Salad bar ideas?

Question

Planning an event for vegetarians and want to have a nice spread. Any ideas for a salad bar buffet? I need about 15-20 ideas (not recipes). So far I am planning a pasta salad and a tomato/basil salad.

Answer 1

A few ideas.......
Pasta Salad
Potato Salad
Regular Salad
Hummus and pita chips or cut up veggies
Salsa
Couscous with chopped cucumbers and tomatoes with a tad bit of Italian dressing or dressing of choice
Fresh seasonal fruits

Answer 2

Fruit salad placed in a watermellon is always cute. There's also the traditional fruit/veggie Kabob that always looks beautiful. You could even purchase or make an edible arrangement with the kababs.

Corn salad is another good choice

Olive dishes are good too.

I also wouldn't forget to just have a traditional salad with nuts, raspberry walnut dressing, blue cheese and sliced strawberrys in it. Ken's steak house has a great dressing.

Hope this helps. You've got a lot of choices which is a godo thing. Hope your party goes well. I've never heard of a veggie salad bar. It sounds like a lot of fun.

Answer 3

cherry tomatoes feta cheese and bruised mint leaves with pita pockets
three bean salad
Amish macaroni salad ( without the egg)
hummus/tahini
veg au gratin (not a salad salad but works great for the salad bar )
Ice berg lettuce with English cucumbers and mung bean or any other sprouts and a yogurt dill dressing
scalloped potatoes ( again not salad salad but is great at room temp)
German cold Oktoberfest potato salad
corn with red and orange peppers and rosemary garlic vinaigrette
stir fried noodles with veggies
pineapple and cheese and jalapeno with cheese

Answer 4

Hello,
taht is great , you can also make some fruit salad, but different thoug. Grapes and apples with strawbery sauce. Carrot drinks

Tomato and pasta

Answer 5

Vanilla yogurt, fresh berries, slivered almonds or granols
Blueberry, strawberry, and fresh pineapple makes a pretty fruit salad
Cottage Cheese
Kidney Bean salad
Sliced onions and cucmbers marinated in balsamic vinegar
Frisee lettuce, slivered almonds, mandarin oranges, and chow mein noodles with a sesame ginger dressing (try Newman's)

Answer 6

What about carrot/raisin salad, Waldorf Salad (apples & celery), dilled potato salad, Caponata (italian eggplant relish), ratatoullie (eggplant, zucchini & tomato), several nice cheeses, and of course individual veggies, fruits and nuts, so your guests can put together the type of salad they like best.

Answer 7

put a variety of veggies (just like a salad bar) tomatoes,cukes, cauliflower,brocoli, cheeses, croutons sunflower seeds,,etc...and a few different dressings,make there own salad!
cut up fruit usually goes well also,with maybe a strawberry yogurt.
coleslaw goes good too.

Answer 8

Both are good for you, each fruit/vegetable has different vitamins. Therefore as more variety, as better. Vegetables have generally less sugar than fruits.

Answer 9

~a Black Bean Salsa
~Texas (or Southern) Caviar, salsa made w/ black-eyed peas (google it)
~hummus
~sliced boiled eggs
~Spinach
~Romaine
~shredded purple cabbage
~shredded carrots
~green onion tops, cut on bias to be pretty
~black and green olives
~pickled beets
~marinated mushrooms
~marinated artichoke hearts
~tuna salad
~and all the "usual" stuff, so they can make their own big plateful of salad

Answer 10

I like different types of fondue. You can make cheese fondue or some for desserts such as chocolate or caramel. Also use different things to dip in like, fruits, pretzels carrots, broccoli, and different types of bread sticks and rolls.