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A good basic for people who like to eat well is a specialty salad like a chef's, Cobb, or seafood salad. Basically, start with a high-quality salad mix and add some combination of cold lean meats (chicken, turkey, ham, tuna, crab, shrimp, etc.), cold chopped/sliced cooked vegetables, raw vegetables, herbs, sliced hard-boiled eggs, nuts or seeds, and lowfat cheese. Use your favorite SBD-friendly dressing or simple oil and vinegar (this is a great time to use one of the healthier "specialty" vegetable oils, such as walnut oil).
Tips (these seem obvious, but they're easy to overlook): All ingredients should be perfectly fresh, clean, and of good quality. Cut up each ingredient so it's the size you'd be comfortable putting in your mouth. Use a good balance of vegetables, protein, and good fats. Finally, don't put anything into your salad you wouldn't look forward to eating a serving of on its own. Just because some vegetable is a common salad ingredient doesn't mean you should use it in your salad.
Here's what I'm having for lunch today:
Huge salad made with baby lettuce and dressed with a little balsamic vinegar and walnut oil, and mixed with:
imitation crab meat chunks
lowfat shredded cheese
roasted red pepper (from a jar - packed in water)
chopped cooked asparagus
avocado chunks
capers
I could also have added some sliced hard-boiled eggs or some white beans but the salad is already huge enough!
I'm on P2, but this would be fine for P1 also. It's also important to be mindful of limits on the higher-fat ingredients, such as nuts, seeds, avocado, oil, etc. You do need some fat with your salad to help you absorb and use the nutrients in the vegetables, but you want to stick to the limits. The avocado in my salad is actually an extra serving of fat, but I had a fat-free breakfast and morning snack today, so it's time for some extra fat at lunch. |
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Before you start another salad thread, please look these over that are already full of great recipes for different types of salads. You can always find the links to them easily from my recipe summary sticky.
Look at what is already available to us all:
Quote: Assorted Salads:
Salads Link 1: Favorite Salads
Page 1: Classic Cobb Salad, Tomato Cucumber & Pepper, Broccoli Salad, Cucumber Pressed Salad, Parsley Walnut Salad, CSC Salad, Faux Potato Salad, Orange, Arugula and Kalamata Olive Salad, Salad
Page 2: Overnight Coleslaw, Pepper Pea Salad, Red Radish Apple Cuke Salad, Marinated Tomato Salad, Tangy Bean Salad, Broccoli-Cauliflower-Cucumber Salad, Broccoli and Red Bell Pepper Salad, Asian Chicken Salad, Spinach Salad, Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella salad with Balsamic Viniagrette, Nice and Easy Cauliflower Salad, Chicken with Pomegranate Salad, Red Bean Salad with Feta and Peppers, Black-Eyed Pea Salad, Chicken Taco Salad, Balsamic Chicken Salad, Broccoli Onion Salad
Page 3: Tuna Salad with Kidney Beans and Red Onion, Mexican SB Taco Salad, White bean and chicken salad, Spinach Salad w/Bacon, BLT Salad, Buffalo Chicken Salad, Assorted salad ideas, Breakfast Fruit Salad. Creamy Dijon Chicken Salad
Page 4: Roasted Pear Pecan Goat Cheese w/Mustard Maple Vinaigette, Wedge Salad w/Buttermilk Ranch, Orange & Avocado Salad w/Cilantro Lime Viniagrette, Mango Avocado Salad, two salads without names, Broccoli Pepper Celery Salad, Cauliflower Lettuce Salad
