Salad recipe for people that don't like salads??

Question

I want to eat more salads, but I have to be honest, I don't like them. I eat them because I know that they are good for me, but I don't enjoy them like I want to. So, please, can anyone tell me a good salad recepie and a good healthy salad dressing? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

if you like sweet things add some dried/fresh fruit to the salads you eat. Instead of the traditional "salad" you could try mixed steamed vegetables with some dressing of your choice. You could do a cold cucumber salad, it's really easy to make.

Just dice up some cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers (and anything else you think would be good here), mix some ranch and Italian salad dressings and refrigerate.

Answer 2

A trick I have even done is to go to a restaraunt that I know serves many types of salads on the menu, and asked for their ToGo menu for later usage. I then read the salad ingredients and can pretty much mimic their already proven good salad recipes. This is kind of a fun thing to do... and most every restaraunt has awesome salad recipes.

I am with you in some ways and must push myself to eat salads. It seems as tho when I actually have a good salad in front of me, I enjoy it. I tried bottled Poppyseed Dressing not long ago and it was delicious. I usually eat fresh spinach as for some reason I love it and know the spinich is high in vitamins and iron content which is xtra good for a womans diet.

I often mix seasoned rice vinegar with seedless rasberry jam and garlic- MMMMmmmm. I will even not use any oil and this tastes fine because the cheese cuts down on the vinegary bite. Sometimes I will use very little olive oil. I often add fruits to my salads: thinly sliced granny smith apples with the rasberry vinegarette, some nuts and a gorgonzola cheese. MMMMMmmmm! again.

If there is a Trader Joes Market near you or in the next city over it is worth the drive. They have great bags of salad mixes- I like the Herb Mix and mix it in with my spinich. They also have a very wide assortment of cheeses (all foods at much less - they are good to their customers). Their 'Asiago' cheese is great sliced very thin and placed into your greens with no dressing at all! I am not a carrot person but have found fruits to be a great addition: fresh rasberries, apricots fresh or dry, dried cranberries, dried currants, almonds, walnut pieces sauteed in a little butter/pepper/and little sugar to caramalize.... Trader Joes also sells all of these at reasonable prices.

Have fun and enjoy. Place signs in your room, the dash of your car, and on your fridge telling your self you love and crave tasty green salads. Sounds crazy, but beleive it or not, when you see these signs and say them out loud your mind begins to beleive it is true... This is a fact of psychology.

Thank you for the question- I am trying to eat more salads also at this point in my life as I know they are very healthy and I am becoming concerned about having good health in my golden years. You are smart to take your diet seriously.
Happy salad eating!

Answer 3

Spinach salad greens are by far the best way to start...I am not much of a salad eater but those are so good! They don't have the nasty wilty leaves and hard spines like iceburg. Put boiled egg, crumbled cheese and Newman's makes a low-fat Walnut Vinagrette dressing that is wonderful. Even throw in some mandarin orange slices or dry cranberries for sweetness.....very yummy!

Answer 4

Salads that incorporate fresh fruit might help you enjoy them a bit more. I like a combination of baby spinach, crumbled bacon, feta, ripe strawberries, candied walnuts and a nice french dressing. Or you can create a nice crisp green salad with romaine, shredded carrots, red leaf lettuce, chopped celery, radishes, raisens, tomatoes, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, sliced olives, and a dijon vinegrette with crumbled blue cheese. You can also think of salad as a soup. Take your favorite ingrediants such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots and blend them up into a cold broth. Season with salt and pepper and enjoy! Rule of thumb, to get more bang from your buck, so to speak, pick salad fixin's that are more nutritious and lower in fat. A little salad dressing goes along way!

Answer 5

Try not to think of a salad as just a salad, but another dish. Salads don't even have to contain greens. My favorite is just sliced heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, fresh mozzarella, with a drizzle of olive oil and some balsamic vinegar and pepper. I also make one with red grapes, tarragon leaves, shallot, tarragon vinegar, and ricotta salata. Here's another easy and unique favorite:

Roasted Fig and Goat Cheese Salad
six figs, halved
4 cups arugula or mixed spring greens
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
4 oz. soft goat cheese
3 tbs. olive oil
fresh pepper to taste

Toss greens with olive oil and pepper. Chill. Place halved figs in roasting pan and pour on balsamic vinegar. Roast in 400-degree oven for about 15 minutes, until the balsamic is reduced and syrupy and the figs are a bit caramelized. Divide greens onto four plates and top with figs. Put one ounce of goat cheese on each salad. Serves four.

Answer 6

Carole's Sesame Chicken Salad

Yields: 4 servings
"Napa cabbage and crispy rice noodles give delightful crunch to this chicken salad in a creamy sesame-ginger dressing."

INGREDIENTS:
2 boneless chicken breast halves, cooked and chopped1 cup mayonnaise1 tablespoon sesame oil1 tablespoon white sugar1/8 teaspoon ground ginger1/2 small head napa cabbage2 green onions, chopped1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted1 carrot, shredded1/2 cup crispy fried rice noodles, for garnish

DIRECTIONS:
1. Several hours before serving make the dressing. Combine mayonnaise, sesame oil, sugar and ginger. Cover and refrigerate.
2. Thinly slice the cabbage and place in large bowl along with the cubed chicken. Add the green onions, toasted sesame seeds and shredded carrot. Toss then mix in the dressing. Divide salad onto serving plates and top with additional green onion and crispy rice noodles.

Answer 7

What is it that you don't like? If the fact that it's green is the reason that you hate it, I can't help you.
Find a dressing that you enjoy. Try out a few so that you can change it up once in a while. try different kinds, even pick up those salads in a bag. There's pri-mixed and that way you can figure out what you like. I put all kinds of things in my salads. Potatoes, long green beans, berries, nuts.

Answer 8

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Grape Apple Salad Recipe
Calories 81, Proteins 2 g, Fat 0.3 g, Carbohydrates: 19 g
Ingredients
1/2 cup red grapes, halved and seeded
1 cup apple, diced
1.5 cups apple juice
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 tbs unflavored gelatin
1/4-cup water
Method:
Take gelatin and soften it in water for about 5 minutes.
Take a pan and heat gelatin on low flame. Stir constantly, till it gets dissolved.
Add apple juice to it. Let it cool, till the mixture thickens.
Stir in fruit and celery. Pour into 3-cup moulds.
Chill until set.

Answer 9

I'm not much on salad myself (the actual lettuce, that is) but I love the vegetables that go on it. :) I like to peel and slice cucumbers, cut tomatoes into thin wedges, and slice a mild onion as thinly as possible. Mix them together and toss them with a basic oil and vinegar dressing. Chill until thoroughly cold, sprinkle a little salt and pepper on it, then eat. Yum!