Elladorine - that salad is beautiful! You should have a blog. Personally that's too much fruit for me to make a salad like that- but only because of some silly restriction in my head, but if served that I'd be like yum yum.
IanG - I just googled "beautiful salad" - clicked the image area and found enough inspiration for a lifetime of salads. Sooo hungry now, mouth watering.
OK, I broke my fruit taboo and added Cape Gooseberries or physalis to my salad this weekend. Oh my goodness it was good! Tart and sweet at the same time. And very pretty golden yellow. My co-eaters did not rave over it as they should have. It was awesome.
LOL! I just read through this thread. IanG, you are quite hilarious. I love your little comments and quips every so often. Not just here, but all over the boards!
Salads ARE good. It's awesome you're so into them. I am quite envious your work has a salad bar! That's so cool!
My favourite salad is actually one I buy from IKEA (and recreate all the time at home): Spring greens, goat cheese, pecans, dried blueberries, and balsamic vinagrette. It's loaded with stuff so I keep the portion small. I find the pecans make me way more full. Gotta love that fat!
My favourite salad is actually one I buy from IKEA (and recreate all the time at home): Spring greens, goat cheese, pecans, dried blueberries, and balsamic vinagrette. It's loaded with stuff so I keep the portion small. I find the pecans make me way more full. Gotta love that fat!
I dislike salad for the most part, but that sounds delicious!
Sometimes I add a tiny bit of Sesame oil my rice wine vinegar. It taste sooo good. And I put some sesame seeds or slivered almonds. I think I'm eating this fancy salad at a restaurant.
Have been adding broccoli slaw (organic, from Whole Foods). It adds crunch and is very filling. At first I didn't think I would like it, now I'm addicted!
I love salads! Right now since my husband has a big PT test coming up soon we are eating grilled chicken salads every night for dinner! But my staples for salad are always a little bit of spinach, two cups of hearts of romaine lettuce, one to two chopped green onions, black olives, green or red peppers, some type of fruit (or two!), spices such as garlic powder and onion powder, and I cook one boneless chicken breast with spices and one tablespoon on low sodium soy sauce, which I split between my husband and I. It is soooo delicious! Occasionally I will toss in real bacon bits, at 25 calories per tablespoon. And I use either shredded mozzarella or parmesan for the cheese, with a little bit of ranch or no dressing if there is a lot of fruit!
Today's salad was pretty standard. Spinach, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes and cukes. But last minute I decided to toss in some some jerk sauce'd chicken, quinoa and edamame. With a bit of Catalina dressing (my fave) and it was soooooo good and soooooooooo filling.
I wolfed it down in a hurry as I was pressed for time, and realized soon after that I didn't need to eat that much... I am still uncomfortably full, and I just might explode
But my staples for salad are always a little bit of spinach, two cups of hearts of romaine lettuce, one to two chopped green onions, black olives, green or red peppers, some type of fruit (or two!), spices such as garlic powder and onion powder, and I cook one boneless chicken breast with spices and one tablespoon on low sodium soy sauce, which I split between my husband and I. It is soooo delicious! Occasionally I will toss in real bacon bits, at 25 calories per tablespoon. And I use either shredded mozzarella or parmesan for the cheese, with a little bit of ranch or no dressing if there is a lot of fruit!
