Barfee

How do you like your salad? I am sick of the same old ranch and italian with garden. And I like greek at special occasions only cuz its so damn fattening and the low-fat stuff just doesnt taste the same. I love light balsamic vinegrett(sp) with any kinda salad. Sometimes I add crutons, beans or even pieces of chicken or fish.
I was gonna try blue cheese dressing but I couldnt cuz it looked like it was OIL. Although blue cheese is yummm but it adds alot of fat to an otherwise healthy meal so i usually try to stay away from cheeses, I love em though
I loved raspberry vin and that was pretty good too but I dont see me eating that too often, its one of those once in a whiel thign cuz you gotta have it with nutty salads.
I sometimes love eating salad the desi way...tomatoes, onions, raddish, cucumbers, lettuce with lemon juice and chat masala

What do you add to your salad?

belle

Mmmm I love salads. I make a dressing out of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper..goes well with grilled chicken.

Barfee

ooo i love makign my own dressings like the one for fatoush

Ira

I make mine exactly the same way. For the salad itself i use lettuce, grated carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, dill pickle, olives, bell pepper etc. Just toss with olive oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.

shweetdreamz

i get spinach leaves (instead of romaine), grilled chicken, shredded carrots, beets, chickpeas, walnuts, feta cheese, (occasionally boroccoli and red beans) with salt n pepper and loads of balsamic vinegar (not the dressing..but just plain balsamic vinegar)

Daagh

in my salad i like

rocket leaves
baby spinach
lettuce
cherry tomatoes
slant sliced cucumbers
sweet corn

dressed with
olive oil
lemon juice
yellow mustard seeds
cider vinegar
salt
pepper

goes very well with tikkas

SolarOceans

I dun like salad. It's far too healthy to taste good.

Barfee

You know what else I do, I get the dole salads, spring mix it has spinach, baby lettuce, all kinds of greens and mix that with garden salad and it turns out good. Normally i could never eat spinach and all those greens but with the mix i can and it tastes pretty good!

I gotta try just teh balsamic vinegar, i think i have some

aaish

in my desi salad i put Zater in the place of salt and balck paperrs and its taste very great.and peoples usaully ask for what i add in the salad,i cutt 1 1/2 inch pices of cucumber,redish,carrots,tomatoes,salad leaves and add little vinegar or lemon,olive oil and the pink zater and mix it well,it taste great.

Ira

aaish, do you make zater yourself or buy the ready made stuff? If you make yourself, can we have the quantities you use?

Sara516

Well I always get my salads from those buffet places like food emporium I usually add romaine lettuceor iceberg lettuce.. tomatoes, either sliced or those tiny lil cherry tomatoes i think they're caled.. sometimes chick peas, definitely grilled chicken if theres any there, if not, ill add a tiny bit of chicken salad.. i lov to add sesame seeds if there's any, as well as lil bits of croutons..always topped off wiht a spoonful of fat free balsamic vinegar or italian dressing

As u can c, my salads aint that healthy

aaish

Ira ,i dont make zater at home i buy from market the ready made,but there are many types of zater the one i use in salad is pink or maroon in colour and taste chutpata,and it gives good colour to salad .

Daagh

PhatBalongri

looks yum