Salad Ingredients

[Julie-Ann]

I have been eating salad for dinner a lot lately. It is getting a little boring. So what are some suggestions to toss in for a healthy but satisfying salad?

[thisisme]

What about grilled or roast chicken breast?

[thisisme]

Or hard boiled egg maybe

[Julie-Ann]

I love boiled eggs - thanks Thisisme.
At the moment I have roast chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes and baby spinach. I don't add avocado because I have that at lunch time. I do love avocado.

[Cherylle]

I have a salad that was designed to use up Christmas leftovers, but I make it all year whenever I am asked to bring a salad!
Original recipe is 100g snow peas (popped into boiling water for 30 seconds then cooled), 3 sticks celery thinly sliced, 2 spring onions, 2 Tablespoons toasted slivered almonds, 2 Tablespoons dried cranberries, 1 mango sliced, 2 cups chopped turkey or ham.

Dressing is 2/3 Cup mayo, 1 Tablespoon mango chutney, 1 tsp curry powder, 1 Tablespoon water. Keep leftover amount in fridge if this qty is too much for your sized salad.

I have amended the recipe and

- add some baby spinach leaves to bulk it up a bit
- use cooked chook instead of turkey
- sometimes use sultanas instead of cranberries
- use stone fruit instead of mangoes when they are too ridiculous priced.

It is yummy and even when dressed, it keeps better than some other salads, which go limp ASAP.

[Julie-Ann]

What a yummy salad Cherylle. I love your adaptions too. They make it more practical for everyday

[Jess_F]

What about some delicious smoked salmon on the side? (YUM)

[Lanne]

What about something with a more greek flavour...
add some olives..change up the lettuce.. add some different tomatoes and cu***ber (maybe leave off the fetta? if dieting)

http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/reci...ta-greek-salad

I want to make this soon. .it looks great http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/reci...-milk-dressing


What about adding some steamed snow peas...

Some pumpkin salad... various nuts would change this one up a lot

Some chicken with noodles (the crunchy kind) and carrot/capsi*** etc or take this one a bit further and go with http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/reci...-chicken-salad

A cous cous salad with grapes and almonds and some chunky cu***ber etc..

[rosierose]

For low fat I would add some grated carrot.......some chopped beetroot amd you could swap chicken 4 tuna... I mix tuna with natural yoghurt....or natural yoghurt on the beetroot it is yum... I buy farmers union natural yoghurt not greek style......Sometimes a few boiled potatoes..........some four bean mix.......... You can mix yoghurt with some djon mustard and this is nice on Chicken.... Corn too....... also cu***ber or picked cu***bers chopped up......

Sometime cottage cheese is nice.........I fill mushroom cups with cottage cheese for a snack............

Hungry again............grrr

[jaz_ben]

Broken up fetta or capers? Tho is that healthy?