Salad isn’t a meal it’s a lifestyle 🥗

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  • momble02
    momble02 Posts: 12 Member
    I love a huge salad with maybe prawns, tuna, roast chicken or feta cheese for some protein. My favourite dressing at the moment is non-fat greek yogurt mixed with black pepper, lemon juice and dijon mustard.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Love the dressing ideas here. Thanks all.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    I made a weird one today with spinach and kale as the base, then lotus root, beansprouts, green onions, cilantro lychees and roasted acorn squash. I made a dressing with soy sauce, mirin, sambal oelek and a little water. Also I make mine in mixing/serving bowls too :wink:
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    edited July 2019
    Chopped Romaine, olives, 4 oz seared ahi tuna (cooled), tomato with that nasty liquid and seed removed, and a nice squirt of Panda Oyster sauce. Salt flakes and ground pepper.
  • sammidelvecchio
    sammidelvecchio Posts: 791 Member
    momble02 wrote: »
    I love a huge salad with maybe prawns, tuna, roast chicken or feta cheese for some protein. My favourite dressing at the moment is non-fat greek yogurt mixed with black pepper, lemon juice and dijon mustard.

    Do you blend, whisk, shake the dressing?
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,458 Member
    I keep boiled shrimp and cooked bacon in the freezer, and usually have some cooked chicken or steak in the fridge. I go through about a bag of salad or spinach a day, adding tomatoes, radishes, carrots and one of these chopped proteins. If I don’t feel like a meat, I keep a cube of halloumi cheese in the fridge and grill it up in a dry pan real quick. Strawberries and feta are always a great addition to any salad.

    Have to be careful with that grilled halloumi. It’s even more dangerous than having a plate of bacon in reach.


    There are wonderful infused gourmet vinegars that are so intense and so low cal I can dress my salad well for less than 20 calories. I like a brand called oli+ve. Their strawberry vinegar or mission fig are great on anything, and their blueberry is great with frozen blueberries on cottage cheese. The coconut is yummy in strawberries.

    I have about ten different flavors on hand for every use under the sun. The chocolate or maple vinegar is good on thick plain yogurt or even in lieu of syrup.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Athijade wrote: »
    I would love to eat more salad, but anything more then a single side salad a day makes my digestive track very very angry and I will be up all night in the bathroom.

    Do you have IBS? My mom does, and needs to eat foods high in insoluble fiber, like salads, last in the meal, after foods that are low fiber or have soluble fiber.

    She also takes this brand of acacia powder https://www.heatherstummycare.com/p/suplmts_acacia/tummy-fiber-acacia-senegal-pouch/
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    This time of year lots of meals are my OH grills and I make a salad and starch.
    • With burgers, I make my own Russian type dressing.
    • With steak, I often make Thai Beef Salad dressing.
    • I do several different things with chicken.
  • momble02
    momble02 Posts: 12 Member
    momble02 wrote: »
    I love a huge salad with maybe prawns, tuna, roast chicken or feta cheese for some protein. My favourite dressing at the moment is non-fat greek yogurt mixed with black pepper, lemon juice and dijon mustard.

    Do you blend, whisk, shake the dressing?

    I usually just stir it together - but sometimes I blend the same ingredients with coriander or cucumber as a raita style dressing or dip.