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To tell you about the most delicious, healthy salad ever?

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CocktailQueenie · 14/05/2024 19:41

Yes, I know I could have made it and plastic packaging is bad for the environment but because it's just me tonight, I picked up M & S Superfood Green Salad and their salmon fishcakes as a one-off - Wow! It tasted so fresh and moreish and I could happily live off the stuff forever.
I love salad foods and eat them year-round but usually stick to peppers/rocket/lettuce/cucumber/white cabbage/courgette/olives/beetroot and carrot kind-of-thing. Also, watermelon/mint/feta is a favourite.
I would love to know what other salad-loving MN's think is tasty and whether any other shops have amazing fresh salads to go? Need to know what else I am missing!

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CocktailQueenie · 15/05/2024 11:13

@Majorpom That is my fear, I am going back at the weekend for more.

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CocktailQueenie · 15/05/2024 11:07

@Lumpalicious love this salad!

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CocktailQueenie · 15/05/2024 11:06

@pizzaHeart You just have to twiddle the pubes into dreadlocks then use just like wool, although pubes are a bit stiff.

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CosmosQueen · 15/05/2024 10:08

I completely agree OP, it’s so delicious 😋
I love their tabbouleh as well but I’m making my own version today.

Majorpom · 15/05/2024 09:37

Made a special trip to M&S to try this magical salad and they don’t have it. ☹️

Abracadabra12345 · 15/05/2024 09:16

CocktailQueenie · 14/05/2024 19:51

@Unopenedpackofmenssocks Yes, I totally understand but this was a one-off. I usually sprout my own mung beans/grow all veg on my miniscule patch/knit my own knickers with twigs and DH's pubes harvested from the bathroom floor😂

I am crying...😂😂😂

LadyEloise1 · 15/05/2024 09:11

I'm in the "....M&S salads may be nice but their knickers are sht now" camp @catlady7* 😀

Zwifter · 15/05/2024 08:03

Yes! It’s lush… it’s my go to when travelling with work. My journeys are planned around MOTO motorway service stations 🤣 I’ve tried really hard to recreate the dressing but can’t seem to get it quite right. If anyone has managed please let me know how you do it!

soupfiend · 15/05/2024 07:37

Pea shoots are a massive joke in this house because they come on top of every meal you order in a restaurant and they're HORRIBLE and I always have to remove them in a huff.

SnowFrogJelly · 15/05/2024 00:45

But was it massive

ErrolTheDragon · 15/05/2024 00:13

Yes, it's good, and the super nutty one, though the dressings could do with being a bit less sweet. We sometimes have them when we're travelling, one of the nicer things to get in a motorway service station.

SocksAndTheCity · 15/05/2024 00:05

I have mourned the Sainsbury's Nuts & Grains salad for years since it was discontinued. The red pepper hummus and teriyaki dressing was epic Sad

To tell you about the most delicious, healthy salad ever?
StepAwayFromGoogling · 14/05/2024 23:56

Swapped my normal 6 inch sub from Subway out for a salad the other day. That's REALLY nice.

Davros · 14/05/2024 23:33

Great idea. Steak pie with pea shoots [adds to shopping list]

Meatymeatytimetoeaty · 14/05/2024 23:28

I clicked on this thread hoping your salad would be something amusing like a steak pie with pea shoots on it or something, only to find it's an actual salad.
How disappointing

Mumoftwo1316 · 14/05/2024 23:23

Ahh op you've made me smile.

In the Ladybird Classics version of Rapunzel, it starts with a woman craving salad. A witch next door grows her own salad and the woman craves and pines for this salad "I must have that salad or I'll die". She starts to waste away. Eventually her husband climbs over the wall at night to steal some. His wife tastes it and it's even better that she expects and she refuses to eat anything else. Her husband goes to steal more. The witch catches him this time and agrees to give him the salad if he will give her their first born child (!) And he agrees! And then Rapunzel is born and given to the witch.

I read this to dc at bedtime and I'm thinking "who loves salad that much?!"

Mumsnetters, that's who...!

BurnerName1 · 14/05/2024 23:17

I love this salad too, stop telling people about it or they won't have any next time I go in 😁

nodogz · 14/05/2024 23:17

Same with the beetroot and goats cheese. Delicious lunch RUINED by wheat.

I also like those prawn salads but wish there was no pasta because again I can tolerate most things apart from gluten

nodogz · 14/05/2024 23:14

Yeah it is bloody delicious that salad so please tell me why m&s has included sodding WHEAT in every salad now. It doesn't need it and I'm pretty sure it didn't use to be in there.

I'm just jealous!

therealcookiemonster · 14/05/2024 23:03

@CocktailQueenie i also like their wholefood nutty salad and their crayfish and mango noodle salad + their salmon with spinach/cucumber.

my fav salad is shaved fennel dressed with a mix of dijon, orange and lemon juice, white wine vinegar, salt, agave and lots of fresh chopped dill. I top with orange segments. I eat this by the bowl full in the summer

also love a nice salmon nicoise. where I replace the tuna with a pan fried piece of salmon.

NamelessNancy · 14/05/2024 22:51

CrispieCake · 14/05/2024 22:41

Not a salad but I am very fond of their caramelised biscuit yumnut. Their chocolate truffles are also divine.

I suspect any salads you've tried in the past were not massive enough. Other than that, thanks for the recommendations!

catlady7 · 14/05/2024 22:43

AhBiscuits · 14/05/2024 21:02

I bought a salmon poke bowl in Lidl and it was so delicious. I want it for lunch everyday but will settle for once in a while.

I'm obsessed with the poke bowl well was.. breastfeed and daughter has soya allergy so can't have them anymore atm.

catlady7 · 14/05/2024 22:41

StormingNorman · 14/05/2024 19:59

Sounds delish.

I’m into a sort-of Vietnamese style salad at the moment.

Glass noodles
Spring onions
Carrot
Cucumber
Radishes
Tomato
Mint
Coriander

Slice the vegetables super fine and dress it with:

A few drops of fish sauce
A few drops of rice vinegar
Half a lime
Little glug of oil

Prawns, chicken chunks, pork mince and/or peanuts on top to ring the changes.

That sounds so good!

CrispieCake · 14/05/2024 22:41

Not a salad but I am very fond of their caramelised biscuit yumnut. Their chocolate truffles are also divine.

catlady7 · 14/05/2024 22:39

Unopenedpackofmenssocks · 14/05/2024 19:45

Do you know what OP. I absolutely love that you are such a positive person that you wanted to post on MN about how delicious your salad was. However I predict that the next 5 responses will be:

  1. M&S is overpriced, I refuse to shop there
  2. M&S salads may be nice but their knickers are shit now.
  3. Was it in a plastic container? That is shocking OP, won’t you think about the planet?
  4. I can make the same salad for 25p using vegetables I grew myself. You are so lazy.
  5. Salmon? Disgusting. You should not eat animals.

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