I love homemade chef salads. What you put in yours?

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I put dried cranberries in my salads, oatmeal, and cereal. Speaking of Cranberries I have some good friends from Argentina they were in the US and heard about Cranberries, they had never tried them so they bought a bag of fresh ones at the supermarket and tried some, eating them out of the bag like grapes! needless to say they didn't think much of them! I explained the situation and got them some dried like rasins, and some in jelly and they saw the light!
 
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The first time I ever had a Spinach Salad I could not believe how good it was!
I just knew it must have some exotic ingredients.
When I saw da recipe, I realized that the most exotic thing in it was Dijon Mustard.
And you can always borrow some Dijon from a Rolls Royce Owner.
 
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I've been known to put on beets, hard boiled eggs, feta or bleu cheese, cherry tomato's, red onion, spinach, bacon bits, various nuts, dried fruits, broiled chicken and smoked salmon. Oil and vinegar for me.
 
Mixed greens (lettuces, cabbage, endive, radicchio, frisee, etc.) with plenty of spinach, tomato, chopped boiled egg, chopped crispy bacon, grated sharp cheddar, onion, chopped carrot, croutons, and a dressing.

My preferred dressing is balsamic vinaigrette, but I will switch out to Italian, Catalina or Thousand Island now and then.
 
I don't get too outlandish on mine.
Romaine Lettuce tore to fork size.
Fresh hard boiled Eggs
Cherry Tomatos
Thick cut Bacon cut up to small pieces after frying
A fresh sweet onion or Vadalia
Shredded cheese.

Give me a pack of townhouse crackers and some Thousand Island
and it's all Good.


Chuck
 
Summertime salads rock when we get fresh veggies from the garden.

Hard boiled eggs are great, organo, basil, black pepper, hot cherry peppers, banana peppers, I'm hungry
 
It would be easier to say.....

...what I DON'T put on my 'Everything Salad'.

tomatoes, onion, peanuts. I don't care for the tomatoes but I'm allergic to all three. No capers. Minumum bell peppers


Gotta have:

three bean salad, cucumbers, chopped lettuce and spinach, baby corn, olives, mushrooms, eggs, croutons, carrots. I go REAL light on the bacon bits because they are mostly crud. Those pimentoish kind of peppers. Smoked turkey, sprouts, celery, sesame, walnuts/pecansc

French around the outside, Thousand island in the middle, not too much of either.

If greek, add lots of feta and use greek dressing.
 
1. I see someone mentioned Catalina Dressing==my favorite store-bought since I was a kid (50+ years).
2. Anything is fair game==I use salmon, pine nuts, fresh dill, fresh basil, walnuts, pecans, etc, etc.
3. A different but GOOD salad is a mix of home-grown (or vine-ripened) tomatoes, whole basil leaves (no stems) and fresh dill with a splash of Balsamic vinegar.
3. Add cilantro, black olives, some peppers, red onion, corn (?), kidney beans (?), cheese and some chili==add hot sauce or dressing and make your self a 10,000 calorie salad==-good for weight loss! Put it on some fry bread or a warmed Boboli and you have an Indian taco.

Man, I'm on a short day today and didn't bring lunch!!!!!!
 
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I don't care for carrots in my salad as a rule but use several of what you mentioned. Blue cheese crumbles makes a nice addition and there is another similar cheese which is a bit more creamy. No chicken in my salad but bacon bits along with cucumbers works for me as well.. I have been known to switch off and use 'butter lettuce' as well. For dressing it is vinegar & oil only, due to my self imposed diet restrictions. JMHO :)
 
gman51 said:
Lettuce, Bok Choy leafs if I have any, hard boiled eggs, one string shredded carrot, one celery leg, shredded cheddar jack cheese, onions, cut up chicken, bell pepper, thin sliced cucumber, little bit of salt, black pepper, couple tblsp extra virgin olive oil and sweet spicy hot mustard. Some veggy crackers on the side. This fills a whole big casserole bowl and is my dinner for the night.
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Id add some cucumber, celery but, ive almost no space to go that fancy. Im hoping to be in another and apt with a larger kitchen--in about 4-5 months.
 
Walkin' Jack said:
Lettuce, tomato, boiled egg, bean sprouts, salted peanuts, chunks of chicken fried steak, celery, red onion, avocado, salad peppers (pepperoncini), dressed with raspberry walnut vinaigrette.
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I forgot, I like to add fresh Spinach too.
 
glenwolde said:
What ever salad-in-a-bag moves me...
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Which aint much which is why im adding the other stuff. I even tried a combination mixed with both Romaine and Iceberg--not bad but the iceberg flavor does over-power the Romaine a bit.
 
Grip_Maker's_Wife said:
Some of my favorites are:

Strawberry Salad: (so refreshing in the summer)
Arugula and baby spinach
Diced chicken breast
Sliced strawberries
crumbled goat cheese
slivered almonds (ringo pecans would taste good too)
tossed with olive oil and flavored balsamic vinegar like blueberry but you can use any high quality balsamic or dressing that has a touch of sweet.

(((((((((((Which sounds good and thank you for being diplomatic about it.))))))))))))
:D



I am completely crazy for kale, either baby or leafy green. I eat it almost every day. Two favorite salads for lunch or dinner side:

One:
Kale and arugula
pickled beets (I know everyone here loves these like me :D)
sunflower seeds
blue cheese dressing

Two:
kale
avocado
tomato
croutons
lemon juice and olive oil

One "go to" salad dressing we love that is great for spicy cole slaw, taco salad, and any mixed veggie salad is Brianna's Chipotle Cheddar. We have used this for at least 10 years. They used to sell it at all the stores, now I can't find it anywhere. :(
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I never thought about adding Sunflower seeds but--I will tonight thanks to your mentioning it.

Ill check but, I have seen but never tried Brianna's salad dressing. Ill check where I know ive seen it and will try to remember to let you know either way.
 
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