Build Your Own Salad

[Bakershalfdozen]

What do you choose to put in your salad whether at home or at a buffet?

Mine normally looks like this:


Nearly any lettuce other than iceberg
Shredded cabbage
Shredded carrots
Alfalfa sprouts
Cucumbers
Broccoli (sometimes)
Tomatoes
Chopped boiled eggs (sometimes)
Shredded cheese
Sunflower seeds
Diced ham and/or turkey (sometimes)
Pepperoni (sometimes)

Topped with bleu cheese dressing


Sometimes I like just broccoli and tomatoes with bleu cheese




Hubby's looks like this:

Lettuce
Shredded cabbage
Alfalfa sprouts
Shredded carrots
Sunflower seeds
Shredded cheese
Diced meat
Grapes
Topped with a few drops of grape juice. :smile He doesn't like salad dressings.

[Madeline]

I pretty much have the same type of salad as you, but without the Brocolli, eggs, sunflower seeds, and ham and/or turkey. No meat in my salad. And with Ranch dressing!

[Chelle]

Nearly any lettuce other than iceberg
Shredded cabbage
Shredded carrots
Alfalfa sprouts
Cucumbers
Broccoli (sometimes)
Tomatoes
Chopped boiled eggs (sometimes)
Shredded cheese
Sunflower seeds
Diced ham and/or turkey (sometimes)
Pepperoni (sometimes)

Topped with bleu cheese dressing

Wow, Bakers-6 -- other than the alfalfa sprouts and the pepperoni, your ideal salad looks almost identical to mine! :thumb :lol

Oh, and I also like to put chopped toasted walnuts on mine if they're available. :lol

[Madeline]

Cucumber salad

2 Cucumbers scarred and sliced up.
Red Onion (one small or half a large)
Sliced tomatoes (thinly sliced, one large or 2 small)
Red wine vinaigrette (half cup)

Greek salad

1 head Romaine lettuce
Tomatoes (1 and a half a large tomatoes)
Handful of fresh spinach
Red onions (1 sliced up)
Handful of crumbled feta cheese
Pinch of sliced pepperoncini
Third of a cup of sliced black olives
Red wine vinaigrette (3 quarters of a cup)
Mix, toss, and serve!

Love,
Madeline

[bibletotingunslinger]

:coffee SOunds good but for me,,,,Cheese and pepperoni ONLY on Pizza, Ham for breakfast, and light on the ranch.

[pneu-engine]

Spinach
Romaine lettuce
carrots (chopped)
onions (chopped)
Broccoli florets
Bacon
Krab meat
Celery (chopped)
shredded cabbage

Dressing:::: Thousand Islands, or Italian Vinaigrette (sp?), or French, or Russian, or Creamy Italian

[Madeline]

Green Bean Salad

2 lbs whole fresh green beans
1/2 lb salt pork, sliced
6 tbs wine vinegar
3/4 cup olive oil
2 medium sized onions, finely chopped
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste

Trim the green beans and blanch them in a large pot of boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. In a small skillet cook the salt pork until it is well browned and crisp. Remove the salt pork from the skillet and crumble. Combine the vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper, and onions. Then add the green beans and toss them well. Let it chill for 2 to 3 hours. Drain the beans and place them in a serving bowl. Add the crumbled salt pork. Toss well and serve.

Seafood salad

16 large cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup coarsely chopped cooked lobster
1/2 cup cooked crabmeat, flaked
1/2 cup cooked scallops (cut them in half if they're large)
1 grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1/2 cup black or green olives
1/2 cup olive oil
1 1/2 tsp white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp Dijon-style mustard
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper

Place the shrimp, lobster, crabmeat, and scallops in a bowl and let chill. Place the shrimp, lobster, crabmeat, and scallops into a large bowl lined with lettuce or spinach leaves. Add the grapefruit sections and olives. Then in a small bowl combine the vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper. Whisk in the oil until well blended. Pour dressing over salad and toss lightly. Serve immediately.

Love,
Madeline

[pneu-engine]

My wife and I like "wet" salads a lot.

Cucumber salad with onions

Broccoli salad with bacon and raisins

Macaroni salad

Pasta salad

Potato salad

Waldorf salad (diced apples, raisins, English walnut pieces, chopped celery, and mayonnaise)

[Madeline]

I love Salads because they help keep my healthy!

Potato salad

6 medium potatoes
1/2 cup sweet pickles, finely chopped
1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup chopped celery, finely chopped
1/2 tsp Dijon-style mustard
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 1/2 cup mayonaise

Place the potatoes in a pot with enough boiling salted water to cover. Cook, uncovered until the potatoes are soft and tender, approx. 40 minutes. Drain the potatoes and allow them to cool. When the potatoes are cool to hold, peel and dice them into small cubes. Put the diced potatoes in a large bowl. Add the cider vinegar and gently mix. Take a separate bowl and combine the celery, onions, pickles, salt and pepper, mustard, and mayo. Add the potato mixture and combine gently. Season to taste and let stand covered for approx. 2 hours so that the flavors combine.

[pneu-engine]

I love Salads because they help keep my healthy!

Potato salad

6 medium potatoes
1/2 cup sweet pickles, finely chopped
1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup chopped celery, finely chopped
1/2 tsp Dijon-style mustard
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 1/2 cup mayonaise

Place the potatoes in a pot with enough boiling salted water to cover. Cook, uncovered until the potatoes are soft and tender, approx. 40 minutes. Drain the potatoes and allow them to cool. When the potatoes are cool to hold, peel and dice them into small cubes. Put the diced potatoes in a large bowl. Add the cider vinegar and gently mix. Take a separate bowl and combine the celery, onions, pickles, salt and pepper, mustard, and mayo. Add the potato mixture and combine gently. Season to taste and let stand covered for approx. 2 hours so that the flavors combine.

Man oh man oh man, Madeline. :tum

I am so hungry after reading that, that I think I will go an find the nearest buffet. We have oooooooooooooooooodles of them here in Lancaster, County. :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool

[Madeline]

I'm not sure what it is about buffets, but the food tends to make me full very quickly. I heard that in buffets they add a little secret ingredient to make you full faster so you actually eat less - and so it saves them money. Not sure if there is any truth to this rumor.

[pneu-engine]

Quite possibly true.

Have you ever noticed that when leaving a buffet that you are so thirsty you could just about drink a water-tower's worth of water. That's because they salt everything like there ain't no tomorrow. That and the fact that everything is swimming in pools of butter and sugar. Those two things will make you feel full quickly. Sugar satisfies, or ruins, the appetite quickly.

[CJP56]

I like lettuce, spinach, leaf lettuce, chopped tomatoes, shredded carrots, shredded cheese, peas, cottage cheese, canned sliced peaches, diced beets, canned sliced pears, and bleu cheese dressing. I can't think of anything else offhand. CJP56

[Tim]

My build you own is iceberg lettuce, bacon bits, eggs, blue cheese dressing and maybe a few croutons for fun.

I like Caesar salads, grilled chicken salads, and chef salads too