Salad ideas

weddinginthecove · May 2014

Everyone here seems to have a great variety of meals and some really different ideas I haven't heard of before. So, when trying to come up with some different types of salads to make this summer I thought who better to ask. I am moreso looking for leafy types of salads, but am open to anything really. Currently my leafy salads consist of a spinach tossed salad, caesar salad (not the healthiest choice), a spinach mandarin orange salad, and sometimes a sweet kale salad that they sell at Costco if I can get it. Any recipes, links, photos, just general suggestions would be appreciated. With BBQ season just approching I really want to make some different sidedishes, were getting kind of tired of the same old ones.

ilovemarfa · May 2014

I always make this salad for parties and it's a huge hit-

Mixed greens with spinach

Fresh strawberries sliced

Glazed pecans or walnuts

Crumbled bleu cheese

Honey balsamic vinegrette dressing

ConnieRob · May 2014

I like to make a BBQ ranch chicken salad. Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, red onion, cheddar cheese, kidney beans and then ranch dressing and BBQ sauce.
I love this salad but I leave the cilantro out because DH hates it:
https://www.onceuponachef.com/2013/07/thai-crunch-salad-with-peanut-dressing.html

I also do a steak and orzo salad. It has grilled steak (just season with salt and pepper, grill and slice), spinach, cherry tomatoes, cooked orzo and a lemon dressing ( lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper).

Not leafy but tasty: grilled chicken, chopped tomato, avocado, black beans and corn. Toss with line juice and salt and pepper to taste.

We eat a ton if salad in the summer, it gets way too got to cook!

Western Diva · May 2014

Similar to @ilovemarfa‌'s recipe and always a huge hit!

Baby spinach
Chopped strawberries
Crumbled goat cheese
Toasted or praline pecans
Poppyseed dressing

Yum!

cafecreme · May 2014

I make this as my go-to salad. It's cheaper than some salads (candied nuts are pricey!). And, pretty much you can find these ingredients in your house

I like to use a spring mix for this, but I'm sure anything will work:

Spring mix

half of an onion (any, doesn't really matter)

avocado

an apple (I really like honeycrisp or gala)

honey mustard (you can mix honey and mustard together if you don't have it).

I also add a splash of vinegar and olive oil.

Cricket81 · May 2014

My salad is the same as others, but sometimes I use pears instead of strawberries.

FYI: you can toss nuts with a little real maple syrup and warm them in a nonstick pan or on foil in the toaster oven and they come out "candied." I've done it with pecans and roughly chopped almonds.

Lizzybizzy80 · May 2014

I make a spinach salad with bacon and a creamy lemon garlic dressing:

Mix juice from 2 lemons with 2 minced cloves garlic and 1/2 tsp salt. In a slow stream whisk in 1/2 c. olive oil until emulsified with the lemon juice. Add 1 c. sour cream and some sugar to taste. Season with fresh ground pepper and let stand 15 minutes.

RedCherry1109 · May 2014

I make a regular salad and add red onions and avocado with a little olive oil and garlic seasoning. It taste really good!

weddinginthecove · May 2014

Thanks guys that's some awesome suggestions. I can't wait to head to the grocery store for some ingredients. I think we should toss around recipes more regularly here to get some new ideas. Perhaps pick a different topic a week.... Like next week could be dips or potato dishes? Maybe choose a day where we gave nothing else, is there one of those days? Even take some photos of our food to go along with the WFD, I'm a really visual person haha. Summertime always makes me go to the same go to foods because it's just too warm to be in the kitchen cooking and testing things out.

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