Yummy salad ideas

[Lady-bug]

I need to start eating more fresh foods! I'm not a huge salad fan but they are quick and easy, so please give me some yummy salad ideas!!

Thanks!

[mum3girls]

This is one that I just threw together one night and was very yummy.

Dice up some chicken and bacon. Toss chicken in some kind of seasoning (I just had some French Onion soup mix, so put it in that). Cook chicken and bacon together, put aside to cool down. Then I just threw together whatever I had in the crisper - lettuce, baby spinach, tomatoes, snow peas, carrot, capsicum, cucumber, pineapple, grapes, spanish onion and olives are the usual things I have on hand.

HTH

[Lady-bug]

That sounds nice! Thanks!

[nelly]

When I am really short of time - a bag of baby spinach / lettuce mix then go the deli in Woolies and get a tub of their fetta / semi dried toms mix. Toss it all together with some olives (if you like) and diced cucumber. Also nice with just the spinach, fetta and semi dried toms.

[AmandaJ]

My DH makes a really nice one, it's oranges (peeled and cut into bit size pieces), shreded coconut and a little ranch dressing, it's nice and refreshing.

I found one from the Taste website, it's pumpkin and spinach salad, roast up some butternut pumpkin (cover in olive oil and honey), once it's cooked sprinkle with sesame seeds and cook until they are toasted. Let pumpkin cool, dry toast some pinenuts, then the pumpkin, baby spinach and pinenuts into a bowl. This is the dressing for it 1tbs lemon juice, 1tbs honey, 2tbs extra virgin olive oil, 2 tsp wholegrain mustard, shake it altogether. It's really nice.

hugs xoxo

[Loula]

oh ive had a few over christmas

First the rice salad! it yum!
Matrimonial rice salad

Ingredient:

1 Cup of brown rice, washed
3/4 cup of soy sauce or tamari
1/2 onions (finely chopped)

1 cup of each: sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds (dry fry)
1 cup red capsicums (finely chopped)
1 cup of sultanas
3 tbsp spring onion (finely chopped)

Dressing:
? cup good olive oil or pumpkin seed oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp lemon rind
1 clove of garlic crushed
1 tsp of honey
1 tsp of grated fresh ginger


• cook rice, place in bowl, add raw onion and soy sauce, leave to cool
• add capsicum, sultanas, spring onion and seeds

• Add dressing just before serving


* can also add diced cucumber just before

[saslia]

I found one from the Taste website, it's pumpkin and spinach salad, roast up some butternut pumpkin (cover in olive oil and honey), once it's cooked sprinkle with sesame seeds and cook until they are toasted. Let pumpkin cool, dry toast some pinenuts, then the pumpkin, baby spinach and pinenuts into a bowl. This is the dressing for it 1tbs lemon juice, 1tbs honey, 2tbs extra virgin olive oil, 2 tsp wholegrain mustard, shake it altogether. It's really nice.

This is really nice - I don't use the sesame seeds but it is a big hit when we need to take a salad places!!

[*oli's*mrs*]

chicken tenderloins crumbed n baked in oven or frypan, cooked diced bacon, mixed lettuce, carrot cheese, grape tomatos, cubed potatoes baked, and avocado!
then add paul newmans ranch dressing mmm yum df always asks 4 this 4 dinner cuz its so full of meat n spuds jus wat men like! try it im throwing it 2gether 2nyt!

[~Kim~]

the rice one is beautiful....

Smiles4u had a great salad thread last week tooo...