Tasty Salad Ideas

I am thinking of doing a salad-y type thing with my sunchokes. A simple thing with lime and cayenne or somesuch.

3 cups of fresh peas, lightly steamed
4-5 slices crumbled bacon
1 cup sour cream
chopped green onion
salt and pepper to taste
chopped mint or fresh dill

Mix it all together, serve chilled.

That pea salad sounds good.

Also, have you tried peavines?? They are delicious sauteed.

chick peas
couscous
carrots
mint
cumin
coriander
lime juice
cukes

YUM.

3-4 potatoes, cubed and steamed, then cooled
2 T olive oil
handful of chopped dill
about equal amt of chopped parsley
juice of one lemon
salt & pepper
one cup of goat yogurt

it's amazing & i'm really good at making salad atm

My go-to salad (after writing this, I think I'll make it right now)

spinach & arugula (or romaine on occasion)
smoked salmon
gorgonzola
pecans
pomegranate seeds
chopped pear (usually use bartlett pear, but most any kind will be fine)
olive oil and a little bit of balsamic (go with whichever combination tastes good to you)

forgot to add up there also one clove of garlic, pressed

my go-to salad lately is:

~one can chickpeas
couple handfuls of spinach leaves, chiffonaded (is that a word?)
1 chopped tomato
1/4 pound feta, cut in cubes
handful of chopped parsley
fancy black olives (optional)
red onion or shallot

for dressing, whisk together:
olive oil
red wine vinegar or lemon juice
1 t ground cumin
1-2 pressed garlic cloves
a pinch of cayenne pepper
salt & pepper

i should note that doesn't mean an entire red onion, just whatever amount you think is ok for a salad

digging avocados and toasted pine-nuts in salads, lately.

i rely on 2 summer sinner salads in hot weather

1) pan-"grilled" chicken cutlets/spinach/avocado/scallion/cilantro/lime vinaigrette

2) shrimp/arugula/avocado/mango or grapefruit/shallots/lemon vinaigrette

I am so looking fwd to warm weather again so I can get back into salads :D Tomatoes out of season are the saddest thing in the universe :(

This is my jam (eating right now tbh):

Baby spinach
Raw kale
Red onion (sliced thin)
Kalamata olives
Avocado
Flax seeds
Sesame seeds
Nutritional yeast flakes
Dulse flakes
Tossed with a bit of toasted sesame seed oil
Spayed with some bragg's liquid aminos

oh and sprouts too!

Anything w/sesame oil/seeds is excellent.

I bought a pack of japanese rice sprinkle that consists of black & white sesame seed and salt. It it so good on *everything*.

did it have seaweed in it too? that stuff rules. it's called furikake iirc.

I dont think so, but yeah that kind of thing! That you sprinkle on rice :)

101 salad ideas c/o Mark Bittman

I got really addicted to the "Calif. roll salad" but I never added rice to it bcz the idea of free-floating cold rice was just not appealing.

i couldn't find a cabbage/tuna sandwich i liked so i invented this:
1 can chunk light tuna
some finely chopped cabbage, a little more than the tuna
dressing:
salt
pepper
paprika
juice of one lemon
about a tablespoon of dry mustard

then it wasn't mustardy and acidic enough so i added a little rice vinegar and mustard oil. i meant to add shredded carrot too.

er, i meant cabbage/tuna *salad* *recipe* i liked

My favorite salad green right now is arugula. Maybe winter tastes need to be more assertive and even bitter? The delicate baby whatever yellow-green stuff doesn't appeal.

Arugula
Cuke
Feta
Red bell pepper
Scallions
Raddish
Sliced cold chicken from fridge

Made dressing by glopping storebought hummus into a jar and shaking up with lemon juice and water. Had for lunch 4 days last week!