Salad Ingredients

[jamesey]

Can we all list as many raw, whole, fresh foods we can use in salads? I really want along list as possible, so there can be plenty of variety of ingredients used each day in a daily salad, and pick and chose what foods to put in it rather than going for a recipe somewhere.

So.. I will start ... salady foods:

tomatoes
cucumbers
celery
radishes
beetroot
carrot
avocado
corguette
bell peppers

... and this is where i usually get stuck!! I cannot have good daily rotating salads with just 10 or so different foods! Can anyone name more?

[kittie313]

peas
spinach
orange sections
apple slices

Those are a few I add to my salads regularly.

[Shine]

green beans
broccoli
cauliflower
cabbage

[Raw Angel Mom]

raw corn
sprouts
hemp seeds
sweet potato
either apples/raisins/goji berries/strawberries/papaya/orange
walnut (Or any nuts)
marinated eggplant
carrot
either ginger/garlic/miso/pate
coconut meat
cabbage/cold slaw
kale (massaged)
sea weeds
Mushroom
either green onion/marinated leak/red onion
zukini

[brendasue]

peach and spinach salad
strawberry/banana spinach
tomatoes/walnuts lettace with orange dressing

slaw/carrot/walnut salad

cranberry/spinach/walnut with sweet cranberry dressing

sweet potato grated with pecons with sweet lemon dressing

[Ripe Avocado]

sliced raw onions
marinated onions
watercress
radicchio
herbs (fresh parsley, cilantro, etc)
sea vegetables
squash or zucchini spiralized or sliced with peeler

[Green_Woman]

My favorite salad is this:

Spinach, Spinach, Spinach

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Green Onions, Cherry Tomatoes, Avocado, Alfalfa Sprouts, Raw Corn, Pepperoncini, Greek Olives (Raw are hard to find, though!) and Artichoke Hearts

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Olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar =

Delicious nutritious wonderful Greenness!!!

[RawKnitster]

Any veggie in the house!

Some of my other favorite toppers are:

pine nuts
spicy pumpkin seeds
mesquite walnuts
glazed pecans
chopped dates
chopped dried figs
cheezy kale chips
nutritional yeast

I used to make huge bowls of salad with 10 or more veggies. Lately I want simpler salads. Like:

Red or green leaf lettuce
olive oil
hemp seeds
nutritional yeast
pinch of good salt

or

Butter lettuce
pecans or hazelnuts
green scallions or red onion
chopped dates
Dressing made with lemon juice, olive oil, honey, garlic, ginger, and salt

Variety is what I like most!

[IamLoved]

You have gotten a lot of great replies. I wanted to add that you can experience a "different" salad, even using the same ingredients just by switching up your dressing. There are so many options for dressing and that really changes the flavor of the salad. I made a super yummy dressing using a mango, some apple cider vinegar and basil. It was awesome! The possibilities are endless!

Good luck. :)

[smiley]

My favorite salad right now is

spinach
grapes
yellow onions

with a cashew-ginger dressing
(from Matthew Kenney's book, Entertaining in the Raw)

1 cup cashews
3/4 cup water
3 tablespoons ginger
2 tablespoons agave nectar
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

I made it without the salt and it was still very good.

[smiley]

I also like to add to my salads:

pineapple
hemp seeds
sunflower sprouts (my favorite)
alfalfa sprouts
kalamata olives

and pretty much everything else that everyone listed.

[Katie P]

Broccoli
Sprouts
Nuts
raisins
mushrooms
spinach
carrott shreds
beets
zucchinni
squash