I am currently fed up with salads

What are you putting in your salads that makes you not like them? I can eat -- and pretty much have eaten -- salad almost every single day and every one that I make is different and delicious. My favorite part of making a salad is coming up with what I'm going to put in it.

Are you eating other things with the veggies or is it just veggies? Just because you buy a bag of something doesn't mean you have to eat it for every single meal. If you're worried about them going bad buy frozen vegetables. They're just as nutritious -- possibly more so -- as fresh.

It is o.k. not to like salad. I cut up raw veggies and eat them with my fingers instead of preparing a salad to eat with a fork.
If you make good use of your freezer you can have more variety. After you shop next time, keep some green beens in the fridge and some in the freezer and so on.

goddessofawesome wrote: »

What are you putting in your salads that makes you not like them? I can eat -- and pretty much have eaten -- salad almost every single day and every one that I make is different and delicious. My favorite part of making a salad is coming up with what I'm going to put in it.

Are you eating other things with the veggies or is it just veggies? Just because you buy a bag of something doesn't mean you have to eat it for every single meal. If you're worried about them going bad buy frozen vegetables. They're just as nutritious -- possibly more so -- as fresh.

I have to echo this. A salad is what you make of it. It's a blank canvas you can paint on in infinite variety. Nuts, meats, cheeses, raw veggies, fruit, berries, roasted veggies, eggs and crunchy things along with so many different choices for dressings can all be combined in different ways to make completely different meals on top of a bed of greens. One day it's a taco salad with ground beef, salsa and shredded cheese. The next it's a Chinese chicken salad with mandarin orange wedges, wonton strips and a sesame dressing. If you don't have much imagination for these kinds of things search on the web for salad ideas. There's thousands of them out there, maybe even millions.

It sounds like the real problem is just that you buy more of a specific item than you eventually care to eat. Perhaps you should simply try buying smaller amounts of veggies when you buy them fresh. Unless you're shopping for produce at Costco (which would be silly for a single person) you can choose how much to purchase. Buying in bulk doesn't save money if you're going to throw some away because you got bored. If you know you'll get tired of salad after a day or two, buy less of it. They sell little baggies of salad that only have 2-3 servings in them. You can also buy a single head of any type of lettuce if you prefer to chop the salad yourself.

I buy most of my veggies frozen. They are more nutritious than the fresh ones you buy in a grocery store and then keep in your fridge for days and they don't go bad for months.

Clawsal wrote: »

I am not a very imaginative cook and I am a picky eater. I usually use salad as a side to a main dish. I just put some salad + tomatoes + cucumber on a small plate and that's it. I don't use any kind of sauce because I usually don't like them. The saucelessness may sound weird, but I have always eaten this way.

The problem is the food going bad.

I have frozen peas and carrots but cannot buy any more frozen veggies, because of freezer space (sharing with roommates).

Oh, I see. How often do you go to the grocery store? If you cannot rely on your freezer space, maybe you can get to the store twice a week. Canned is o.k. too.
The truth is that I hate salads so I understand.

Go to pinterest.com or even google images to get some ideas.

While salads are good for you, you can get burned out on them like with anything. Doing anything repeatedly without switching up much is going to get old really fast. Switching up dressings does help. You could also try some other healthy options. Try making smoothies. You still get veggies but don't feel like you are eating a salad all the time.

I'm the same way. Don't want to look at a salad right now... I had a bunch of salads a couple weeks ago. DONE, lol.

Thankfully there are lots of other things I can eat. But honestly... I go through veggies so fast, I don't have time to get bored with them (ok beans would take a bit longer but I can eat 12oz of broccoli and cauliflower in one meal, no problem).

I agree that salads can be mixed up a whole lot more than other things. As another said, you could have a different salad all week. What I hear is that you are more tire of eating the same thing over and over so it doesn't go to waste. How much of the freeze is yours? Could you freeze some of the soup so that you only have to eat 1/2 at a time so that you don't get so burned out? Stopping by the store more often might help if you buy a smaller quantity. Do you have any friends or family (that support your calorie counting) that you could share meals with so you don't have to eat it all and they could offer some variety as well? I think the more variety you can make with something the less tired of it you will be.

