What's your favourite salad?

[ElizaLaLa]

I'm on salads atm as I'm trying to lose weight and am looking for some inspiration.

My favourite salad is mixed leaves, cucumber, tomato, red onion, avocado & coriander, or greek salad with feta and olives.

For the last few days I've been having romaine lettuce, komato cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, radishes, gherkins, and green chillies with tuna/sweetcorn/mayo or omelette.

I do love a salad but they can get very samey.

Sadly the things that make salads tasty all have calories! Toasted nuts and seeds, croutons, chicken, fish, goats cheese, halloumi, delicious dressing.

Less calorific - figs, other fruit (watermelon feta and black olives is my favourite), green beans, roast butternut squash, roasted tomatoes, any cold roasted veg.

Definitely need protein and fat in there to fill you up. Prosciutto is good. Bacon too actually it's not very high calorie. Cottage cheese, tofu.

Basically anything can go in a salad.

Potato

I like to add a boiled egg.

Chicken caesar.

Never put lettuce in a salad. Beans, chicken, nuts, light veg. Just the idea of lettuce makes me not want to eat it. Lots of seasoning. Should be good enough to eat without dressing.

I love a good carb loaded salad. Or a chicken and bacon cob salad with corn. Lately I’ve been making a good broccoli salad that I eat on a bed of green leaves. Or a Greek salad with blanched green beans with lots of salad leaves.

Tomatoes spring onions avocado and lettuce

Salade Niçoise and chicken Cæsar salad are two of my favourites, but tonight I'm having soused herring with Russian salad for a change.

Mixed leaves
Red onion
Chunky cucumber
Sweetcorn
Tomatoes
Hard boiled egg
Thick ham
Grated cheddar cheese
Coleslaw

I prefer the sort of grain salads you can get in Marks and Spencer's. Grains, mixed beans, greens etc. Great with some tuna, salmon, feta or chicken added and squeeze of lemon over it all.

A proper caesar with lots of anchovies

@CrabPuff

Never put lettuce in a salad. Beans, chicken, nuts, light veg. Just the idea of lettuce makes me not want to eat it. Lots of seasoning. Should be good enough to eat without dressing.

I like lettuce!

I dress most salads with course salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon juice and sometimes mustard if I mix the dressing up in a pot.

I do like a ceaser salad too!

Mixed leaves (rocket, watercress, spinach)
Blue cheese
Pear
Parma ham
Dijon and Honey dressing

I get all the vegetables that can go in a salad out of the fridge, chop them up, put them in a salad bowl & toss them with salad servers. I'll eat that with protein of choice: ham, eggs, tuna, chicken. Dressing of choice is mayonnaise. Hazelnuts are delicious in a salad, as are halved grapes, chopped fresh herbs, I add them on top.

French green beans are my go to in a salad, I love them and they improve anything. Ditto fresh herbs.

Reading with interest now to get some new ideas.

Lettuce avocado apple walnuts and parma ham

Cold cooked broccoli florets with tomato and smoked salmon - sounds weird but tastes nice and the broccoli is very filling.

Shredded chicken, grated carrot, red onion, raw cabbage a few noodles dressed with soy sauce and a few sesame seeds.

Niciose, so tuna, green beans, new potatoes.

Mushroom, toasted cashew and apricot in a curry mayonnaise.
Tabbouleh
Waldorf
Nicoise.

I like most salads

Tuna Nicoise is delish and low calorie if you use tinned with brine rather than oil.

Mix a few bits of finely chopped onion into the tuna makes it super tasty. The egg is optional but a bit of potato is a must.

You can use baby Spinach instead of lettuce simply for variety.

Tricolore salad - avocado, mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and lots and lots of fresh basil, with a balsamic vinegar, sesame oil and whole grain mustard vinaigrette.

Not a huge fan of lettuce. Usually make one of the following and then add small amount of shredded lettuce.

Tuna, cannellini or butter beans, red onion, parsley and lemon juice.
Roasted peppers, chilli and butternut squash, green lentils, and mozzarella with mustard vinaigrette
Pastrami, mozzarella, cannellini beans, tomatoes and basil
Grated carrot and apple with garlic dressing

Smoke salmon and beetroot salad is a bit expensive but amazing. Looks good too all that bright pink colour.

Watermelon, feta, cucumber and lettuce with toasted pecans
Finely sliced fennel layered with blood oranges and fresh mint
Heritage or baby plum tomatoes with fresh thyme. You can add olive oil, balsamic and seasoning if you like but if the thyme and tomatoes are just right, they don't need anything else.
Nicoise - lettuce, onion, tomato, baby new potatoes, steamed green beans, soft boiled egg, anchovies and capers
Greek salad - lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onion, feta, olives and fresh thyme

Fennel, blood orange (or grapefruit), drizzle with balsamic and some crumbled feta

Cowbells that’s a coincidence 😀