Ideas for salads please

I use tinned sweetcorn, diced cucumber (with the middle seeds bit hollowed out) grated carrot, red pepper chopped up lettuce mixed with some light mayonnaise - it's yum

I also do small chopped up florets of raw cauliflower & broccoli with diced cheddar again mixed with light mayo

Crispy bacon, avocado, spinach, lambs lettuce in a walnut oil dressing.

Pack of brown or green cooked lentils is very versatile. Last week I added some chopped garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, parsley and a splash of extra vjtgin olive oil. Salt and pepper. I just guess quantities!!

Butbin the last Ive added chopped up spring onion, tomato, cucumber or different herbs. Anything really!!!

Are chickpeas OK??
Drain and rinse a can of chickpeas, put in a bowl and smash them up a bit with a potato masher. You are aiming for broken up pieces of chickpea with some still in halves or even whole.
Add in finely diced celery, cucumber, red onion, herbs of choice. I then chop up some pieces of sundries tomato in oil and add those and then tip in some of the oil tonjelp bind it together. It's great as a salady type thing or in a sandwich. (Its what vegans often call mock tuna. Not st all fishy though).

Otherbfavourites here are salad nicoise or a panzanella.

Wonderful ideas! I've taken lot's of notes!

I'm new to salads - very grateful for this thread. From a friend:
Grated carrots, apple, sultanas/raisins, Baharat, chopped walnuts/any nuts.
I'm avoiding calories so barely any mayo, usually v little oil

Definitely add some herbs, parsley, basil etc maybe Gresham’s ginger grated over the salad. Croutons.

Ours vary according to what's in the salad drawer but a quick way of adding a bit of extra taste is to add some shredded fresh herbs - I added basil, coriander and mint to ours this week and enjoyed them. Quick to do if you don't want to be cooking and cooling things in advance and are trying to avoid dressings on them.

Peppers and sweetcorn go in my very colourful salads.

Dr Amir has a nice one if you like beans. Chop cucumber, tomatoes,red onion and chillie.Add tin of chickpeas and whatever beans you like. Add lime juice and 5 tbsp tamarind sauce.

My favourite is large prawns, fresh pineapple slices with the usual tomatoes, greenery, lemon juice and balsamic vinegar.

Waldorf salad is a favourite of ours - mix together celery, walnuts and apple with mayonnaise and we sometimes add raisins or pieces of chicken.

I occasionally make a salad of shredded fennel, oranges and red onion. With salt and pepper, good oil and balsamic…. Delicious!

Greek salad drizzled in balsamic glaze is a favourite in my house. Crumbly Feta cheese, mixed olives, and some torn coriander give it the essentially Greek flavours.

If you like vinaigrette there are loads of different flavoured oils you can experiment with. I mix walnut oil with cider vinegar for a nutty taste. There are also different vinegars like raspberry you can mix with plain olive oil. Have a go.

Grateful for all the good ideas here, I’ve got rather tired of basic salads too. Have found that strawberries and blueberries work well in salads as do toasted pumpkin or sunflower seeds. I’m experimenting with mixing various flavours into the dressing.

Thank you for this Dizza25. I was thinking of asking the same question. I found a really good avocado salad recently when I googled.

Honestly my mouth is watering. Some delicious-sounding ideas on here.

Absolutely brilliant, thank you all so much for the ideas.

Pine nuts, pomegranate seeds, chopped walnuts are also good additions to any salad. Also use chive heads and pansy flowers for colour. Onions heads going to seed can also be sprinkled on.

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One of my favourites is a courgette salad. Slice thickly, and fry gently with some crushed garlic until softened. Take off the heat, and add chopped mint, sultanas, and some crumbled feta cheese, salt and pepper. This salad is very tasty warm, or cold.

With the courgettes finely sliced I have this
with pasta

Nicoise

I like adding grated celeriac into coleslaw.

One of my favourites is a courgette salad. Slice thickly, and fry gently with some crushed garlic until softened. Take off the heat, and add chopped mint, sultanas, and some crumbled feta cheese, salt and pepper. This salad is very tasty warm, or cold.

Chopped dessert apples with cheddar chopped into small pieces. Add mayonnaise to taste or not. Pepper.

Chopped cucumber and mint in yoghourt. Mint makes yog a lot more interesting.

DH’s favourite. Cooked, cooled tender stem broccoli, uncooked spinach, lettuce, asparagus. Toasted pine nuts and almonds. Thin slices of cucumber. Other nuts and seeds and grilled halloumi.
Lovely