I like salads, but not all the time, and I'm not wild about them in cold weather. So I eat a lot of cooked veg - roasted, boiled, steamed, grilled, etc. I usually prefer cooked veg to salad. Maybe that could be an alternative? If you have quite a big portion of vegetables (half a plate or more) at meals, it will use them up quite quickly so you're not eating the same thing all the time. I know you don't like sauces, but maybe some seasoning would help instead? (salt, pepper, chilli powder, seasoning mixes, etc). And if it fits in with your diet, I think a little bit of fat can be nice with veg - a little bit of oil to coat roasted veg, a bit of butter with boiled veg, etc.

I wish I could help, but I love salads. I have loved them since I was a little girl, and I'm 35 now. I can't seem to get sick of them for some reason.

I do sympathize though at how hard it is to eat the same things over and over again. Good luck, and I hope some of the other suggestions here are helpful for you.

I would create them differently but then again I wouldn't want to just eat them over and over again too

Clawsal wrote: »

Hello. I am trying to eat more fresh produce. I cook only for myself.

Two weeks ago I ate the same soup for 8 meals. Right then I was fed up with soup. Now I have a bag of green beans to go through (since last week) and I can't even look at them anymore, much less eat them! Then there is salad : again if I buy a bag, I know I will be eating salad the whole week.

So trying to eat more fresh produce makes me eat the same thing over and over and I am worried I will end up hating fresh produce!

Does that happen to you? Or maybe you don't mind eating the same food over and over?

How small are your portions ? If I buy a bag of green beans, I eat exactly two meals from it. I also cook just for a household of one. I make the beans once as a side dish and the other time in one of my favorite green beans & tomato salad on a bed of lettuce.
I have cooked for several decades just for myself and don't mind eating the same food several days in a row. It beats having to throw out stuff ( and with that wasting money ) I buy just to have a change from day to day.
It's easy for me, since I only cook what I like from a wide variety of mostly ethnic foods.

I get so tired of eating the same thing all the time. So, I switch it up. Some ideas: When you make a pot of soup, put the soup in individual-serve size containers and freeze all but one. That way, you can have one serving a week and not get bored.

For veggies, if you buy big bags of frozen veggies, just take out enough for one night, and put a rubber band around the bag till you want more. Or buy the little 10-oz boxes. If you want fresh veggies, just buy less. You can buy just a little bit that is enough for one meal. You could do that with several different veggies and have something different each night.

With salads, I vary it by switching salad dressings and toppings. You could add kalamata olives one night, bacon bits the next, green olives the next, banana peppers the next, and so on. I'm sure you'll get a lot of ideas here. Good luck!

Clawsal wrote: »

Thank you all for those answers, they have been very helpful. I have tried some of your ideas. For example, the steamed green beans I couldn't even look at anymore were a lot more palatable once I stir fried them with a bit of olive oil, onion and spices.

I also tried different vinegars (berry and honey), since I don't like wine vinegar. I also need to try "solid salads" as some of you said.

However it is impossible for me to freeze any more stuff (or buy frozen anything), which is a shame. My share of the freezer is tiny and already full (one bag of carrots and peas, one bag of shrimp and one bag of white fish). But maybe in a few months I will be able to put those ideas to use.

And for those wondering, I don't buy in bulk, but my portions of greens/salad are usually so small that one bunch of salad seems to last forever...

Do any of you use shrimp in a salad? So for protein in my salad I can have: cheese, chicken, egg, tuna and even ground beef! (never thought of that one!)

Once again thank you for all the ideas! I am trying them little by little.

Shrimp in a salad is a great idea. So is cheese, chicken, egg, tuna, ground beef.
You've got this.