What do you put on your salads?

I've never been a veggie eater, and that includes lettuce. I eat the occasional salad, but it's probably one of the most fattening things I eat by time I load on the italian dressing, cheese and croutons. I'd like to find some healthier, but tasty options.

What do you put on your salads?

so many veggies can go in the salad
no croutons....never liked them anyway
no cheese, unless you find fat free cheese i guess
i cut up cooked chicken breast deli slices or ham and toss it in there
and i use low fat kraft dressing, it isn't the healthiest, but it is what's on sale and isn't THAT bad

Romaine, tomato, onion, cucumber, onion, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, little bit of cheese, and vinegar.

I love salads, especially in the summer when we can use all the fresh veggies we grow in the garden. For me its usually dark leafy lettuce like romaine or swiss chard (no iceburg!!), with tomato, cucumber, red and/or green peppers, peas (snow peas or freshly shelled), baby carrots, sometimes mushrooms, and scallions for flavor. If I am feeling for something different I'll throw in a few slices of strawberries or fresh mandarin orange segments. Nuts like walnuts and almonds are high in good fats, but be careful how many you're putting on, they pack a caloric punch. For dressings I usually use a simple red wine or apple cider vinegar with 1 tbsp of olive oil. I also like vinaigrette dressings, like balsamic vinaigrette or the Kraft light Raspberry vinaigrette. They are flavorful yet light in fat and calories. Newman's Own also makes many light dressings. Usually for me a salad is a side dish to a meal, but if it were to be my main entrée, I'd add a lean protein like strips of blackened chicken or lean cuts of steak or pork.

romaine, cucumber, raw mushrooms (i mushrooms!), cold edamame (soy beans), chicken breast, hardboiled egg (i try eating less animal protien and more egg protien), and lowfat dressing..

i'm really picky.

Lately it's been alfalfa sprouts, tuna (made with mustard, vegan mayo, and tofutti cream cheese), and a half cup of cottage cheese on top of a bed of romaine.

I like adding couscous and lentils to my salad
an oz of crumbled low fat feta cheese or goats cheese
asian pear, julienned
walnuts!
balsamic vinegrette
or for a treat I will go for a full fat blue cheese dressing, but only dunk the prongs of my fork in it for 'taste'

Red Pepper, onion, crushed almonds , balsamic vinegrette.

I don't think anybody mentioned this.

I love having cut up fruit in my salad.

First time I had a "veggie salad" with apple and bits of tangerine, I was sold.

I'll cut up pieces of one of the following : green grapes, apple, orange, tangerine, strawberry.

Who said a salad has to be pure vegetables.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: I love taking fresh veggies and trying to create somethng delicious. I chop several roma tomatos into small cubes and add a little onion and garlic, (optional on the onion and garlic) Squeeze some lemon juice into the tomatos (about 1/2 lemon) and then add a little salt and pepper and garlic powder. The tomatoe mixture can be put over many things, like grilled fish or chicken. But I like putting it over my salad. I also chop some thin slices of smoked salmon and put it in the tomato mixture and then put it over my salad. That helps me to get through the issue of high calorie and fat dressings.

on your standard everyday garden salad....

I love to put grilled chicken, fresh blueberries, fat free feta, litehouse blueberry pomegranite vinegriatte

It's my new favorite salad!

I really like dried cranberries (sheesh- I hope that's right, maybe they have their own name like raisins?)

They call them "crasins" (not sure if I spelled it correctly though) here :laugh:

a lot of you guys really seem to like fruit on your salad. i personally can't stand it! maybe on the side!

I've been mixing 1 TBS Lite Ranch Dressing with 1TBS Red Taco sauce. The taco sauce lightens up the dressing and gives it a really a little bit of a tang and a little heat. It's yummy and I can't get enough.

My salad itself is pretty basic. Greens, red onion, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper.

spinach, green cabbage and red cabbage
Lots of fresh basil
red and yellow bell peppers
tomatoes
red onion
dried cranberries
sesame seeds
mango
avocado
hard boiled eggs
feta
ground flax seed
olive oil and balsamic vinegar

I make a huge bowl and have salad for lunch and dinner. It takes a long time to make and eat and it's really filling. This is a mainstay of my diet.

being on a ship and we are at sea for weeks at a time, there is not much I have not put in a sallad or made a salad out of but here are 2 of the best ones so far.

diced chix with dice fresh peaches (after 12 days they where starting to become very soft) low fat cream cheese mixed with low fat mayo crushed red pepers and S&P. mix it all up let it sit for a few hours, and enjoy

Tuna with diced green apples crumbed Feta , S&P.

as far a green salad I have put everything in there from leftover meat, to cut up cold baked potato, beans, you name it
good luck with green

I'm not really a salad person either, but I love veggies! I prefer fresh endive, red bell peppers, radishes and hummus or tzaziki to dip them in!