Monday, January 13, 2020

Salads


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Some of our readers love that we obsess in our Test Kitchen pieces over candy or snacks.  Others wish we did more nutritional pieces.  We try to please both.

So when an e-mail/challenge came in from reader Belinda, we said we could rise to the challenge.  Belinda's one of those who makes resolutions for the New Year.  And her resolution was to eat at least one salad each day.  To avoid burnout, she's seeking input from everyone (including us!).  She challenged us to come up with 30 things we include in our salads or add to our salads.

For the purpose of this piece, all add-ons are added to a basic green salad (romaine lettuce).  And each add-in, is its own add-in.  We're not saying pour all forty on one salad.  All forty?  Yeah, we took Belinda's challenge and added ten more to it.

1) walnuts

2) pecans

3) almonds

4) (drained) black eyed peas

5) bacon bits

6) tuna (drained)

7) sliced cucumbers

8) sliced red onion (in rings)

9) sliced yellow onions (in rings)

10) sliced white onions (in rings)

11) sliced black olives (drained)

12) sliced radishes

13) (drained) black beans

14) pumpkin seeds

15) two spoonfuls of wheat germ

16) freshly squeezed lemon juice

17) chopped celery

18) chopped carrots/baby carrots

19) orange slices

20) shredded cheese

21) sliced or chopped boiled eggs

22) raisins

23) dried cranberries

24) avocado slices

25) spinach

26) sun dried tomatoes

27) sliced or diced bell peppers

28) sliced tomatoes

29) garbanzo beans

30) kidney beans

31) sunflower seeds

32) sliced green onions

33) apple slices

34) two teaspoons of flax seed

35) water chestnuts

36) bamboo shoots

37) baby corn

38) artichoke hearts

39) salmon

40) slice jalapeno peppers