New salad ideas?

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Kdp2015
Kdp2015 Posts: 519 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Atm I'm having:
Lettuce, celery, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes (with new potatoes, egg and tuna) any other suggestions for the veggies please? I'm getting a bit bored of the same...

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  • vegangela_
    vegangela_ Posts: 154 Member
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    Yesterday I made a roast veggie salad; mushrooms, zucchini, sweet potato, red onion, quinoa, baby spinach, ground cumin seeds, ground coriander seeds, fresh coriander, lemon juice
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    grated parsnip, swede, beetroot and carrot is a great combination for me.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
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    my favorite salad is.... salad mix, candied walnuts, lemon garlic vinaigrette, blue or goat cheese, and sliced pears.... when lazy i swap the candied walnuts for sliced almonds and the pears for cranberries.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
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    Cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, jicama, olives, beets, carrots, onions, scallions, peas, snow peas, red peppers, spinach, cilantro, beans, cabbage, mushrooms

    Fruit: mandarin oranges, apple, grapes, strawberries

    Other add in's: slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, grilled chicken, steak, cheese.

  • rrcoffey
    rrcoffey Posts: 72 Member
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    I love a "summer" salad of baby spinach leaves, sliced strawberries, crumbled feta, and walnuts with a poppy seed dressing.
  • Kdp2015
    Kdp2015 Posts: 519 Member
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    Yummy thank you..,translation please for jicama??
  • Kdp2015
    Kdp2015 Posts: 519 Member
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    girlinahat wrote: »
    grated parsnip, swede, beetroot and carrot is a great combination for me.

    Wow that's different!
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
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    Jicama is a (Mexican, I think?) root vegetable. It looks somewhat like a white beet in the store. It's got a light refreshing taste, sort of like mild apple. And it's crunchy!

    You just peel it and cut it into bite-sized pieces. (Peel it with a knife, the peel is too stringy for a peeler).

    It's also good pickled.
  • AigreDoux
    AigreDoux Posts: 594 Member
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    I like to toss in whatever cooked veggies I have leftover from supper the night before. Broccoli, green beans, asparagus, roasted butternut squash, zucchini/summer squash.

    I also love sugar snap peas and just now realized that I have a bag in my fridge at home and I forgot to add any to my lunch salad today :neutral:
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    Kdp2015 wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    grated parsnip, swede, beetroot and carrot is a great combination for me.

    Wow that's different!

    this is the recipe I use, it's all about the dressing!!!

    ottolenghi raw root vegetables
  • AigreDoux
    AigreDoux Posts: 594 Member
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    It took me a few minutes of google searching to figure out that "swede" is the british term for rutabaga, not a shredded up person from Sweden :)
  • brrrrito
    brrrrito Posts: 39 Member
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    romaine lettuce, chopped pink lady apple, chopped avocado with lemon juice & olive oil for dressing :)
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited April 2016
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    Chickpeas, roasted red peppers, capers, olive oil, garlic and mint (with a squeeze of lemon juice if desired).
  • Kdp2015
    Kdp2015 Posts: 519 Member
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    Thank you everyone, great ideas :#
  • babynew
    babynew Posts: 613 Member
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    A fave here is Mango,black bean quinoa ,onion avocado red pepper chunks flax oil and lime juice.In the summer,just adding Fresh cut herbs and berries really brightens and changes things up. !
  • Brithicks
    Brithicks Posts: 148 Member
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    I also add leftover roasted or grilled veggies and sometimes some rice or quinoa, any beans but roasted chickpeas are my favorite, and broccoli slaw are all regular salad add ons for me.
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
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    My favorite salad is: Avocado, red onion, English cucumber, roma tomato, fresh cilantro, evoo, fresh squeezed lemon juice, salt, cracked pepper, garlic powder.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    oh, and finely chopped tomatoes, strawberries and mint is divine

    as is this recipe:

    tomatoes and pomegranate molasses

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