Give me your best salad recipes!

I love to make a tossed mixed greens with baby spinach salad. I add basil leaves, black olives, and grape tomatoes to that. Sometimes I add red onion slices if I want a bit more zing and very thinly sliced mushrooms if I'm in the mood. Then I take a Frigo Low Fat String cheese and dice it up (I specifically like Frigo Cheese Heads brand because they tend to be firmer). Dressing can be whatever. I personally like either an extra virgin olive oil/balsamic vinegar mix or an Italian dressing. But that's totally up to you.

You can also easily add meat to this, but I like it veggie style.

Strawberries, walnuts, and poppyseed dressing is my favorite in a salad!

there was a several page thread on this earlier this week - a simple search should turn it up for you. hopefully it helps! there were lots of yummy ideas on there.

the thing about dinner salad that i changed up recently was moving from store bought salad dressing to homemade. it's healthier, cheaper, and you can make exactly the quantity that you need. store bought dressings are full of preservatives and sodium - i think the low fat/low sugar options are the worst about this too!

Romaine lettuce
Dried cranberries
Feta cheese
Cherry tomatoes
Avacado


Easy on the feta and cranberries though
with balsamic dressing

Baby spinach, crumbled reduced fat feta, grilled chicken, sunflower seed kernals, balsamic vinaigrette

Iceberg/romaine mix, baby shrimp, cherry tomatoes, thousand island dressing

Spring mix, blue cheese crumbles, red or black grapes or berries, walnut pieces, raspberry vinaigrette

Hearts of romaine, shredded parmesan, sliced leftover steak or other meat, caesar dressing

Italian mix, diced pears, hazelnut pieces, red wine vinaigrette

Thanks for asking on salad ideas, I was in need of help in this area too!

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I love a good Greek inspired salad
- mixed greens
- kalamata olives
- feta cheese
- cucumber
- red onion
- some basil if I have it
-balsamic vinaigrette

-spinach
-feta cheese
-dried cranberries
-almond slices

and walden farm 0 cal balsamic vinaigrette

My new favourite is mini orange slices, blue cheese, and pecans. I normally just use a bit of a italian dressing, or mango chipotle.
One of my tried & true salads is dried cranberries, goat cheese, red onion and sliced almonds. Again, I stick with the italian dressing, or just do a simple balsamic vinegar and oil.

mine is simple and sweet,

1 bunch red kale, ribs removed (massage leaves to tenderize them)
golden beets roasted or boiled ( not overcooked) and julienned
1 mango cubed
1 lemon juiced

toss and eat

i never can go past tomato and fresh basil drizzled with balsamic vinegar

Tomato Salad

1 pint of grape tomatoes
1 can of small black olives
1 small red onion
4 oz. of fresh mozzarella
1 small bunch of fresh basil
2 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil
3 tbsp. of red wine vinegar
1/2 tbsp. of dried oregano
1 tsp. of garlic powder
1 tsp. of freshly cracked black pepper
1 tsp. of salt

Get a cutting board and a large mixing bowl. Chop all of the tomatoes in half and put them in the bowl. Next chop the fresh mozzarella into bite-sized pieces. Then, dice the red onion. Next, pour the mozzarella, onion, and black olives into the bowl with the tomatoes. Dress the salad with the remaining ingredients, and refrigerate for at least an hour or two. Serve chilled or room-temperature.