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Share Your Favorite Salads and Toppings

cPT_Helice
cPT_Helice Posts: 403
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have a huge salad for lunch at work pretty much every day and seldom are two exactly the same. I love, love, love my salads and feeling like an artist as I create different combinations. Today's is a basic romaine lettuce (1/2 head) with carrots, red peppers, cukes, and then topped with chia (a staple of most of my salads now), avacado (my fave!), sunflower seeds and dried cranberries - topped with just a little Ken's Fat Free Raspberry Pecan dressing!! YUM! I don't normally do dressing but now do a tsp of olive oil but today called for Ken's.

What do all of you like on your salads? Please share some creations. :)
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  • FlipThis112
    FlipThis112 Posts: 49 Member
    Red beets, a little soft goat cheese, almonds and craisins over arugula, toppped with balsamic vinegar. YUM!
  • sparkie51
    sparkie51 Posts: 98 Member
    A little OJ and balsamic with blue or goat cheese and cranberries with spinach.It's like candy for me
  • _greeneyedgirl_
    _greeneyedgirl_ Posts: 84
    Raisins, apples, sunflower seeds, black olives, cucumbers, carrots, bacon, and chicken are what I usually put on top of mine. I have to have a little italian dressing too.
  • kimbly71
    kimbly71 Posts: 188
    A really good half and half mix of spinach and varied greens, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, sunflower seeds, onions and balsalmic vinagrette are my basic combo. I have to tell you though, adding a little gorgonzola cheese makes a good salad unbelievable!!

    Love the idea of cranberries. Yum!
  • WhittRak
    WhittRak Posts: 567 Member
    Two words: Broccoli Slaw
  • zgdsmith
    zgdsmith Posts: 114 Member
    I eat taco salad alot for lunch at work. On Sunday I brown ground turkey & add taco seasonings. Then each monring I take some taco meat, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, shredded carrots, mushrooms, and whatever else I have on had to make a salad. For a dressing I use fat free sour cream (or fat free greek yogurt) and salsa which has alot less calories than regular dressing. If i want to make it spicy I will mix hot sauce with the sour cream.

    It's really filling and only 330 calories! :smile:
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    Boston lettuce, cherry tomatoes, sliced mangoes, walnuts, shaved parmesan (just a little), little tiny slivers of candied ginger. Poppyseed, lemon juice, dijon, apple cider dressing. :)
  • mdcjmom
    mdcjmom Posts: 597 Member
    Raw spinach with strawberries and purple onions and a low calorie blasamic vinegarette. So yum!
  • kissedbytheocean
    kissedbytheocean Posts: 131 Member
    I'm always looking for new things to put on my salad! I love any kind of dried fruit, diced tempeh, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, any sort of seeds or nuts, "cheese" (fake cheese, because I'm a vegan), sliced olives, etc. My favorite dressing to use is usually a dijon mustard type, or sometimes Italian. Ranch is great too.
  • HeidiRene
    HeidiRene Posts: 335 Member
    I like veggie overload. Broccoli (chopped up very small), colored bell peppers, green onions, celery, a variety of lettuces, carrots, olives (black and green) have comprised my recent salads but I could write forever about ingredients I use.

    I make all of my dressings homemade from balsamic vinagarette(sp?) to blue cheese to honey mustard.

    For lower cal honey mustard I combine fat free plain yogurt, spicy brown mustard, honey and splenda. I love it!
  • Christina_3192
    Christina_3192 Posts: 133 Member
    I recently have discovered that using some pico de gallo as a salad topping and "dressing" really adds flavor and saves on calories rather than using caeser (my fave dressing) .

    I also love blue cheese, almonds, pecans, any sort of nut, feta cheese, egg, cucumber, any fresh veggie pretty much, chicken breast, grilled meat, etc on salads.

    :D
  • rcc1988
    rcc1988 Posts: 125 Member
    Spring mix salad, chopped hard-boiled egg, sliced granny smith apple, bleu cheese or feta crumbles, top it off with some Ken's Light Italian.
  • cPT_Helice
    cPT_Helice Posts: 403
    Two words: Broccoli Slaw

    I see this at the store all the time and wondered about it. Does it have mayo in it, though?
  • mrsjenfrank
    mrsjenfrank Posts: 1,015 Member
    baby spinach, shredded carrot, walnuts, blue cheese and kraft balsamic vinegar dressing. yum!
  • WhittRak
    WhittRak Posts: 567 Member
    Two words: Broccoli Slaw

    I see this at the store all the time and wondered about it. Does it have mayo in it, though?

