Salad requests

[mousme]

Dear flist,

I am on a salad kick. It's part of my new healthy-eating thing. My problem, such as it is, is thus: I am not an experienced salad person. My salads are therefore pretty standard: lettuce, raddichio, cucumber, tomatoes, and peppers. Occasionally avocado. Today I went wild and added red cabbage. Sometimes I remember to put in spinach, but I usually forget.

So I want to broaden my horizons. What delicious salads do you make? I am open to suggestions, although I reserve the right to ignore ingredients I don't like (endives, for instance: blick).

Ideally, the salads would be non-creamy in nature (in terms of the dressing), and not too heavy on the protein (nuts, chicken, whatever), but I am not averse to having that sort of salad listed as well, for the occasional change of pace.

Ideas?

Comments

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Everyone's mentioned stuff I'd have suggested, except for... Jicama! Seriously. We replace half the cabbage in a coleslaw with grated jicama, and om nom nom. It's kind of like cabbage crossed with an apple.

Toasted nuts/and or seeds make any salad awesome. I make my own croutons by tossing homemade bread with melted butter and herbs/garlic, then toasting them in the oven. (I also use them in roast bird stuffings -- mmmm.) Grated carrots add a nice sweetness.

Squeaky cheese? Why have I never added squeaky cheese to a salad? Oh wait -- because I *eat it* before it could be considered as salad stuff.