Quick and easy Salad

I'm not sure of what kind of dietary goals/restrictions you have, so I hope this isn't too vague. I think the key to a good salad is variety. A big bowl of greens gets boring fast, so when I make a salad I try to include at least two other vegetables, some kind of protein (meat, beans, tuna), and a sprinkle of seeds or nuts. Sometimes I like to add a cooked grain, some fruit, or cheese. IMO, homemade dressing is always better than store bought, and allows you to substitute ingredients to meet your caloric/nutritional goals.

My current favorite salad has fresh spinach, red onion, roasted sweet potato chunks, crumbled goat cheese, leftover rotisserie chicken, sunflower seeds, and homemade pomegranate vinaigrette.

Other veggies - radishes, carrots, celery, spinach, snap peas, peppers

Seeds or nuts

Protein like grilled chicken or leftover steak. Grill leftovers and store in the freezer.

Fruit -

A couple fav's: strawberry - spinach with toasted pecans & balsamic or poppyseed dressing. Orange sections, snap peas, romaine, slivered almonds and sesame ginger dressing.

Loves me a buffalo chicken salad as an entree. Adding a protein makes a salad filling, so I'd add eggs, lean beef, feta and panela, chick peas and other beans whenever possible.

Put this on greens, carrots, and cherry tomatoes. It's the style served in Japanese steakhouses.
Its kept in grocery stores refrigerated with the produce, usually near packaged cut fruit

I’m obsessed with red leaf lettuce.

Current fav; shredded red leaf, cucumber, diced scallions, diced dragonfruit and fish of choice in chunks. Bluefish or striped bass goes nice. I do evoo and vinegar with herbs and sea salt on top.

If you're up to prepping a bit in advance I like to cook up about 200G of chickpeas (you can also use canned if you don't fancy cooking them from raw), season and keep in the fridge. I chuck those on top of my salads for protein.

Also cottage cheese is excellent and super quick.

Favourite dressing is a drizzle of a balsamic reduction, it's thicker and sweeter than vinegar and so good!

My favorite toppings (not all at once usually):
Grilled chicken
Hardboiled eggs
Pickled beets
Roasted sweet potato
Feta cheese
Blue cheese
Crispy onions
Grape tomatoes
Bell Pepper
Green Onion

@dannytrees1 / I’ve been experimenting with different lettuce and vegetables for salads. I have some purple kale and avocado for tomorrrow.

Love the kiwi!

canned chickpeas. drain them and season with olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder. bake until crispy. put on salad.

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