    Nah, I buy it in the bag, raw, without dressing and sprinkle some of it on my salad. It is the Bees Knees :)
  • Scarlett_S
    Scarlett_S Posts: 467 Member
    Strawberries, shrimp, blue cheese crumbles, pecans, almonds, walnuts....not necessarily altogether. Rare steak is good in small amounts, Tuna sometimes and the old standby, grilled chicken.
  • cPT_Helice
    cPT_Helice Posts: 403
    Two words: Broccoli Slaw

    I see this at the store all the time and wondered about it. Does it have mayo in it, though?

    Nah, I buy it in the bag, raw, without dressing and sprinkle some of it on my salad. It is the Bees Knees :)

    I love broccoli in my salad, even though its so big and loud in the office. LOL I am definitely going to look for the bagged slaw! Thanks! :)
  • MoooveOverFluffy
    MoooveOverFluffy Posts: 398 Member
    1. Mixed greens, kidney beans (or black beans), corn (cut off the cob in chunks), red onion, tomatoes, croutons....sometimes with a smidge of french dressing, and sometimes no dressing at all....

    2. Mixed greens, assorted veggies, and a packet of Tuna Creations Lemon Pepper Tuna on top.......no dressing needed.
  • Determinedtorunon
    Determinedtorunon Posts: 39 Member
    I eat taco salad alot for lunch at work. On Sunday I brown ground turkey & add taco seasonings. Then each monring I take some taco meat, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, shredded carrots, mushrooms, and whatever else I have on had to make a salad. For a dressing I use fat free sour cream (or fat free greek yogurt) and salsa which has alot less calories than regular dressing. If i want to make it spicy I will mix hot sauce with the sour cream.

    It's really filling and only 330 calories! :smile:


    LOVE it, adding to my menu
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    I like feta, sundried tomatoes, grilled chicken or blue cheese, walnuts, and cranberries. I also like it with salmon or tuna. Pretty much anything can go on a salad
  • Scarlett_S
    Scarlett_S Posts: 467 Member
    I recently have discovered that using some pico de gallo as a salad topping and "dressing" really adds flavor and saves on calories rather than using caeser (my fave dressing) .

    I also love blue cheese, almonds, pecans, any sort of nut, feta cheese, egg, cucumber, any fresh veggie pretty much, chicken breast, grilled meat, etc on salads.

    :D

    I make a chicken fajita salad with pico as dressing and with avocado slices. Very good!
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I've been making a delicious salad lately.

    Ingredients:

    romaine lettuce
    baby spinach
    grape tomatoes
    avocado
    sliced mushrooms
    sliced cucumber (I've been getting Persian ones)
    a little bit of ranch dressing
    a little bit of cheddar cheese
    two sliced breaded chicken breast tenders (I like the ones from Trader Joe's)

    It's super yummy and about 350 calories!
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    Red beets, a little soft goat cheese, almonds and craisins over arugula, toppped with balsamic vinegar. YUM!

    I was going to post this, without the beets, I usually do it over romaine and/or a spring mix with spinach.

    My balsamic is a good season's packet with 1/2 of the recommended oil, using evoo, plus balsamic and water.

    And if strawberries are in season, I use them instead of cranberries. :)
  • Dayna154
    Dayna154 Posts: 910 Member
    I need more ideas too.. some sound delicious!!
  • STARSHINE1975
    STARSHINE1975 Posts: 168 Member
    Spring mix
    Tomato
    cucumber
    mushroom
    blue berries
    hemp seed
    feta cheese
    avocado
    chicken breast
    1 tbls Ken's walnut raspberry

    I have it almost everyday for lunch. soooo yummy!
  • tennyt1
    tennyt1 Posts: 14 Member
    I eat taco salad alot for lunch at work. On Sunday I brown ground turkey & add taco seasonings. Then each monring I take some taco meat, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, shredded carrots, mushrooms, and whatever else I have on had to make a salad. For a dressing I use fat free sour cream (or fat free greek yogurt) and salsa which has alot less calories than regular dressing. If i want to make it spicy I will mix hot sauce with the sour cream.

    It's really filling and only 330 calories! :smile:

    I am going to have to try this recipe
  • KrisyKat
    KrisyKat Posts: 740 Member
    I like to use cheddar goldfish instead of croutons on my salads:bigsmile:

    Oh...and lots of freshly ground black pepper- YUMMY!!!
  • Ozzland
    Ozzland Posts: 4
    Red cabbage
    Green cabbage
    Shallots
    Mushrooms
    Carrots
    Cilantro
    Garlic
    Cashews
    Almonds

    Topped with homemade vinaigrette
  • kayasgm
    kayasgm Posts: 3
    What is "chia"?
  • kayasgm
    kayasgm Posts: 3
    Me too! sounds yummy...:smile:
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