Salad and Dressing suggestions

[Lucky]

I've never liked salad much, but I havent tried it in several years and am willing to try to in an effort to lose weight. For a "first-timer", so to speak, what would you suggest? I dont like tomatoes (at all) so nothing with that in it. Are there different "types" of lettuce for salad Also, what's a good dressing?

 

[fatbaby]

Dressing is something you cannot reccomend as everyones tastes are different.

THe most popular dressings are ranch, italian, 1000 island, honey mustard, and rice vinegar.

Depending on the salad, it can contain iceberg lettuce, spinach, mushrooms, green onions, red onions, brocoli, chicken, ETC

 

[brtspears2]

Italian gives it a sweet/sour like taste
Thousand island is like ketchep, relish, and mayo
Ranch is like creme, butter, with a little spice.
Vinegar and oil is another choice.


You probally want to stick to just the normal lettuce. Iceburg and red lettuce look nice, but just don't seem to hold up in a salad as well.

 

[NetworkDad]

I prefer romaine lettuce over iceburg. Iceburg can be kind of bland sometimes. As for dressings, my favorite is still italian - Make sure you use a good olive oil. You can spice it up a little by trying different kinds of vinegar in the dressing - one type of vinegar i use is balsamic.

Also, lots of black olives and red onions are a must in any salad!

 

[N8Magic]

Try a traditional Greek Salad (easy on the feta cheese though):

ripped from saladrecipe.com:

Ingredients

1 head romaine lettuce- rinsed, dried and chopped
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 (6 ounce) can pitted black olives
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 cucumber, sliced
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 lemon, juiced
ground black pepper to taste

Directions
1. In a large salad bowl, combine the Romaine, onion, olives, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumber and cheese.

2. Whisk together the olive oil, oregano, lemon juice and black pepper. Pour dressing over salad, toss and serve.

 

[vi edit]

Enough ranch dressing can make just about anything taste good

 

[Shelly21]

one part Balsamic vinegar(The older the better, 20 years old is good) and one part extra virgin olive oil.... shaken, not stir.....

 

Ken's Steakhouse Lite Caesar Dressing.

Best damn stuff I've ever had.

 

[Red Dawn]

Try a traditional Greek Salad (easy on the feta cheese though):

The Feta Cheese is what makes it taste so great!

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Try a traditional Greek Salad (easy on the feta cheese though):

The Feta Cheese is what makes it taste so great!

Shhhhh... if he's never had it before he won't know the difference!

 

[Geekbabe]

you all are making me hungry,I'm stuck here having peanut butter on toast because I was too tired to remember to defrost anything when I got in from work this morning.

Feta cheese is also awesome in greek omlets,really adds a zing !

 

[Moonbeam]

There is no hope for somebody who doesn't like tomatoes.

I live in California and have never been to a store in Alabama, assuming they have stores, so I can't comment on your salad ingredients question. Everything depends on what's available.

The last salad I made I got a salad bowl because a plate is too small. I'm talking a bowl a foot across and 2 inches deep, good for a personal sized dinner salad. I got into the fridge and grabbed a big bag of organic mixed baby greens containing baby lettuces (red & green Romaine, R & G Oak Leaf, Lollo Rosa, Tango), Frisse, Radicchio, Mizuna, Arugula. Red Chard, and Spinach. Pile that up in the bowl and add Mozzarella cheese, lots of it, cold roasted dill covered salmon, tomatoes, a hole ripe California Haas avocado, pitted Greek olives, capers, OK leave out the capers, and real Roquefort dressing.

Edit: I forgot marinated artichoke hearts.

 

[Moonbeam]

baffled, have you tried French feta? Less salt.

 

[NetworkDad]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam


cold roasted dill covered salmon,

Now that sounds tasty too, i'll have to try that next time.

 

[JellyBaby]

Look for a good Asian Salad Dressing. Mmmmm......*drools*

Or just make your own dressing. Use some E.V. olive oil, vinegar (apple cider, baslamic, whatever), a bit of sugar and (JB's secret ingredient) a bit of beef soup base/boullion/stock.

 

[dolph]

actually... be careful about the dressing, if you're trying to lose weight. caeser dressing is wonderful, but can have 300 calories per serving and a lotta fat. not really helpful for losing weight. oil & vinegar dressings tend to be healthier, but you should get straight diet dressings if you want to lose weight. also be careful with the other toppings: croutons (especially), cheese, bacon bits (not sure about fake ones, though)... salads can start healthy and quickly become not. iceburg lettuce is a good way to start, though. it's pretty bland, just crunchy. shred some carrots & any other vegetable you like in it, toss it with a HEALTHY dressing (remember, if it tastes fattening, it probably is), and be smart about what you put on it. then you can move your way up to gourmet salads

 

[BennyD]

man, i can't believe no one's said this...

dressing suggestions:

start of with some underwear, maybe Y fronts or boxer shorts.
then some trousers, jeans or something.
then put on a shirt or jumper and some shoes and your done.

but seriously, Greek salad without the toms sounds good

 

[Lucky]

woot, thanks for the suggestions.

 

[fatbaby]

i see a lot of people here like tossed salad

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Another vote for GOOD basalmic vinegar, but I add a little truffle oil to the olive oil. Dont do iceberg.

My 2 cents

 

[Moonbeam]

Lots of folks seem to like truffles, Hay. I hear even pigs dig them.