Made this last week and loved it so much, made it twice! Added to it a package of cooked ramen noodles and just tossed out the flavoring packets. Tossed the noodles in at warm to room temp and it softened up the kale a bit (which I prefer). My “I hate kale” hubby even took seconds. His comment “You are trying to trick me into liking something I don’t like.”

https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/thai-crunch-salad-with-peanut-dressing.html

I love this one, but I sub the kale for spinach (the dressing is amazing - I double it and keep in the fridge): https://www.skinnytaste.com/kale-salad-with-chicken/

I also love a shaved (raw) Brussels sprouts salad! https://www.loveandlemons.com/shaved-brussels-sprout-salad/

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, don’t have a recipe, but a shoutout to a fabulous “Winter Salad” on the specials menu at Our Mom Eugenia in Mosaic on Saturday. Had leftovers for lunch yesterday and thought “I could eat this every day of 2024”.

No recipe, but could you at least share what was in it?

Avocado Salad with Carrot Ginger dressing. I would eat the dressing as a carrot mousse if I could figure out the ratio. https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/avocado-salad-with-carrot-ginger-dressing/

And I started with this recipe a few years ago https://smittenkitchen.com/2014/05/carrot-salad-with-tahini-and-crisped-chickpeas/ and have since stopped making the chickpeas and omit the garlic entirely. It fights with the other flavors and becomes overwhelming if you want leftovers.

I love the milky bitter flavor of iceberg, so I have been making salads like my grandma used to make, only I double the vegetables for more of a chopped salad and less of a greens salad. Celery, onions, green pepper, sliced black olives if I’m really in my nostalgia (though I do not buy the Velveeta for cubes she used to put in there).

Cape Cod Chopped Salad by Ina Garten is a favorite in our house, too, though I no longer have blue cheese for migraine reasons. I’ve boiled that one down to chopped arugula, chopped almonds, craisins, bacon and a dressing of bacon fat/olive oil, orange juice, orange zest, apple cider vinegar… it’s pretty far from Ina’s at this point.

Long live the salad!

Anonymous wrote:I’m really excited by some of these, thank you for all of the ideas.

I’m not trying to diet. In my world salad season is after all of the heavy Christmas season food. I love winter salads and when spring and summer hot, I’ll use fresh berries instead of dried or pomegranate or citrus. I didn’t know salads were so controversial.

They’re not. A few posters seem clueless.

I’m really excited by some of these, thank you for all of the ideas.

I’m not trying to diet. In my world salad season is after all of the heavy Christmas season food. I love winter salads and when spring and summer hot, I’ll use fresh berries instead of dried or pomegranate or citrus. I didn’t know salads were so controversial.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is NOT that time of the year. Salads are for summer in the northern hemisphere.

That's not how you diet, people.

I'm doing stews, curries, hearty soups, etc. Actual seasonal food. Those don't need to be loaded with fat and salt, and can be just has healthy, and probably more nutritious, than salads.

Who said anything about dieting?

Yeah, sorry, I’d choose salads over stews no matter the season. Just personal preference.

Roasted butternut squash with French lentils, whatever salad greens you have (arugula is my favorite) and goat, feta or blue cheese with balsamic. I could eat it daily for ages.

This is the best lentil salad I have ever had. One of those recipes that is greater than the sum of its parts. Can eat it for days and not get tired of it. I often skip the goat cheese (and never miss it), and sometimes mix in baby arugula.


https://www.seriouseats.com/french-lentil-salad-with-goat-cheese-and-walnuts-from-my-paris-kitchen

Anonymous wrote:Weird. Salad season starts in May in our house.

Now is soup and stew season, which are plenty healthy and often be way healthier (and filling) than salads.

Weird. I don’t see Cava and Sweetgreen shutting down in fall and winter.

Anonymous wrote:
Unless it's 80F where you are, get out of here with your salads!

Feel free to skip this thread.

Anonymous wrote:It is NOT that time of the year. Salads are for summer in the northern hemisphere.

That's not how you diet, people.

I'm doing stews, curries, hearty soups, etc. Actual seasonal food. Those don't need to be loaded with fat and salt, and can be just has healthy, and probably more nutritious, than salads.

Who said anything about dieting?

Sorry, don’t have a recipe, but a shoutout to a fabulous “Winter Salad” on the specials menu at Our Mom Eugenia in Mosaic on Saturday. Had leftovers for lunch yesterday and thought “I could eat this every day of 2024”.

https://wornslapout.com/copycat-sweetgreen-harvest-bowl-recipe/

Delicious.

Anonymous wrote:Weird. Salad season starts in May in our house.

Now is soup and stew season, which are plenty healthy and often be way healthier (and filling) than salads.

I had the same thought, but then realized OP is talking about ny resolutions to slim down.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is NOT that time of the year. Salads are for summer in the northern hemisphere.

That's not how you diet, people.

I'm doing stews, curries, hearty soups, etc. Actual seasonal food. Those don't need to be loaded with fat and salt, and can be just has healthy, and probably more nutritious, than salads.

Are you actually looking at most of the salads listed? Are you suggesting that you don't eat the referenced vegetables throughout winter?

Nobody on here is suggesting a tomato corn salad with strawberries.

I am. A lot of recipes have spring and summer vegetables and fruits in them, PP. Some have seasonal roots and winter greens, sure, but you'd be hard pressed to make a variety of salads out of *just* what's in season.

There is a reason why winter is more stew than salad.

I love this thread. Thanks OP!