Best Salad Ever (My Most Requested Salad Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

What can I put in a salad to make it more interesting? ›

A sweet or tart fruit gives salad a great flavour boost. In spring, try adding strawberries or grapefruit. In summer, try grilled or fresh stone fruit tossed through it. Apple, mango, pomegranate, watermelon, rockmelon and dried fruits are salad favourites.

A typical salad starts with raw greens, such as lettuce, spinach, kale, mixed greens or arugula. However, you can also add several other raw vegetables. Some popular raw veggie toppings include chopped carrots, onions, cucumbers, celery, mushrooms and broccoli.

Best: Salad Loaded With Veggies

Add a mix of veggies to your salad to get more nutrition and flavor. Top those leafy greens with crunchy produce like carrots, cucumbers, or broccoli. Then add a punch of color from tomatoes, bell peppers, beets, or red onion.

Ranch Dressing

The ranch is hands down America's most beloved salad dressings. It is made from a number of ingredients such as buttermilk, mayonnaise, mustard, garlic, onion, chives, salt, and pepper.

Use hefty greens as your base. Iceberg lettuce is still a vegetable, but darker greens like arugula, spinach, and kale contain far more antioxidants, fiber, and minerals like iron. They're also going to fill you up a lot more because they have a heartier texture.

But today, I am going to teach you how to make a salad without using a recipe so you, too, can become a salad artist. Sound like a deal? There are five elements to a perfect salad: greens, sweetness, creaminess, crunchiness, and dressing.

Place lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, green onion, jicama, cucumber, and bell pepper in a large salad bowl. Whisk olive oil, lemon juice, pomegranate juice, water, garlic, dill, basil, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl. Drizzle dressing over the salad just before serving.

For some crunch, throw in sliced romaine, iceberg lettuce, or thinly sliced cabbage or Brussels sprouts. For leafy greens, add arugula or baby spinach. Red leaf lettuce, endive, butter lettuce, and kale work well, too. Finally, mix in a grain like brown rice or quinoa for extra fiber and protein.

Obviously, every salad needs a base, some type of leafy greens. Choose a salad green that's loaded with health benefits… and STAY AWAY from that iceberg lettuce. You can also use a mix of these to give your salad a little more variety.

What are the three keys to a quality salad? ›

Choose from scallions, red onions or even leeks for a flavor and health boost. Radishes add zest, potassium, and vitamin C. Include white, red and even pink varieties for a splash of color. Cherry tomatoes are perfect in a salad and a good source of phytochemicals.

Iceberg lettuce may be the most popular of all the salad greens, but it's definitely not the healthiest base you can choose.

If you haven't heard of Health Nut, you probably known them more famously as the “Kardashian salads” that they are always eating/shaking around on their show (in case you aren't a fan of the show, the Kardashians' go-to order is the Chinese chicken salad and the mango iced greentini).