What do you put in your salads to make them not suck?

[JohnCU]

fat free french dressing MMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[PepePeru]

fresh tomatoes diced tomatoes
mozzarella cheese
fresh basil
balsamic vinaigrette

very good.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Pineapple. Always does the trick for me in salads.

 

[TonyB]

urine

 

[EGGO]

It's a salad, it's healthy no matter what you put in it!

 

[preCRT]

feta, olives, onions

dried cherries

raw sunflower seeds and alfalfa sprouts

sungold cherry tomatoes


eta: not all together

 

[ManyBeers]

ManyBeers's standard salad ingredients:
Garbanzo beans
cucumber
onion
bell pepper
tomato
leaf lettuce
Kraft balsamic vinaigrette or any decent flavored vinaigrette.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Think outside the fast food box. Salads are all about texture and color. Try cellophane noodles, knori. bulgar wheat, grilled veggies, anchovies, mustard greens, pine nuts, raspberries, figs.......

Make your own dressings and croutons.

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: Snapster
feta cheese, balsamic vineger, avodaco's, peppers, beans, olives etc. The combinations are plentiful!

:laugh:

please tell me avodaco's is a mistake.

Yeh you know I meant avocado's, typing so fast sometings brings out mistakes and oddly enough my moz spell check didn't highlight the mistake, ho hum!

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Think outside the fast food box. Salads are all about texture and color. Try cellophane noodles, knori. bulgar wheat, grilled veggies, anchovies, mustard greens, pine nuts, raspberries, figs.......

Make your own dressings and croutons.

I'll come over to your house for a beer, but if you dare shove that rabbit food in my face, I'd be forced to stab you on general principle.

 

[LS21]

tons of nuts (pine nuts, almonds, etc)
bacon bits

i dont use dressing - just olive oil salt pepper and balsamic vin

 

[Baked]

Cherry/grape tomatoes.

 

[SSSnail]

Crab meat and smoked salmon?

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Croutons, Chicken strips, Bacon bits, Ranch dressing, cheese.

Any of the above on lettuce. The Ranch is a must though.

 

[jjones]

I like a simple salad. Lettuce with olive oil and a little salt and pepper is my favorite and what I usually eat. Other than that, if I'm at a restaurant I'll go for a spinach salad with oil and bacon or a caesar salad. That's about it.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Imp
- Salad dressing that actually has taste and isn't just vinegar/fat/mayo immitation.
- Grilled garlic bits (no idea where they came from, but they rock)
- Bacon bits
- Croutons (absolute must for any salad)
- Cheese

I've found that the worst thing you can do is add other vegetables, aside from lettuce, into a salad. Cucumbers, peppers and tomatos just don't blend with all that other crap I listed above.

Peppers and tomatoes don't go with bacon, garlic, bread and cheese? Someone better tell the italians that - they'll be pissed...

Now that you mention it, I hate all kinds of pizza except pepperoni, but I can get by with Hawaiian. To me (who else?), peppers are too watery and take away from the taste of a pizza. Cooked tomatos made into a paste, then covered by a layer of cheese, no problem. As a kid, I use to take off the cheese on a pizza, eat that, then scrape off the tomato sauce on the cooked dough and eat what's left of the pizza.

The other veggies in my original post also do the same to a salad (I may have confused cucumber with zuchiny though). I don't mind purple onions (?) and very thin carrot gratings in my salad.

 

[dougp]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
fat free french dressing MMMMMMMMMMMM

You sir, are awesome.

FF French
Lettuce (Prefer the baby butter types)
Carrots
Bell Peppers (Red and Orange are best)
Cucumber
Olives (Green preferably)
Croutons
Ham
FF Cheddar
Broccoli
Tomatoes (preferably grape)
Red Onion

 

[Lola]

A better question is what I DON'T put in salad.

They options and possibilities are endless.
Hard boiled egg
mandrin orange wedges
strawberries
bleu cheese
(any kind of cheese)
peas
edamame
shrimp
salmon
olives
anchovies
beans
apples
candied pecans or walnuts
pine nuts
sesame seeds

 

[RKS]

Blow; it's the opposite of Suck.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: EGGO
It's a salad, it's healthy no matter what you put in it!

Apparently you havent tried one of my famous Vicodin-powder salads.....

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Think outside the fast food box. Salads are all about texture and color. Try cellophane noodles, knori. bulgar wheat, grilled veggies, anchovies, mustard greens, pine nuts, raspberries, figs.......

Make your own dressings and croutons.

I'll come over to your house for a beer, but if you dare shove that rabbit food in my face, I'd be forced to stab you on general principle.

Great food includes variety. Vegetable are every bit as satisfying as meat. You can even add your meat to the salad. The point is, for some reason the culinary challenged have come to believe that, protein is all that matters in food.

I currently cook for a meat and potato crowd (minus the potatoes) and often ask myself what planet they grew up on but, I have succeeded in teaching them about soup.

I'll keep trying one customer at a time.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Think outside the fast food box. Salads are all about texture and color. Try cellophane noodles, knori. bulgar wheat, grilled veggies, anchovies, mustard greens, pine nuts, raspberries, figs.......

Make your own dressings and croutons.

I'll come over to your house for a beer, but if you dare shove that rabbit food in my face, I'd be forced to stab you on general principle.

Great food includes variety. Vegetable are every bit as satisfying as meat. You can even add your meat to the salad. The point is, for some reason the culinary challenged have come to believe that, protein is all that matters in food.

I currently cook for a meat and potato crowd (minus the potatoes) and often ask myself what planet they grew up on but, I have succeeded in teaching them about soup.

I'll keep trying one customer at a time.

i am a meat and potato type of person. but every now and then a good saled makes a steak better.

soup is only goo din the winter (gotta have a chicken/turkey sandwich with it no matter how thick the soup is!)

 

[uberman]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Bacon and blue cheese.

KT

Why the fuck do you sign all your posts?

ns1

OCD

KT

You can get meds for OCD, now.

UM

 

[Martin]

The answer to this, and many other questions, is balsamic vinegar and feta cheese.

 

[rivan]

I think you're underestimating the value of the lettuce itself. Use different kinds - bibb, arugala, romaine and leaf lettuce can all make a huge difference in the salad experience.

Currently, we're eating lots of romaine/arugala salads. The arugala adds a very nice peppery flavor.