Tell me about your salad

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So thanks to the sweltering heat it’s been salad for dinner every night since Saturday.

However, despite having “different” salads - it feels a bit samey and I’m running out of ideas (we’ve had goats cheese salad, Cesar salad and smoked mackerel and salad so far). I always tend to do the same variations on dressings too- so would love some new ideas.

Have been browsing bbc good food but not being inspired so far

I’m with you, OP. I only want salad and fruit in the summer.

My mainstay salad is:

Salmon marinaded in ginger honey dressing served with spinach, beets, olives, tomatoes, sautéed asparagus, avocado and pumpkin seeds.

Tin of green lentils
2 spring onions
Handful rocket
Chopped feta
Cherry tomatoes
Dressing: 2tbsp olive oil mixed with 1 tbsp balsamic

I think it was from the 5:2 diet originally.

Roast butternut squash, pack of ready to eat green lentils, feta, rocket, lemon juice

Grated carrot, orange juice, ginger, raisins

Giant cous cous, feta, pomegranate seeds, parsley, lemon and oil

Julienned carrot and cucumber, bean sprouts, spring onions, chillis. Dress with a mix of sesame oil, lime juice, fish sauce, ginger and garlic. Sprinkle over crushed peanuts. Can add rare steak, chiakn or prawns.

Cooked rice immediately cooled by rinsing with cold water then well drained, 1 drained tin of mixed beans in water, I drained tin of sweetcorn, 1 chopped avocado, 1/2 bunch spring onions chopped, 2 tbsp fajita seasoning, juice of 1 lime, 2 tbsp olive oil, chopped coriander.
Serve with grilled / pan fried chicken or halloumi

We had halloumi, watermelon and green bean tonight, with lots of mint. It's just the best combination ever!
I also really like puy lentils with beetroot, feta and walnuts, also with mint.
Or a tuna salad with hardboiled eggs and olives

Forgot to add halved cherry tomatoes and 1 chopped red pepper

Bag of watercress, spinach and rocket - add chopped cucumber and Parmesan flakes. Toss in a dressing made of olive oil, balsamic vinegar and black pepper. Top with sliced grilled steak. Delicious.

I did a nice one at the weekend:
Cook chunks of sweet potato
Add a few leaves (recipe suggested rocket but I only had bagged salad)
Feta (or Greek salad cheese if preferred! )
Then add this curried lentil and chickpea mush: www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Rice_Pulses_And_Grain/Full_of_Goodness_Curried_Lentils_250g.html

Was yum.

Goats cheese and pear cut into small pieces mixed with dried cranberries and chopped walnuts, serve on top of rocket and drizzle with honey and mustard dressing.

Mixed seeds and sultanas sprinkled over the top is nice.

I had a bloody lovely caprese salad for dinner. Highly recommend with excellent bread to mop up tomato/olive oil juices.

Bacon bits

We can eat any amount of salad that has some bacon bits sprinkled on top.

Nice gamon ham with boiled egg and pineapple. then lettuce. cucumber. onion. toms and pepper. dont mix it place it next to each other

Chinese Chicken Salad:
Precook chicken pieces in teriyaki sauce, allow to cool
Mandarin oranges from a tin
Use the juice with sesame oil and soy to make a dressing
Add in salad leaves (pretty much any, Chinese leaf is nice)
Water chesnuts
Cashews

Cheese and pineapple salad:
Dice cheddar and add to pineapple chunks
Pineapple juice with a splash of olive oil for the dressing
Serves with any salad leaves

I love mandarins in a salad, so refreshing

I’m another one who can live on salads in this weather, ideally loads of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, grilled chicken, or tuna with egg.

Am loving all the pineapple ideas - I bloody adore pineapples

Blue cheese, caramelised pear and walnut, with a toasted walnut, olive oil, garlic, honey and balsamic dressing. Not as faffy as it sounds, it takes minutes, I don’t follow a recipe and it always works out fine
Watermelon and halloumi with chilli oil
I keep meaning to try griddled peach and mozzarella salad

Pasta or rice salad.
Tuna salad with sweetcorn and red onion & lemon dressing goes down well in our house.

I love an Indian chicken salad - chicken breast smeared with curry paste and roasted, served with iceberg lettuce, peppers, cucumber, watermelon and pomegranate, dressed with mint raita and a naan bread on the side.

Tonight we had shredded pork steak with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, peppers, blanched broccoli, rice, topped with crushed peanuts and Thai peanut dressing.

One of my favourite salad ingredients is raw cauliflower. It’s fantastic dipped in blue cheese salad dressing!

Do people actually like salad?

Yes. I live on it. Salad sandwiches, fried cheese sandwich and salad of chopped cucumber and tomato, coleslaw. Halloumi, salad and chips.
Huge bowl of lettuce, avocado, chopped cucumber,beetroot, mooli, some kind of veggie slices chopped into bits, all mixed together with salad cream.
Grated carrot and grated courgette for a change, thinly sliced chillies, any kind of cheese, fresh bread with lots of real butter. Sliced mushrooms (raw), red cabbage, sliced, crunched up with salt and left for a while, then thoroughly rinsed and drained, mixed with oil and lemon juice...
My salads are more to do with the vegetable content than protein and lots of bread, but mainly feature cheese.

I love salad. Any salad.

Sandwiches are gross.

I love a basic salad with vinagrette served with smoked haddick fishcakes. But i add strawberries and raspberries. Yum.

Vietnamese chicken salad (shredded cooked chicken, carrot, cabbage, mixed with bean thread noodles and spicy dressing with crispy shallots on top). Or bun cha

Smoked salmon nicoise salad with potatoes and eggs green beans asparagus and olives

Greek salad, mix cous cous through if not filling enough

Thai beef salad

Home cooked ham and egg salad

@Vandree can I come to your house please?