I need some inspiration, but I hate fruit in my salad which is what so many of the online recipes suggest. What are some of your favourite salad recipes that don't involve fruit?
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I like chinese chicken salad....lettuce, chicken, fried noodles, almonds, carrots, sesame dressing, green onions, a handful of boiled pasta and you can skip the oranges!
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Same as you-- hate fruit in salad!
My fav toppings are some kind of nut/seed (sunflower seeds, almond slivers, pecan pieces), cheese, tomato, cucumber, hardboiled egg, and crunchy chinese noodles.
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My favorite salad is spinach and/or arugula, crumbled soft cheese like feta or Gorgonzola or other bleu cheese, and pecans, slivered almonds or walnuts, with a balsamic honey vinaigrette. If I have it, pickled red onion.
(I do usually throw in strawberries or craisins or dried cranberries, but I also like it without).
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Our usual go-to's:
Red onion/feta/cucumber slices/tomatoes
Avocado
Parmesan cheese/red onion
Candied walnuts/Gorgonzola crumbles
Roasted beets/avocado/feta crumbles
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@autumnlove: @Chillybear: @Mae: aaand i'm hungry now! Thanks, these are great!
I've never actually had crunchy noodles in a salad, looking forward to trying that out.
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Lazy dinner salads usually include: shredded carrots and cabbage (by hand, I have a tool that shreds them so they're fresh), sliced olives, slivered almonds, sliced cherry tomatoes, corn (frozen and heated a little so it's still cold but not icy), cheese and dressing.
The key for us is to find a dressing we love!
My favorite 'fancy' salad (without fruit) is: feta, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts, green peppers and beets.
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Ooo chinese chicken salads. Just don't add mandarin oranges!
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Cucumber, tomato, avocado, balsamic, oil, salt and pepper
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@swurlygurl: your fancy salad sounds divine!
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@blackbird: thinking this might be dinner tonight
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I hate fruit in salad too! I usually love mexican themed salad b/c it has avocado, and beans make it filling and love spicy ranch/chipotle sauce! My other go to is greek w/ onions/ tomato, feta & stuffed grape leaves.
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My favorite salad lately is a shaved brussel sprout salad. You shave about 8 or so brussel sprouts and mix with a few handfuls of chopped arugula as well as some toasted slivered almonds, cooked bacon or pancetta, and shaved parmesan. I add a little salt, pepper, and cayenne with olive oil and lemon juice and mix it all up. I love this. And it's a great bed for seared scallops
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@MUI831: I loooove brussel sprouts salad. I usually have mine with pecorino romano and prosciutto. I never thought to mix in chopped arugula though so thanks for the tip.
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@plantains: Definitely try it with the arugula and the sprinkle of cayenne. It makes all of the difference!
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To mix things up, I grate zucchini into my salads.
I also like the crunchy onion topping, but it's not low calorie.
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I love using goat cheese on my salads! There are some really yummy suggestions above!!
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@MUI831: Oooh, cayenne. Nice touch.
@looch: I always sautee zucchini, never grated in a salad. Another thing to add to my list of things to try. Wow.
@lilyann: I loooove goat cheese
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Grated raw beets! I don't usually like soft cooked beets in salad, but raw its really crunchy and sweet, sorta like carrots, but a little sweeter and prettier.
Warm sauteed mushrooms are really good.
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My go to is spinach, romaine, mushrooms, red pepper, red onion, carrots, radishes with Italian dresisng.
@MUI831: This sounds amazing, I need to try it. I've been loving brussel sprouts lately!
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@LULU MOM: This is the salad that I adapted to get me to the combo I posted above: http://food52.com/recipes/8647-brussels-sprouts-salad-a-la-m-wells
I'm not a big fan of celery, dried cranberries, or walnuts so I left them out or improvised. Also bacon/prosciutto/pancetta and cayenne are easier for me to come by rather than speck or piment d'espelette (???)
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@MUI831: M.Wells is 5 mins from my house!
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