I usually eat salad for lunch because my lunch buddy prefers salad . . . I start with a lettuce/spinach mix, tomato, cucumber, egg and some days cheese (shaved Parmesan, Asiago or Feta) I always have a Protein, chicken, steak, shrimp, salmon or cod and some sort of dressing (that I am way to light handed with and this probably explains why I do not care for salads ). I will also add veggies I have at home, broccoli, green beans or zucchini, I love kidney beans in my salads as well as pecans, walnuts and dried cranberries or nectarines. Salads can be as creative as you like. If you discover you don't care for a certain ingredient in your salad just put them to the side and eat it separately - I don't tend to add ingredients I don't like, like something's you might eat in a salad but not alone!

Be creative or look through recipes, online or in cookbooks. I do not do a lot of preparing my ingredients other than cutting them up - so no complicated recipes for me, I just use them as a guide!

I love a Greek salad. Sometimes I skip the greens and will chunk up cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, feta (especially the tomato basil flavor), red, yellow and green bells and drizzle a couple tablespoons of balsamic vinaigrette.. yummy.

Rocket
watermelon
goats cheese
a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar reduction (not to much.. )
salt and pepper!

Enjoy!

something I love to put in my salads....fruit. It gives my salads sweetness and helps me cut back on the dressing.

my salad for lunch today is a spring mix, cucumbers, orange sweet pepper, blueberries, 2 slices of turkey, an egg, shredded mont jack cheese, and literally a tbsp. and a half of strawberry balsamic dressing.