thread: What do you put in your tossed salad?

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    What do you put in your tossed salad?

    I need ideas because I'm not the best cook

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    I like mixed salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber, capsicum, sometimes carrot & cheese.
    Celery can be good too, but I don't eat it.
    Then I use balsamic dressing...yum!

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    Tonight I'm making an asian salad because I'm bbq'ing peanut chicken to be sliced on top...

    It will be:
    Chinese cabbage
    Coriander leaves
    Spring onions
    Baby spinach
    Julienned Carrot

    Sweet Chilli dressing:
    1 tbs sweet chilli sauce
    1 tbs rice vinegar
    1 tbs fish sauce
    2 tsp vegetable oil


    And then I'll toss it all together and plate it up individually and top with sliced bbq peanut chicken.

    I would have put sliced snow peas and bean shoots but they had no peas and that distracted me from remembering the shoots LOL!

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    I also chuck in avocado, trio sprout thingies (I think you get alfalfa, snow pea sprouts and mung beans) and shallots...mmmm yummy!

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    I like mixed salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber, capsicum, sometimes carrot & cheese.
    Celery can be good too, but I don't eat it.
    Then I use balsamic dressing...yum!
    That's exactly what I made tonight!

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    Iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onions, grated cheese, feta and sometimes some sweetpepper or peppadews. I'll also do the trio-of-sprout-thingies and avo if it's a special occasion.

    And I love my honey-mustard dressing.

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    Tonight I'm making an asian salad because I'm bbq'ing peanut chicken to be sliced on top...

    It will be:
    Chinese cabbage
    Coriander leaves
    Spring onions
    Baby spinach
    Julienned Carrot

    Sweet Chilli dressing:
    1 tbs sweet chilli sauce
    1 tbs rice vinegar
    1 tbs fish sauce
    2 tsp vegetable oil


    And then I'll toss it all together and plate it up individually and top with sliced bbq peanut chicken.

    I would have put sliced snow peas and bean shoots but they had no peas and that distracted me from remembering the shoots LOL!
    That sounds yummo Rouge!!!! I might make that tomorrow.

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    Hey hunny
    Theres the best site i get all my recipes from, it will sure inspire you trust me i never was big on cooking but this site is amazing Taste.com.au

    Here are some of my favourites when it comes to a good salad
    -Avocado
    -Cos Lettuce/ or mixed lettuce
    -semi dried tomatoes
    -Lebanese cucumber
    - danish feta

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    ... everyone loves how i always sprinkle some raw pine nuts on (when not lazy i roast them under the griller)

    (me too Emma ... i love the Taste website and i also always use Cos lettuce over any other lettuce, semi-dried toms & lebanese cucumber has that extra bite to it )

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    yeah I do as many above has suggested, though have never used nuts. Went to a bbq on Fri night & they had toasted pine nuts in the tossed salad YUMMY!! will try that next time.

    Rouge - that sounds soooo yummy....silly question but "peanut chicken"?

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    baby spinach leaves
    cubed cooked sweet potato
    seed mix (ie sesame, suflower, pumpkin) toasted OR cashews
    marinated mushrooms
    artichoke hearts
    grape tomatoes

    I dress with an olive oil/balsamic mix.

    Sometimes I add cubed cooked tofu also.

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    It will be:
    Chinese cabbage
    Coriander leaves
    Spring onions
    Baby spinach
    Julienned Carrot

    Sweet Chilli dressing:
    1 tbs sweet chilli sauce
    1 tbs rice vinegar
    1 tbs fish sauce
    2 tsp vegetable oil

    And then I'll toss it all together and plate it up individually and top with sliced bbq peanut chicken.
    Rouge - Can you come cook for me please!! - that sounds soooo yummy