What are the best and worst things to put on a salad?

[Cooking4Fun]

Tonight had a salad that hit most of my sore spots. Chick peas, pepperonis, artichoke. I don't think any salad should have these. However olives, avocado (American), garlic croutons, salami bits, pepperoncini, feta or cheddar, are all good toppings. Opinions?

 

[pepperhead212]

Make your own salad! And, ideally, grow as much of it as you can youself.

 

[taxlady]

Some of the things we like to top salad with are:

• Toasted pumpkin seeds
• Chopped pecans
• Thinly slice almond
• Crumbled feta
• Crumbled blue cheese
• Chive flowers, but not too many
• Honey fermented cranberries
• Pieces of soft goat cheese
• Curls of Parmigiano Regiano or Pecorino Romano

I'm sure I'll think of other things soon.

 

[Cooking4Fun]

Some of the things we like to top salad with are:

• Toasted pumpkin seeds
• Chopped pecans
• Thinly slice almond
• Crumbled feta
• Crumbled blue cheese
• Chive flowers, but not too many
• Honey fermented cranberries
• Pieces of soft goat cheese
• Curls of Parmigiano Regiano or Pecorino Romano

I'm sure I'll think of other things soon.

It's a good list.

 

[pepperhead212]

Some of my favorite things to put on salads are fresh herbs.

As much as I love fresh tomatoes, I'd rather have them on the side - definitely not on a salad with all that juice soaking the salad.

 

[taxlady]

Some of my favorite things to put on salads are fresh herbs.

As much as I love fresh tomatoes, I'd rather have them on the side - definitely not on a salad with all that juice soaking the salad.

I like fresh herbs on salads too. I used to put them in the vinaigrette. But, since I started making vinaigrette in batches, I want the vinaigrette to still be good two weeks later, so I don't put any fresh herbs or fresh onion or garlic in the vinaigrette. I just put the fresh herbs on the salad. Sometimes when making that batch vinaigrette I include onion powder and garlic powder.

 

[larry_stewart]

Often we'll make a fell salad.
Lettuce, onion, celery, tomato, cucumber, marinated artichoke hearts, greek olives and crumble a few felafel on top, along with some stuffed grape leaves.

 

[Cooking4Fun]

Often we'll make a fell salad.
Lettuce, onion, celery, tomato, cucumber, marinated artichoke hearts, greek olives and crumble a few felafel on top, along with some stuffed grape leaves.

Not a fan of felafel at all even on its own. Never had stuffed grape leaves. What's that like? Looks like a log. In a salad?

 

[larry_stewart]

Not a fan of felafel at all even on its own. Never had stuffed grape leaves. What's that like? Looks like a log. In a salad?

Yep, just like a little green log in a salad. ( stuffed with rice, herbs, spices).

 

[FrankZ]

Bacon.

But bacon goes on anything and everything.

Bacon...

 

[Cooking4Fun]

Bacon.

But bacon goes on anything and everything.

Bacon...

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