salad ideas

Cucumber, tomato, carrots (all diced), feta cheese and an italian or balsamic dressing. I also like to add chicken for more protein and McCormick Salad Toppins for a tasty crunch. That's my favorite 'no-lettuce' salad. :-)

I quite literally just made a great salad and saved the recipe! Here's what I made:

Blueberry Mango Salad

A great summery salad with sweet blueberries and mango, a good mix of vegetables, plus dates and almonds for texture. Serves 5 as large, almost standalone salad or smaller portions for an appetizer. Great with fat free thousand island dressing which compliments the sweetness of the salad without being overpowering. Dressing not included in the calories at the end!

Ingredients:
6 C Premixed Salad (i.e. Entire Bag) or your choice of mixed greens. I used the Very Veggie by Dole and is used for calorie calculation.
2 C fresh Spinach
1 1/4 C (a heaping 1 C will do it) Broccoli Slaw
1 medium Mango, peeled and diced
1/2 C Blueberries, washed and dried
1/4 C Chopped Dates (buy it this way; they are pitted, dried, and chopped)
2 Tbsp sliced Almonds

Directions:
In a large bowl, mix together the greens and broccoli slaw. Add the blueberries, dates and almonds and mix. Then, add the mango and mix. I do it in this order for ease of mixing then mango last because it's messy.

Nutritional Info: (Left to right: Calories, Carbs, Fat, Protein)
Dole - Very Veggie Salad, 6 cup- 80 16 0 4
Blueberries - Raw, 0.5 cup- 41 11 0 1
Marketside - Broccoli Slaw, 1 1/4 cups- 25 5 0 2
Spinach - Raw, 2 cup- 14 2 0 2
Sun-Maid - California Chopped Dates, 1/4 cup- 120 33 0 1
Fruit - Mango, 1 mango (207 g)- 135 35 1 1
Best Choice - Sliced Almonds Natural Sliced, 2 tablespoon- 180 14 0 14

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Total: 595 116 1 25
Per Serving: 119 23 0 5

I quite literally just made a great salad and saved the recipe! Here's what I made:

Blueberry Mango Salad

A great summery salad with sweet blueberries and mango, a good mix of vegetables, plus dates and almonds for texture. Serves 5 as large, almost standalone salad or smaller portions for an appetizer. Great with fat free thousand island dressing which compliments the sweetness of the salad without being overpowering. Dressing not included in the calories at the end!

Ingredients:
6 C Premixed Salad (i.e. Entire Bag) or your choice of mixed greens. I used the Very Veggie by Dole and is used for calorie calculation.
2 C fresh Spinach
1 1/4 C (a heaping 1 C will do it) Broccoli Slaw
1 medium Mango, peeled and diced
1/2 C Blueberries, washed and dried
1/4 C Chopped Dates (buy it this way; they are pitted, dried, and chopped)
2 Tbsp sliced Almonds

Directions:
In a large bowl, mix together the greens and broccoli slaw. Add the blueberries, dates and almonds and mix. Then, add the mango and mix. I do it in this order for ease of mixing then mango last because it's messy.

Nutritional Info: (Left to right: Calories, Carbs, Fat, Protein)
Dole - Very Veggie Salad, 6 cup- 80 16 0 4
Blueberries - Raw, 0.5 cup- 41 11 0 1
Marketside - Broccoli Slaw, 1 1/4 cups- 25 5 0 2
Spinach - Raw, 2 cup- 14 2 0 2
Sun-Maid - California Chopped Dates, 1/4 cup- 120 33 0 1
Fruit - Mango, 1 mango (207 g)- 135 35 1 1
Best Choice - Sliced Almonds Natural Sliced, 2 tablespoon- 180 14 0 14

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Total: 595 116 1 25
Per Serving: 119 23 0 5

Mmmmm! This sounds delish! Thanks for sharing. I think I may have to try this!







I like to do:

- greens
- dried cranberries with candied nuts (you can buy a bag of salad toppings from Wal-Mart that are made up of this, or do it seperately)
- diced apple or pear
- Light & Fit (from Aldi's) poppy seed dressing

So tasty!

Spinach salad with strawberries, walnuts,and fish, with strawberry or balsamic vinaigrette. My personal fave!

Apple, cucumber, chicken, raspberry vinagarette!

I do a sort of greek gyro salad:

Romaine lettuce
Chopped Tomatoes
Tzatziki (Greek Yogurt, shredded cucumber, dill, garlic... there are many different recipes for it, but that's what I use)
Grilled chicken
Shredded cheese (just about any cheese would be good)

It's simple, and super low cal. I make it without the cheese sometimes, too.

My favorite for summer. 2 c. black beans, drained and rinsed
2 c. frozen corn, I put the corn in an iron skillet and roast it on top of the stove
1/2 c. red onion, or if you prefer green onion
1/3 c. each red, green, yellow and orange bell pepper, small dice. If you like use only one or two colors.
1 avocada chopped
1/2 c. celery
Toss the above

Dressing: 1/2 c. olive oil
1/3 c. lime juice
1 or 2 cloves of garlic, minced
salt, black pepper and ground red pepper to taste
1/2 t. sugar

I make this when company comes. On occasion I make it for just myself. I would say 1/2 to 3/4 cup is plenty depending on how hungry you are.

******************************************************************************************************************************************2 favorite dressings, good on any green salad.

Avocada dressing: mash l avacoda and mix it with 1 cup of plain yogurt. Salt, pepper and lime or lemon juice.

Garlic: 1/2 c. olive oil. Mince 2 cloves garlic. Chop at least 1/2 c. .fresh dill. Add some fresh parsley if you like.

;Sorry, I'm tired and I know I misspelled a word or two, I can't figure it out right now.