions in here. Thanks guys.

i've started throwing in some cooked quinoa and ground linseed/ground pumpkin seed and poppy seeds ..gives the salad a whole new crunch to it :drinker: