Okay, you're sitting next to your computer, eating your favorite salad...

[Julie in CA]

What's in/on your salad? :bigear:

Mine is romaine/baby spinach blend, with tomatoes, green onions, hard-boiled egg white, and a bit of cheddar cheese (no other dressing). On a splurge day, add bacon bits or avocado. :drool5:

 

All I need is a salad chef to come and make me a salad every day for lunch & dinner, and I'm sure I'd lose weight easily. I love to eat salad, but hate to prepare it! :glare:

[Nakia]

I had the most wonderful salad at a wedding last year. It was a spinach/romaine blend with strawberries, blueberries, feta, and walnuts (I think, might have been pecans). The dressing was raspberry vinaigrette. It was fabulous!!!!

[NanceXToo]

Mine's pretty basic. It's got a lettuce mix, juicy tomatoes, some raw broccoli and cauliflower, a little shredded cheddar cheese, a little raw onion, and a lot of Ranch dressing :D (Not that I can eat that salad on my diet haha).

[ChristusG]

Preferrably, it would be some freshly cut lettuce (black seeded simpson) from our backyard garden. If we do not have any that's large enough at the moment, it would be romaine lettuce from the store....organic, of course. The only thing on it would be vinigrette (italian) dressing. I like VERY simple salads.

[MyLittleWonders]

My favorite at the moment: romaine/green leaf lettuce, diced apples and pears, candied pecans, dried cranberries and a raspberry vinaigrette. If I'm not in a sweet mood (which isn't often! :lol: ), then I like romaine/green leaf lettuces with green onion (or purple onion), avocado, corn, and crumbled bacon with a splash of olive oil and apple cider vinegar.

[missesd]

Romaine lettuce, some olives, garlic croutons, bacon bits (real), and shredded cheese, with either Italian (fresh made) or balsamic.

 

Though I really love salads from Olive garden (minus onion and peppers), and Outback (also minus onion, with xtra cheese, and honey mustard) :)

[elise1mds]

It depends on the day and what's in my fridge. I'm very moody when it comes to salad. Tonight we had a romaine/herb mix with sundried tomatoes, assorted olives, and cubes of Havarti cheese, but I bought grape tomatoes and feta and plan to cook up some bacon for another salad later this week. Variety is the spice of life, baby! ;)

[Sophia]

I love to eat salad, but hate to prepare it! :glare:

 

I am the same way!

Why??

I know it's not that hard to cut up lettuce, tomato, peppers, cucumbers, etc....

 

Honest to Betsy, I will fry up a burger before I make myself a salad. :001_rolleyes:

[littlebug42]

Baby spring mix lettuce/herbs, spinach, tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, sunflower greens, cabbage topped with roasted black beans and corn with ranch dressing. A piece of bbq chicken is also yummy on top.

[MyLittleWonders]

I love to eat salad, but hate to prepare it! :glare:

 

I am the same way!

Why??

I know it's not that hard to cut up lettuce, tomato, peppers, cucumbers, etc....

 

Honest to Betsy, I will fry up a burger before I make myself a salad. :001_rolleyes:

 

I am the same way with salad, as well as with any fresh/raw veggies or fruit. I had doing the prep but if someone set a big plate of it in front of me, I'd eat it all.

[Stacy in NJ]

All I need is a salad chef to come and make me a salad every day for lunch & dinner, and I'm sure I'd lose weight easily. I love to eat salad, but hate to prepare it! :glare:

 

That's why Panera was invented. I love their asian sesame grilled chicken salad

[lisabelle]

Butter lettuce, a little chopped hard-boiled egg, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, dried cranberries and blue cheese with a soy-ginger type dressing.

[The Girls' Mom]

The more stuff in my salad the better!

 

I like a green leafy mix (spinach, romaine, and mixed greens)

Then add:

avocado

cucumbers

tomatoes

shredded carrots

chopped broccoli and cauliflower

strawberries or craisins

red onions

mushrooms

ahh...just about anything really.

 

If I'm not watching the calories, then add eggs and ham.

 

Top it off with a good vinegrette :)

[Paige]

I have baby spinach, a handful of sunflower seeds, sliced strawberries, fruit bits, a little granola cereal, cherry tomatoes, sharp cheddar cheese, and a ginger dressing. Mmmmmm! The best part is the kids don't beg for bites!

[Daisy]

Romaine/spinach

Tomato

thinly sliced red onion

salad veggies (I precut zucchini, bell peppers, carrots into a dice & keep in a baggie)

pumpkin or sunflower seeds

feta cheese

sliced almonds

 

Dressing is usually a balsamic vinaigrette.

[Remudamom]

Lettuce, green onion, boiled egg, bacon bits, mayo with sugar.

[jld]

Baby spring mix straight from the box with some slices of shallot and maybe a few chunks of avocado. Dressing is 2/3 goddess and 1/3 woodstock (Thanks, Annie!). Man, I ate that at least once a day when I was in America. Yum.

[OrganicAnn]

Really fresh crisp lettuce.

Homegrown tomatoes

Homegrown cucumbers

Slivered Almonds

Shredded cheese

Chicken tenders with buffalo sauce

Ranch Dressing

 

Or a really good taco salad.

[GraciebytheBay]

Oh, this is an easy one! I love a nice big Greek salad, with romaine, cubes of beef, tomato, some onion, and LOTS of feta cheese! Add a delicious Greek dressing and some grilled pita bread, and I'm in heaven. Yuummmm...!:)

[TN Mama]

Favorite salad that I prepare is either:

 

romaine/green leaf lettuce, tomato, carrot, chicken, balsamic vinaigrette with bleu cheese crumbles

 

or

 

romaine/green leaf lettuce, chicken, shredded cheese & salsa

 

I ordered a salad the other night when dh and I went out for our anniversary that was bibb lettuce, pears, brie, pecans & vinaigrette. To.die.for.

[Parrothead]

Everything.

 

Preferably baby spring mix, roma tomato chunks, croutons, cheese, chopped pear, whatever nuts I have on hand, cuke, red onions slices, olives of any color or nationality, avocado, carrots, sliced beets if I have any on hand, chopped broccoli and/or cauliflower, sweet peppers, peppercini, topped with an olive oil vinaigrette.

[Rosie_0801]

Baby spinach, rocket, tomatoes, Lebanese cucumber, avocado, a generous sprinkling of seeds and a home made dressing of good quality olive oil, red wine vinegar and wholegrain mustard.

 

Maybe, for a change, I'd have tinned peaches instead of avocado.

 

Rosie

[cjbeach]

Spring mix, sundried tomatoes, hb egg, fresh peas, shredded provolone, red peppers and I'm in heaven with some balsamic vinaigrette. (I'm picturing myself bent over the Whole FOods salad bar assembling my lunch in years past. yum)

[Annie]

Mmmmmmm...

 

Romaine

Dried cranberries

Sliced strawberries

Walnuts

Blue cheese

Cranberry vinaigrette

[6packofun]

Baby lettuces/spinach with a little romaine thrown in, plus:

Tomatoes

Carrots

Cucumbers

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Chick Peas or hard-boiled egg (maybe both if I want a protein boost)

Sunflower seed kernels--I have these in EVERY salad

A sprinkle of colby jack cheese

AND...my favorite dressing: Ken's (Steakhouse) Light Options Honey Dijon!!

 

I vary only a bit from this salad and I never get tired of it. Optional things I might throw in include: black olives, avocado, bean sprouts, croutons

[Laurie4b]

Two:

 

Spinach, dried cranberries, handful of shredded mozarella, nuts (walnuts or sliced almonds) with balsamic vinagrette or Brianna's Poppyseed dressing

 

Coleslaw mix with either salmon or chicken, nuts (walnuts or sliced almonds) with Brianna's Poppyseed dressing

[kalanamak]

A Greek salad without the anchovies.

[NancyNellen]

baby spinach, dried cranberries, pear, walnuts, and feta.

 

Mmmmmm.....

[AnneGabe]

Oooh I like this game! I LOVE salad!

 

Mine would be romaine and a little spinach with:

 

croutons

tomatoes

cucumber

grilled chicken

parmesan cheese

and caesar dressing!

 

YUM!! I want salad now :lol:

[eternalknot]

Spinach leaves, maybe a bit of romaine for some crunch.

 

Nuts, whatever is available - walnuts, pecans, almonds

 

Fruit, whatever is available - strawberries, pears, apples, blueberries

 

Veggies, whatever is available - bell peppers, carrots, cucumber, radishes, onions

 

Couple seeds, flax or sesame or pumpkin

 

Dressing, usually oil & vinegar but sometimes a fruit vinaigrette if it's in season

 

I eat at least one salad every day, usually for an afternoon snack. It just depends on whatever is on-hand.

 

No dairy, no meat.

[Unicorn.]

Take out from Olive Garden. :D

[Dawn in OH]

Romaine/baby spinach (maybe toss in some other greens)

tomatoes

scallions (green onions)

grilled mesquite chicken breast

freshly grated Parmesan cheese

garlic croutons

Italian, Raspberry vinaigrette, or Caesar dressing

 

Another favorite is:

baby spinach

chopped walnuts

chopped apple

Raspberry vinaigrette

[Julie in CA]

I'm envious of you who live in places where you can easily buy salad when you're out. I live about 8 miles out of the nearest town, and that town has no good and accessible salad sources. The next city over is about 25 miles. A little too far for a daily salad. :glare: Not only do I not have a good source for buying salad, but I don't even have a good source for buying salad ingredients unless I drive the 25 miles. I only do that once a week, so...fresh salad ingredients are relatively hard to come by.

[Mommy22alyns]

Mixed lettuce greens, plenty of tomato, cheese, and a nice amount of ranch or bleu cheese dressing. Optional, but nice would be some shredded carrot and turkey or ham.

[justamouse]

we love salad here, we eat a huge bowl about once a week. I love it all, Greek, fruits, Cobb, all of it. And my kids eat as much as I do. I can't pick a favorite.

[OnTheBrink]

Romaine and spring greens, grape tomatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, fresh peas, cucumber, boiled egg, a bit of shredded cheese, parmesan Italian dressing, topped with chow mein noodles.

[Hunter's Moon]

Does fruit salad count??

 

Raspberries, strawberries, apples, banana, feta cheese.

 

Simple, but so yummy. I love the way the berries flavor the apples and bananas.

 

:drool5:

[LostSurprise]

Leftover homemade tortilla from last night.

 

Layer with:

 

spinach

red sail lettuce

a twirl of olive oil

a dab of real red wine vinegar

 

So, so, so, so good.

[missmoe]

Right now I have a double salad plate. A green salad with romaine, tomatoes, persimmon, cucumber, avocado with a yogurt dressing--and--a hot pasta salad with zuchinni, onion, artichoke, feta drizzled with a fig balasmic vinigar. I'm very happy!

[sassenach]

Today it's turkey taco meat, avocado, sour cream mixed with Tapatío, cilantro, and a few chips.