What's your favorite salad?

I accidently hit on a delicious combination for lunch today!

My lunch is usually based around a few staples, so I had a tomato and some chopped red pepper.
I like using cottage cheese as a dressing, so I dolloped a few tablespoons of that in.

Then in the fridge I spied a leftover salad we'd made earlier in the week to go with a lamb tagine - it was made from cucumber, mint and flat leaf parsley. So I scraped the rest of that into my salad tub.

Wow, the combination of mint, tomato and cottage cheese was just amazing! I'd definitely be using those 3 together again.

Mixed greens, goat cheese crumbles, toasted pecans, red onion, grape tomatoes, balsamic vinegar/honey/herbs for dressing. I add grilled chicken if it's the main meal.

I get excited every fall when pomegranates are in season and I can throw the pomegranate aerils in a salad with blue cheese and walnuts.

Also - corn, black bean, green onions, cilantro and tomato tossed in lime juice.

Fresh caesar salads.

Basically, I can eat the hell out of some salad.

I eat salad everyday. Right now I'm loving mixed field greens with spinach, hard boiled egg, tomato, red pepper, grilled chicken all chopped up and tossed with Tzatziki sauce as the dressing. I also love the simplicity of putting either tuna or curried chicken salad over mixed greens.

Add new textures.... I often eat cabbage instead of lettuce (lasts longer in fridge too!), add apples, celery, raisins etc.

Chicken breast and beetroot also liven things up.

Mint, coriander etc are fantastic - really adds a dimension to flavour, as well as orange segments.

I wouldn't use all of these suggestions at once, lol, but pick and choose!

Strawberries and spinach with walnuts and crumbled feta cheese.
For a dressing, try mixing even parts balsamic and red wine vinegar with a little olive oil and some toasted sesame seeds.

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My salads are different everyday. The main thing I did was switch from using lettuce to making them with broccoli slaw mix instead. Then I add whatever I have around...some diced chicken, leftover pasta, other veggies and whatever else looks good.

I'm a fan of 'everything salad' usually consists of (but is not limited to) baby spinach, tomato, red onion, white mushrooms, cucumber, some type of cheese,mozza or cheddar usually, some type of protein, chicken, or boiled egg ...and sometimes I throw in slivered carrots, beets, or whatever else is in the fridge

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I'll start with spinach, tomatoes, matchstick carrots, and cucumber

Then I'll add two of the following dark red kidney beans, sea salt and cracked pepper croutons, Sharp cheddar, or Italian Dressing

OOOOOOO, the best by far, tops, is Max & Erma Santa Fe Salad. I could eat it every day. Don't know if they got one where ever you are, if not, I am so sorry.....:sad:

Mixed greens
Stinky cheese
Fruit
Crunch
Balsamic glaze with no oil (Gia Russo at Publix is good and cheap)

1 oz blue cheese, pecans, strawberries
1 oz feta, poached diced pears, walnuts
1 oz cheddar, some canned pineapple, cruchy sesame sticks. (This is not a very good salad, but just wanted to show all you do is follow the general formula)

lettuce, spinach, cheese, tomato, pineapple, broccoli, carrots

Romaine lettuce mixed with herb salad, raw zucchini, yellow squash, kohlrabi, tiny, baby new potatoes, tiny turnips, fresh corn cut off the cob (not cooked, it only becomes a starch when cooked) and I chop up avocado, squeeze on lemon and salt and pepper and then toss it all together. I sometimes sprinkle on stevia and toss it around in the salad too.

This sounds nuts but the acidity of the lemon and the bit of sweet from the stevia is really good. And for some reason it cuts my need to have something sweet after lunch.

And thank heavens for the farmer's markets right now!