I'm In A Salad Rut, What Do You Put In Yours?

My favourite at the moment is dry roasting a whole tray of pumpkin (in cubes) and throwing that in with a heap of spinach, some red onion, tomato, cucumber, and a bit of Danish feta, you don't even need dressing. Some pine nuts goes really well in there too.

Raisins, feta, sunflower kernels, cucumber, garbanzo beans, red onion, spinach, green leaf lettuce, and oil/vinegar. SO good.

Wow, these ideas sound lovely, so much better than the boring stuff I make. Maybe I can stop hating salads!

I have baby leaf salad (pre-packed stuff), spinach, tomato, mushroom, capsicum, kalamata olives and cucumber. That's my basic lunchtime salad. Depending on what I have on hand I add a can of flavoured tuna (no need for dressing) or, cold meat and dress it with a vinaigrette or a mix of lemon juice and peri peri sauce. Sometimes I add feta cheese, sometimes I add nuts.

I love roast/grilled vegies like zucchini, capsicum, mushrooms, Brussel sprouts, onion, broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkin and beetroot with rocket, pinenuts and balsamic. A bit of basil pesto is nice too. It works well with Quinoa if you want more carbs and you can add a protein if you like

I had a great vaguely BLT-inspired salad today: spinach, tomatoes, avocado, pan-grilled chicken breast, yogurt ranch, and chopped turkey bacon. It was a crazy amount of food, ridiculously delicious, and less than 300 kcals. It's in my diary under lunch if you want to look at amounts; the chicken was cubed and pan-grilled with just a touch of salt and garlic powder. Outstanding.

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I love roast/grilled vegies like zucchini, capsicum, mushrooms, Brussel sprouts, onion, broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkin and beetroot with rocket, pinenuts and balsamic. A bit of basil pesto is nice too. It works well with Quinoa if you want more carbs and you can add a protein if you like

Yes, I love doing this too. Some brown rice or cous cous, with a whole heap of different roast veggies. Good as a side dish to my protein. Roasted garlic (a must), onion, peppers, pumpkin, sweet potato, zucchini are my go-to veg for this. Just toss it all in one tray in the oven with a splash of EVOO and you're done!

Also, it's worth remembering that spice pastes (like tandoori for example) when stirred in to greek yoghurt makes a great salad dressing.

romain lettuce, tofu marinated in seasame, tomato, red onion, corn, sunflower seeds, walnuts and a lemon tahini dressing is my current favourite

Baby arugula - pomegranate seeds- smoked turkey ( thinly striped slices) and EVOO with freshly crushed black pepper.

A ton of baby spinach
Baby portabellas
Yellow or white onion(I love onions lol)
A oz of all natural turkey(no additives or preservatives)
Grape tomatoes
Himalayan pink salt(trader joes)
A dash of black cracked pepper
A dash of saizon salad seasoning
2tbsp of Marzettis Italian Vinegarette
Cucumber slices
Pepperocinis on the side(I love these)

Some days more veggies,just depends on how I'm feeling. I've been eating salad daily since I joined My Fitness and it is sooo good. I use the correct serving sizes and this is still a very hearty salad and between 250-400 calories.Depending on how hungry I am. Yummy!

I love mixed roasted veggies, cold or warm over my salads. I'm making a salad tonight of only leftover shredded chicken, thinly sliced fennel bulb & thinly sliced green apple with a walnut/mustard viniagrette and toasted almond slices. Fantastic & the fennel isn't nearly as strong as you'd think when you are slicing it, good crunch.

1 - Strawberries, chicken, feta and red onions
2 - Chicken or Ground Turkey, corn, black beans, salsa
I have other varieties but these are my most creative.

My current favorite is Kale with chickpeas, chicken, a fruit (strawberry, blueberry, pear) and then a lemon vinaigrette!!

I add a variety at times:

Turkey or chicken
Sunflower seeds
Radishes
Cherry Tomatoes
Onion/Green Onion/Purple Onion
Bell Pepper
Boiled Egg
Black Beans
Salsa/instead of dressing sometimes
Ken's Raspberry Vinaigrette
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Strawberries

These all sound delicious and to the pumpkin folks I say thank you because that is something I never would have thought to add but will definitely try.

My personal favorites are taco salad which I kind of go crazy with, anything you'd find on a mexican buffet could be in it.
The other favorite is cheeseburger salad, ground meat, cheese, bacon bits, diced pickles, french fried onions, ketchup and mustard as dressing and whatever you traditionally put in your salad.

Pecans, cranberries or dried blueberries, turkey, goat cheese mixed with fresh baby spinach is succulent especially if you toss in some fresh strawberries. I don't use many dressings but if you choose to the wine based vinegarettes are fabulous on this one.

Grilled chicken, mandarin oranges and walnuts are really good too as a topper to a nice spinach or mixed green salad. I tend to use the juice from the oranges as the dressing.