Mmmmm salad :)

For the base: Leafy greens: mesclun mix/spring greens...spinach! Anything but iceberg...no nutrients....at all

Added in: everything and anything that won't run away...I especially love:
Fresh peas, fresh mushrooms, garbanzo beans, sunflower seeds, hot peppers, FRESH GOOD olives, particularly the ones with the pit in them (*kalamata mmm),
I love any veggie except broccoli...the little thingies get stuck in my throat (or I IMAGINE they will)

And on top: I'm partial to home made type pumpernickel croutons (like Ruby Tuesday has) and a light, subtle but tasty dressing...I like Newman's Own dressings...there's one with ginger that will make your mouth sing. And I love a nice herby (dilly) cucumber dressing...like tzatziki...embellished...or sun dried tomato dressing...there's also an Italian dressing at Whole Foods (their brand) that I find to be divinity...I marinate just cukes and tomatoes in it and have it for a snack/lunch/dinner

My newly-discovered favorite salad topping: Green peas!

Green peas are delicious!

Also goat cheese, baby corn, candied walnuts, tomatoes and for the salad itself – boston lettuce.

Medusa.....I love to put red kidney beans,black beans, garbanzos, black eyed peas, green peas , and edamame on my salads. Have you tried any of those....all are great source of fiber and some protein, too! I have always loved green peas!

I buy spring mix and add:

Cucumber
Radishes
Shredded cheddar or parm (whichever i have)
Crimini mushrooms (baby portabellos)
Sometimes garbonzo beans, although better with iceberg lettuce
Fresh dressing with evoo and whatever catches my fancy

depends on the day. Most often I don't have dressing on my salads. For me I enjoy the flavor of the veggies as the stand on their own.

I like most types of salads. Sometimes I'll do a mixed greens with fruit and nuts or seeds with a little bit of feta and other times I enjoy having a variety of veggies and shredded colby cheese on the salad....it all depends on whats available in the house. I do prefer a spinach mix of greens more than a iceberg lettuce mix. Every once in a while I even throw on some beans (kidney, black bean, pinto).

I don't have a preference I guess...I merely go by what I have and what mood strikes me.

Currently we are doing an iceburg/romaine mix ($1 difference between and we eat a lot daily) but we are going to start incorporating baby spinach as well.

Carrots, sunflower seeds, hard boiled eggs, corn and tortilla strips. Sometimes edamame, but I normally keep that around to snack on it. Topped with ranch, the occasional balsamic if I find a good one that I like.

homemade..Thousand Island, Chinese Sesame Dressing or Vinaigrettes mostly..

There is a restaurant near me that makes my favorite salad. It's called the Magna Fry Steak Salad.

It's mixed greens, hard boiled eggs, bacon, and shredded cheddar. Then it's topped with skirt steak and a pile of french fries. Served with ranch dressing.

Best salad ever.

Toasted pine nuts and Danish Blue - nom!

I like power greens for my base, and then I top it with a salad that we make at work, that has kale, red peppers, red cabbage, almonds, arame, carrots, and sesame seeds in it, then I cut up an avocado, and top it with strips of grilled chicken. I use an Asian sesame dressing and finish it off with more sesame seeds, because there is a lot of goodness in those tiny seeds.

But it's listed as a salad on the menu.

No joke. lol.

Honestly, Gemme, I was waiting for someone to say basically what you did.

Yeah for salads!
 

A fan of power greens here as well. Love the baby greens mix of kale, spinach and chard. They are wonderful in smoothies as well. As far as toppings I love;

a shrimp salad with beets and ranch dressing
avocado, avocado, avocado
pepperoni makes a great salad topping cut in strips with cheese
antipasto
baby bell peppers
jicama
nuts
berries
feta
artichoke hearts
any type of seasoned meat

a favorite dressing is my home made tahini dressing~

Haha! Ok, what about this one? There's a pizza place in Atlanta with a "salad" that has pizza as its base layer... :cheesy:

Like one of those BLT pizzas, right? Where it is a cheese pizza topped with bacon, lettuce, and tomato?

Now we're talking my kind of salads. ;)

In all seriousness, I like a good Caesar salad. Best one I've had recently was at Seasons 52. Romaine lettuce and baby kale with shaved Parmesan cheese and toasted garlic ciabatta croutons.

