Entree salad ideas?

[calebsmommy25]

What are your favorite entree salad ideas? We eat everything, so bring on the ideas!

[SophieAnn]

My favourite is the good 'ol classic standby chicken cesar salad, but...

Here are a couple recipes I've been drooling over...
Ginger Steak Salad

Asian Noodle Salad

[ollyoxenfree]

Hot Potato Salad with sausage

Warm Thai Beef Salad

Salade Nicoise - with grilled tuna steak

[dentmom]

Oh yum!!

[rhiOrion]

This spinach salad with goat cheese, onion, mandarin orange, cranberries, and nuts is my favorite. I think you could add some grilled chicken to it for a more "meal" type salad.

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[StrawberryFields]

We have a chicken salad we make pretty often. Lettuce/carrots/chopped veggies tossed with shredded cheese and pico de gallo, topped with a scoop of sour cream, mashed avocados, and grilled chicken. If we have any leftover tortilla chips I might add those, and if you need dressing on top of the pico and sour cream you can mix salsa and ranch to taste and toss it in.

[tinybutterfly]

My dad used to make this yummy salad!

Lettuce
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Radishes
Celery
Green olives
Black olives
Cheese
Tuna
Italian dressing over all, toss

Serve with crackers.

[Magelet]

I like chopped salad:
chopped romaine
chopped sweet peppers
chopped carrots and celery
chopped chedder cheese or salami
raisins
vinegrette

We also love lentil salad:
french green lentils (soaked, cooked, cooled)
tomatoes
sweet peppers
carrots
raisins
feta
acv/evoo/molasses/salt vinegrette (it needs almost 1/2 acv 1/2 olive oil, and lots of salt, for the beans)

[calebsmommy25]

Thank you! Fantastic ideas everyone! I can't wait to try some of these!

I love to make taco salads. Chicken, ground beef, and/or black beans, onions, cukes, olives, celery, carrots, salsa, sour cream and some crunched up taco chips....oh, and don't forget the greens!

I also love this: Sliced apple, pecans, gorgonzola, red onion on top of mixed greens with raspberry vinaigrette.


Anyone else have some good salad ideas?

[nicolelynn]

Super simple but I love it: black bean and avocado. Toss black beans with minced red onion and red bell pepper, a dash of lemon juice or ACV and pinch of cayenne or dash of hot pepper sauce to taste. Chill well. Toss with chopped avocado.

[Caneel]

Originally Posted by calebsmommy25

I also love this: Sliced apple, pecans, gorgonzola, red onion on top of mixed greens with raspberry vinaigrette.

Yum yum! I made a variation of this Monday night.

Salads in our house tend to be comprised of whatever is on hand but a few of my favorites -

Mixed greens or spinach topped with blue cheese or gorgonzola, diced pears and sunflower seeds.

Romaine with red onion, parmesean, sundried tomato and pine nuts with a vinegrette. grilled chicken would be good with this.

A jerk chicken salad. I use a really spicy jerk rub and cut the chicken into strips. I will add something cool to the salad like apples, cukes, or mango, which is my favorite addition and use a thinned out ranch dressing. Plus carrots or whatever other raw veggies may be in the fridge.

[BetsyS]

Taco salad

Tuna nicoise (with canned tuna)

Salad of half romaine/half cabbage. Top with grilled chicken. Add almonds, mandarin oranges, sometimes crumbled ramen and scallions. Serve with a sesame dressing. Yum.

[puffingirl]

Greek salad with grilled chicken--plenty of feta, olives and pepperocini

Just found a new one: Asian noodle salad, using thin rice noodles, fried until puffed and crisp. Toss with shredded cabbage, snow peas, bean sprout, sunflower and pumpkin seeds and a sweet sesame dressing. Yum!

Curried chicken salad with grapes and cashews over greens

[columbusmomma]

subbing

[pjs]

burger salad- chopped greens, sauteed mush and onions, blue cheese, a burger thrown on top with homemade blue cheese dressing

apple/walnut/honey mustard vinaigrette

caesar with avocado, corn bread croutons, and blackened tuna

chopped salad w/ blue cheese and candied pecans

steak salad- grilled sirloin tips with red onion, blue cheese, cherry tomatoes and balsamic viniagrette

tomato and fresh mozzarella- only great with garden tomatoes and basil in August- drizzle a little olive oil and s&p