How do you prepare your salad ?

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  • mohawk1971
    mohawk1971 Posts: 40 Member
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    1 cup of marketside romaine salad. Then I add 1 tbsp buttermilk ranch salad dressing along with 4 to 6 oz of meat, normally leftovers from the night before. Typically grilled chicken, pork tenderloin, even turkey burger meat.
  • LittleFootHafner
    LittleFootHafner Posts: 302
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    This may also not be what you were thinking of, but it's one of my fave's lately:

    APPLE SALAD
    1 Crisp Apple
    2 Tablespoon Raw Walnuts - chopped
    1/2 cup Grapes (halved)
    1-1/2 Stalks Celery
    2 Tablespoons Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
    1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
    Salt and Pepper to taste
    Wisk together the mayonnaise and lemon juice, and salt & pepper, until combined.
    Cut celery and apple into small squares. Toss all ingredients with dressing and serve 1 of 2 waysL in 1 large leaf of lettuce so you can wrap it and eat it, or with 0.5-1 cups shredded lettuce.
    Makes 3 decent servings, each at approximately 120 calories
    So refreshing! ;)
  • reese66
    reese66 Posts: 2,920 Member
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    I like my salad tossed. :smokin:

    Damn, beaten to the punch line again :)
  • Priscillawants74gone
    Priscillawants74gone Posts: 24 Member
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    I like my salad tossed. :smokin:


    Bwahahahaha. awesome.
  • Pril2000
    Pril2000 Posts: 254 Member
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    Baby arugula
    1/4 cup candied walnuts (trader joe's)
    either 1 heirloom tomato chopped (when in season)
    OR 1 peach sliced (again if in season)
    an ounce of semi hard goat cheese (such as midnight moon) thinly sliced

    All tossed with Champagne Pear Vignaigrette (also Trader Joe's) and seasoned with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.

    Sometimes I add in roasted beets instead of the peach/tomato and if I have leftover roasted chicken breast I throw some of that in there as well. Lol.

    Love arugula.
  • pam4413
    pam4413 Posts: 19 Member
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    Cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta cheese, celery every diced with a drizzle of greek dressing. I am not a fan of greens anymore. I fell like I a eating leaves. Oh wait I am. I've eaten too much in my life I go for other vegies mixed together.
  • gunnar4
    gunnar4 Posts: 9 Member
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    bump
  • russelljclarke
    russelljclarke Posts: 836 Member
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    No vinaigrette or mayonnaise unfortunately! Does anyone have any tasty alternatives?
  • staceyseeger
    staceyseeger Posts: 783 Member
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    Romaine Lettuce
    Red Onion
    Low Fat Feta Cheese
    Tomato
    Cucumber
    Pepperocini
    Kalamata Olives

    No dressing

    Grilled salmon
  • Priscillawants74gone
    Priscillawants74gone Posts: 24 Member
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    In a bowl :smokin:

    YAY, Houston Texans... love your ticker!
  • kt_rubino
    kt_rubino Posts: 87 Member
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    Mixed greens, Walnuts, chicken, cherry tomato and home made Basalmic Vinigarette, Dressing ingredients: EVOO, Good Basalmic, Dijon mustard, honey. YUM
  • superhippiechik
    superhippiechik Posts: 1,044 Member
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    This may also not be what you were thinking of, but it's one of my fave's lately:

    APPLE SALAD
    1 Crisp Apple
    2 Tablespoon Raw Walnuts - chopped
    1/2 cup Grapes (halved)
    1-1/2 Stalks Celery
    2 Tablespoons Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
    1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
    Salt and Pepper to taste
    Wisk together the mayonnaise and lemon juice, and salt & pepper, until combined.
    Cut celery and apple into small squares. Toss all ingredients with dressing and serve 1 of 2 waysL in 1 large leaf of lettuce so you can wrap it and eat it, or with 0.5-1 cups shredded lettuce.
    Makes 3 decent servings, each at approximately 120 calories
    So refreshing! ;)


    I am writing that one down!
  • iTim__
    iTim__ Posts: 6,823 Member
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    I like my salad tossed. :smokin:

    dang...you so stole my line ;)

    Great minds think alike!
  • kfitz10103
    kfitz10103 Posts: 354
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    Romaine hearts
    shredded carrots
    hard boiled egg
    sharp cheddar
    leftover meat
  • catherine1979
    catherine1979 Posts: 704 Member
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    My two favourites (I don't actually measure everything, just to give an idea of the portion size):

    2-3 cups mixed greens
    10 cherry tomatoes, halved
    1 cup chopped cucumber
    1/2 cup chopped red pepper
    2 cups sliced mushrooms
    1 cup sliced onions
    1 potato, halved and sliced 1/4 inch thick
    3-4 ounce salmon fillet, skin on
    Salt and pepper
    Olive oil
    Dressing of choice (I like Kraft Fig and Balsamic)

    Place the salmon fillet and potato slices on a parchment lined baking sheet. Drizzle potatoes lightly with olive oil. Season fish and potatoes with salt and pepper. Bake at 425 degrees until cooked. Turn potatoes halfway through.

    Lightly saute mushrooms and onions in a frying pan with a tiny bit of oil. Saute until nice and brown.

    Put greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and red peppers in a bowl. Add mushroom and onion mixture over top. Add potatoes. Remove salmon from skin in large chunks and add. Dress and eat.

    2-3 cups mixed greens or spinach
    10 cherry tomatoes, halved
    1 cup diced cucumber
    1/2 cup diced red peppers
    1 plum, cut into thin wedges
    2 eggs, medium to hard boiled
    Dressing of choice

    Combine and eat. Delish.
  • teri1956
    teri1956 Posts: 221 Member
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    Ratatouille (heated) on baby spinach with fresh mozzerella cheese.
  • glowingz
    glowingz Posts: 63 Member
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    I like this thread. I'm going to steal some of these ideas.

    Lately I've been using:
    1 cup Baby spinach
    1/2 Cucumber
    5 Cherry tomato halved
    1/2 cup Alfalfa sprouts
    1/8 cup Sunflower seeds
    1/2 Avocado

    Dressing: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp Bragg's liquid aminos.

    And for dinner I'll throw some grilled chicken into it. Yum. Love salad! :-)
  • cedarhurst2006
    cedarhurst2006 Posts: 378 Member
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    I just had this salad for lunch:

    Romaine
    Cucumber
    Tomato
    Green Pepper
    Vidalia Onion
    Olives
    Black Beans
    Sunflower Seeds
    Grilled Chicken Breast
    Cubed Cabot 75% Reduced Fat Cheese
    Maple Grove Farm Fat Free Caesar dressing (2 tbsp. 10 cal)

    Yummy!!
  • BirdGirlFit
    BirdGirlFit Posts: 36 Member
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    All of these look so good!

    A favorite of mine:

    sliced granny smith apples
    chopped romaine (coarse)
    craisins
    feta cheese

    dressing: (serving size for 1)
    2 tbsp dijon mustard
    1/2 tbsp olive oil
    3 tsp honey (warm up the bottle in a saucepan first so it whisks well, not too hot!)

    drizzle the dressing over the freshly combined salad and toss. YUM!
  • TenLaws
    TenLaws Posts: 273
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    Baby spinach
    Walnuts
    Chicken or salmon
    Craisins
    Pears
    Onions
    Salad peppers (Mt. Olive makes 'em)
    Basalmic vinaigrette that I make myself


    If you want a leaf-less salad, try:
    Chickpeas
    Edamame
    Tomatoes
    Cucumbers
    Italian Dressing
    (add baby shrimp if you want)

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