Favorite Salad Toppings/Combinations?

Marinate and/or cook your chicken in raspberry-walnut vinaigrette, then make a salad with said chicken, mandarin oranges, sunflower seeds or walnuts, and craisins, over baby spinach. Feta or goat cheese is a welcome addition if you want some cheese in there. Dress with more raspberry-walnut vinaigrette.

I like green peas and dressing made with dill pickle juice on lettuce.

I like shrimp salad. Saute raw jumbo shrimp in something spicy, remove tails chop in thirds and stir into a lettuse salad. Fried Spam Lite is also a great addition to a green salad with a tiny bit of Mayo. I use 14g of real Mayo per salad of chopped Romaine with shrimp, cold salmon, Spam Lite, or BBQ pulled chicken. Of course, the rest of the rabbit food can go in there but I don't really care about it. I do think if you are adding cold salmon one should always add capers.

Apple chunks, blue cheese crumbles, walnuts, and dried cranberries with balsamic dressing!

Plant based queso dip, Nutritional yeast, herb and spice blend.you can add chickpeas or other beans, almonds or other nuts, seeds.

If you like something crunchy and have an air fryer I would recommend this. You could make this in the oven as an air fryer is essentially an oven with a very aggressive convection fan.
https://www.tastecooking.com/best-thing-make-air-fryer-isnt-fried

My favourite salad topping combination is salty cheese (blue, feta, parmesan) + candied nuts.

In a dry non stick frying pan melt a tablespoon of sugar until it starts to caramelize. Once liquid, remove from heat and stir through a single layer of walnuts, pecans, pepitas, add a sprinkle of salt and allow to cool. When hardened chop roughly and keep in an airtight container. A small sprinkle is enough for pimping up salads. Also goes well with salads with fruit such as sliced pears, stone fruits or berries.

Another french classic combo is frissee au lardons. That's bits of crispy bacon on top of a salad with a poached egg. The classic technique is to fry the bacon to a crisp and toss the rendered fat with vinegar to make the dressing.

Another easy way to add crunch is those ready made fried shallots or onions. The fried shallots are often used to top SE Asian salads and can be bought at Asian supermarkets. In the regular supermarket look for the fried onions Americans use on Thanksgiving green bean casserole.

I haven't tried this myself but this thread got me thinking of toasting unsweetened breakfast cereals with a smidgen of melted butter, garlic or celery salt in the oven to make a crunchy topping for salads. I guess you could store this in an air tight container to have on hand to add to salads. I was thinking of bran flakes, corn flakes, rice crispies, or shredded wheat.

chopped ham or chicken, chopped boiled egg, honey mustard, homemade croutons, sliced cucumber & red onion

micro greens/arugula, feta cheese, black olives, red onion & vinaigrette

TVP seasoned like taco meat, sauteed peppers & onions, crumbled taco shells or chips, and for "dressing" dollops of sour cream & salsa. Cheddar is good on this too.

Lettuce or greens of choice, chicken, diced carrots, cucumber, red peppers, onion, sugar snap peas, tomatoes and whatever dressing I’m in the mood for. The key for me is everything cut small (diced) so I get some of everything in each bite.