A salad can make a great dinner. But sometimes you can’t get all your nutritional needs in one! For all you bodybuilders out there you know you need everything in a meal, great protein, complex carbs and the greens! If you want a fully loaded salad and get everything in one try this one! Grab a bowl of mixed greens and and top it with A cut up chicken breast, then add some tomatoes, turkey bacon, no fat cottege cheese and a half cup of the kashi high protein cereal. Top it off with some low cal oil based dressing and some pepper and you have an amazing low cal meal. It sounds like alot but its everything you need in a meal!! Give it a try and let me know if u like it!!

i love dried cranberries in a salad and a nice vinagrette, yum now I am hungry.

I add mandarin oranges, fresh strawberries and homemade chili coated pecans to a salad with balsamic vinaigrette and it is my signature salad to serve at parties.
Chili coated = soak pecan halfs in 1/2 cup water with 1/4 cup cane sugar water mixture. Drain, then shake pecans in a bag with 2 TBSP chili powder, 2 TBSP sugar, 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper, then bake on a flat baking pan for 10 minutes.
The sweet of the fruit and the spice of the pecans are oh so delicious!

I usually put a boiled egg, olives, and chickpeas on my salads.

I usually put a half of an avocado in my salads, lots of onions and garlic too

I love cheese. I usually add a little bit of a strongly flavored cheese of extra good quality (roquefort, Stilton, Reggiano-Parmesan, Romano, extra sharp cheddar) a fruit (fresh or dried) and a nut or seed with balsamic vinegar, EVOO, freshly grated pepper, sea salt over spring mix or mesclun. The only other thing I need with this is a hunk of multi-grain bread. Simple and YUM!

One of my favorite salad dressings: 1/4 cup Dijon-type mustard, 1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar, 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar, 2 Tablespoons olive oil, dash dried dill, 1/2 teaspoon sweetener of your choice (optional). Blend together. Add more vinegar if mixture is too thick.

does anyone have any ideas for simple dressings?

Denises980

I love that recipe you use. I think I am going to try it tomorrow..

Sun dried tomatoes are yummy on salads. I have recently tried a mango salsa mixed into traditional salad. It was sooo good!

I now eat my salad healthier, I use to load it with salad dressing because I didnt like the taste of the salad, so now I make a Organic Spring Mix Salad with olives, Walnuts, sunflower seeds and flax and then add pineapple, peach salsa. Talk about a great lunch and less bad stuff than deciding on a burger on the go!

I love adding sunflower seeds and dried cranberries into my salads!!! They add a sweet, tart, and salty flavor that is sooo good!

i love to drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil and a little drizzle of balsmic vinegar it adds such a fresh flavor i also like rice vinegar. i load up a salad with all sorts of different veggies so my salad is different everyday.

I have a salad made of fresh spinach, fresh fruit and a dressing made of fat free sour cream, low fat milk, a touch of brown sugar( I use sugar free brown sugar), and grated nutmeg. It is very refreshing.

Raisins and cranberries add a wonderful flavor to a spinach salad!

I love dried cranberries, grilled chicken, red onion and chickpeas on salad greens with Ranch dressing.

I love newman’s own light dressings. They have many delicious varieties. One of my all time favorite waldorf salads consists of one large apple cored, with skin left on and diced. Add 1/4 cup of diced celery, and two tablespoons of chopped walnuts. For the dressing mix 1 tablespoon pineapple juice with 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt. (I prefer Stoneyfield) Mix all ingredients together. You can eat it plain or I like to make a meal of it by taking 1/2 of a whole wheat pita, spread one wedge of Laughing Cow light original cheese then stuff the pita with as much of the Waldorf salad mixture and enjoy the extra on the side. Delicious and very good for you and only about 325 calories for the whole meal and guaranteed to keep you satisfied.

i like to put sun dried tomatos on my salads. its soooo good.

tart mangos and grilled lemon pepper chicken in a garen salad
yummy