:) Well, this salad was also listed under the Salad portion of the menu. I ordered it and discovered it was a personal pizza with lettuce on top. I'm pretty sure my body wasn't tricked into absorbing less calories, either. :rolleyes:

I love Caesar salads without the anchovies. I'm doing it wrong again, aren't I? :D LOL

Yeah, I'm THAT person.

:cheesy:

Restaurants will do anything for revenue and capitalizing on the health craze by adding a few eye catching words here or there.

I ordered a salad once that had, and I shit you not, 2 full leaves of romaine and a half a handful of mixed greens and about 2 lbs of meat and general crap.

It sounded good on the menu, though.

:blink:

A salad I was introduced to when I first migrated here (Von's restaurant that served this gem has since closed) was simply lettuce, dried cranberries, blue cheese crumbles, and candied walnuts with a vinaigrette dressing! Best salad every!

Romaine lettuce
tomato
cucumber
boiled egg
dried cranberries
black olive
red onion
lots of cheese
topped with those Chines tater chip things

a rib steak and a baked potato.

....
 

COTTAGE CHEESE my fave salad topping and garbonzo & kidney bean sunflower seeds carrot slivers.olives,grn peppers,egg,and that's good for now

I love a bed of dark green Romain lettuce, topped with chopped eggs, a bit of cottage cheese, sugar soap peas, slices of egg, and a bunch of freshly browned, crumbled bacon. Then, dressed up nicely with Blue Cheese and a huge dose of Roquefort cheese dressing. Folled by lots of freshly cracked pepper corns. Yum!

Sounds good
 

Olives,cucumbers,red/green peppers,alfafa sprouts,watermelon,spinach,cantaloupe,mushrooms,le ttuce,tomato..olive oil,boiled chicken,boiled eggs.If no olive oil,mayo will do.Salt and pepper,too.

yummm

I'm mostly a salad purist.. lettuce, tomato, cucumber, (onion if I feel crazy).. and maybe a few croutons.

My preferred salad dressing is light Italian.

YUM!

<--- loves salad!

A mix of baby greens, cukecumbers, tomatoes, greek olives, salad olives and maybe some cheese crumbles. I really like the lite dressing I make with lemon, juice, evoo, a bit of pepper and sea salt, I make it in a large bowl then toss it till everything has dressing on it then put it in a smaller dish and have at it.

At present, I am hooked on kale salad with quinoa, and mango with a dressing made of lemon juice, EVOO and a little salt n pepper.

I like most salad dressings but my all time favorite is old fashioned Heinz salad cream..! I like it on jacket potatoes too....and even cheese on toast !

Daisy :bouquet:

Feta, veggies (all kinds), olives (black or Kalamata) meats, lemon juice or basalmic vinegar, oil (EVOO) spinach base.

Don't use lettuces usually.

Hi! I like my salad with boiled eggs, plenty of spinach, olives, avocados, walnuts, grilled chicken, sprinkle of bacon bits.... Basically high protein with good fats.

Let's see...
A meat protein or at least an egg...
Something fruity...apple...dried cranberry...raspberries...
Roasted nuts....
Some kind of cheese but not always

I like only a small amount of lettuce or greens, celery, peppers (that must be sliced length wise and thin), cucumbers, dried cranberries, candied walnuts, and either blue cheese crumbles or Gorgonzola crumbles. Only a vinaigrette dressing will do! I'm a tad fussy I guess but oh well......

Spinach, romaine & iceberg lettuce
Peas
Carrots
Broccoli
Kidney Beans
Cheese
Ranch or Italian Dressing
& yes, stale bread. :)

~SAB

Raw broccoli
Cottage cheese
Croutons
Chicken
Eggs (sometimes)
Dressing
Spinach
Tomato (sometimes)

Raw kale and spinach instead of lettuce, cheese, lotsa different veggies, olives, maybe an egg or two, did I say olives?, either blue cheese dressing, olive oil, or thousand island dressing.:hangloose::hangloose:

Baby spinach, Baby romaine, Baby arugula, chopped egg, sliced red onions, slices of fresh avocado, extra fresh french radish sliced, tomato cut in 12 wedges, edamame, (crisp bacon) if you like that of thang. Homemade Green Goddess or Ranch Dressing. w/baguette. Beautiful

Something simple...
 

Romaine lettuce, red pepper, cucumber, avocado, seeds or nuts, hemp hearts, fruit (depends on what I have on hand) apple, pear or strawberries with freshly squeezed lemon and pink Himalayan sea salt.