Salads! Need ideas!

I enjoy baby spinach with sliced red peppers, cucumbers, chopped half an avocado, thinly sliced red onion, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds, drizzled with balsamic vinegar and a little bit of olive oil. I usually top with a protein such as chicken, steak, left over salmon or a hard boiled egg. Sometimes I’ll buy those little turkey pepperoni sticks and chop one up to mix in . Also little chunks of cheddar too, if that’s your thing. So filling. )

I dont follow recipes for salads - just put all of the vegetables you like together.
Add a protein and I always add avocado and sometimes nuts.
If its a dinner salad I add cold baby potatoes.
I like balsamic dressing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/dining/22mlist.html
My favourite salad resource.

Thanks for the link @acpgee!

I love chopped salads. Couldn't be easier. Take whatever your favorite vegetables are and a food processor and just throw the veggies in (after destemming and basic prep like washing them) and pulse. Red Cabbage, Carrots, Kale, Cilantro, Chickpeas (and whatever else you like) along with this Maple Tahini Dressing.

If you make it vegan, you can add meat as you go. It also tends not to get as nasty leftover without the meat and cheese.

https://cookieandkate.com/creamy-tahini-dressing-recipe/

I also love to make Greek/Italian Salads. If I'm making Greek, I use Romaine (very finely shredded), parsley, red onion, tomato, cucs, pepperoncini (banana peppers), feta, black olives. If Italian, I might take out the cucs and banana peppers, feta and black olives and replace with artichokes, pepperoni and mozzarella (and perhaps Italian Sweet Cherry Peppers).

Ina Garten's dressing is amazing for either of these two. I just use the original Greek version for the Greek salad and replace Oregano with Italian Seasoning and Red Wine for White Wine Vinegar for the Italian version. Lots and lots of lemon zest, too, for the Greek Salad. Here's the recipe (she used to make the Greek with White Wine, she switched it in this recipe to Red Wine Vinegar).

https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/inas-greek-salad-recipe-0170505

Once you make this, you will never go back to bottled dressing again. I do mine in a Ninja one cup blender. So much easier.

I made a Mac Daddy Salad (think McDonald's big mac) minus the bun ....I am a keto'er so I made my version of 1000 island dressing .... it is romaine .... browned hamburger with onions, garlic, salt and pepper ..sharp cheddar cheese ....dill pickles ..toasted sesame seeds and dressing

sparklyyeah wrote: »

I dont follow recipes for salads - just put all of the vegetables you like together.
Add a protein and I always add avocado and sometimes nuts.
If its a dinner salad I add cold baby potatoes.
I like balsamic dressing.

Exactly what I do! It always find it funny when people follow a recipe for salads. You just put everything you like together with a dressing you like!

I like to add roasted veggies on top sometimes (air fried radishes for crunch sometimes).

I like to make salads with romaine lettuce, onion, tomato, green pepper, radishes, cucumber, zucchini, banana peppers, then I roast some cauliflower/broccoli/zucchini/onion/radish and put it on top. Top with hot sauce, italian seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, truvia, mustard, 0 cal walden farms honey mustard, little bit of aged balsamic vinegar. It's delicious.

I wouldn't make salads for a week ahead as a meal prep. Although i eat big salad every night for dinner with some kind of protein. I take a bag of chopped raw veggies for lunch most days, they stay good from Sunday through work week, but salads are delicate. If you don't like chicken cold or reheated, try something different. Hummus makes a great topping and it's a good source of protein, i personally love seasoned and pan fried tofu, maybe salmon, depends on your taste. Experiment. Definitely have your dressing on the side, if you meal prep salads.