Favorite kind of salad or ingredients?

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Hi all. I would like to know what are your favorite kinds of salad and/or salad ingredients. I just tried an asian salad off a local resteraunt menu, it had all sorts of greens bright and dark, some blackberry and some red berry that looked similar, chow mein noodles, some sesame seeds, and a smoky sweet dressing...

I haven't had many types of salad before, but this was amazing to me. The nutty flavor, taste of two kinds of rich berries, the crunch and dry feel of chow mein noodles, and the smoky, sweet, and salty dressing covering it was a blast to my senses... I feel awesome after eating it too which is a plus.

What about you?

My favorite salad contains:

Baby spinach
Sliced almonds
Chopped walnuts
Grape tomatoes
Sliced cucumbers
Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Dried apricots
Paul Newman's olive oil and vinegar dressing

Here's one of my favorite salads: A mixture of spring greens or bitter salad mix, dried cranberries, walnuts, feta cheese dressing and a dressing made of honey, crushed garlic, and lemon juice.

That sounds delicious. Does it have a name?

My salad's normally have a lot of fruit in them. Also cucumbers, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, triscuit crackers, avacadoes, alfalfa sprouts, and yogurt for dressing.

Yogurt as dressing and triscuit crackers? That's a new one for me... I will have to try that soon. Thanks for posting.

We call it THE salad. I usually buy the chopped salad greens that come in a bag in the produce section. BTW, if you try it, don't use iceberg lettuce. It tastes terrible. Darker greens like arugula and romaine work well. I crush a clove of garlic and whisk it into lemon juice and honey. You keep tasting it until you get a nice mix of sweet and sour. Then toss the dried cranberries and walnuts and crumbled feta cheese together. You can use all the dressing at once, or just pour some of it over individual portions.

This sounds really good!

At least a few pepperoncinis.

Also a few Beets are good.

Summer Lentil Salad,perfected in the Netherlands in 98 degree weather

-few cups cooked lentils
-chopped peppers
-fava beans
-chopped tomatoes
-kalamata olives
-spinach
-arugula
-avocado if local and in season
-chopped walnuts
-olive oil
-sliced mushrooms

mix all ingredients in a bowl;add unsweetened ketchup if you like,I love it on lentils!

Well, if the cole slaw at KFC could be considered a salad, then that's my favorite - it's the only salad that I'll go out of my way to get.

Potato salad or pasta salad or my family's fruit salad.

My favorite salad ingredients include:
-Spinach
-Lettuce
-Avocado
-Feta cheese
-Bell peppers (usually green)
-Cucumbers
-Mushrooms

I don't usually use dressing, but when I do, I go for some kind of vinaigrette.

Another thing I like to do, is take leftover brown rice and mix it with tuna, dried cherries, chopped celery and mayonnaise. A spoonful of pickle relish is good in this, too. I serve it with Romaine lettuce leaves.

Summer Quinoa Salad
-steamed quinoa
-lemon juice
-steamed yam,chopped
-boiled potato, cubed
-chopped tomatoes
-chopped celery
-avocado
-chopped red pepper
-arugula
-mushrooms
-kalamata olives
-olive oil

mmm mmm good !

Low-calorie spritzer is what I use instead of dressings like Thousand Island or Bleu Cheese.