Page 5: Goat Cheese Salad, Greek Style Pasta Salad, Southwestern Bean Salad, Gyro Salad, Moroccan Lentil Salad, 4 Bean Salad, Kidney Bean Salad, Tomato Onion Salad, Steak Salad, Cauliflower Salad, 7 layer Salad, Garden of Eatin Salad, Oriental Coleslaw, Bulgur Chickpea Salad
Salads Link 2: Marinated Tomato Salad, Lentil Salad, Tangy Bean Salad, Sweet Potato Salad
Salads Link 3: Shrimp Scampi Salad, Shrimp & Nopal Cactus Salad, Olive & Apricot Salad, Colorful Spinach Tomato Orange Salad, Cucumber Salad, Carribbean Salad w/shrimp, Fajita Salad w/Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce, Crab & Avocado Salad
7-layer Salad: Heavenly 7-layer, Layered Overnight
Asparagus: Roasted Asparagus & Yellow Pepper Salad, Asparagus Tomato Salad w/Yogurt Cheese dressing, Asparagus Wild Rice Salad, Asparagus, Strawberries Balsamic
Bean Salads: Three Bean Salad, Tangy Bean Salad, Red Bean w/Feta & Peppers, Balsamic Green Bean Salad, White Bean Salad, Lentil Salad, Moroccan Garbanzo Bear & Feta Pitas, Salad w/shrimp & fresh salsa, Bean Salad, Black Bean & Corn Salad, Lentil salad, Mint Green Bean & Egg Salad
Broccoli Salads: Fresh Broccoli Salad, Broccoli-Cauliflower-Cucumber Salad, Broccoli Salads 2 recipes, Broccoli Slaw Salad w/WholeWheat Pasta, Brocco Taco Salad, Broccoli Salad
Thai Broccoli salad
Brown Rice Salad: Rice salad
Chicken Salads: White bean and chicken salad, Creamy Dijon Chicken Salad, Cashew Chicken Salad, Mango Chutney Chicken Salad, Curried Chicken Salad, Chicken Salad Casserole, Artichoke And Chicken Salad Sandwiches, Grilled Chicken and Asparagus Salad, Asian Chicken Salad, Pesto Chicken Salad, Tex-Mex Chicken Salad, Curry Chicken Salad, Chicken Salad, Shrimp Salad, Lemon-Tarragon Chicken Salad in Butter Lettuce Cups, Cherry Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Doreen's Famous Chicken Salad, Smoked Chicken Waldorf Salad, Chicken Strip Salad w/raspberry maple vinaigrette, Cranberry Chicken Salad Spread
Marinated Cheese: Marinated Feta
Coleslaws:
Coleslaws 1: Oriental Coleslaw, Coleslaws, Overnight Coleslaw, Grilled Shrimp with Vietnamese Coleslaw, Asian coleslaws, Coleslaw with a zip, Creamy Bacon Coleslaw
Coleslaw 2: CopyCat KFC Coleslaw, Coleslaw ideas, Overnight Coleslaw, Coleslaw dressing, Suzanne's Makeover: Coleslaw
Coleslaw 3: Wilted Cabbage Salad
Cucumber Salads & more: Cold Cucumber Soup, Red Radish Apple Cucumber Salad, Cucumber Salad, Blacked Tilapia w/radish cucumber salsa, Creamed Cucumbers, Wilted Cucumber Salad, Cool Cucumber Salad, Cucumber Tomato Pepper Salad
Edamame Salads See the Vegetable section for ideas
Fruit Salads: Fruit Fluff, Fruit salads w/Jello, Strawberry & Asparagus salad, Pear Salad w/Bacon & Sherry wine Vinaigrette
Spinach fruit salads:
Link 1: Spinach Strawberry, Strawberry Mango, Spinach Strawberry with Poppy Seed dressing, Spinach Strawberry Summer Salad, Poppy Seed Salad, Fresh Fruited Chicken Salad, Spring Strawberry Spinach Salad, Strawberry Spinach Salad w/2 dressing choices
Link 2: Blackberry Spinach Salad, Chicken Berry Salad, Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad, Spinach Berry Salad
Special Lettuce/Greens salads: Mandarin Salad, Fruity Green Salad, Cashew Chicken lettuce salad, Apple Dried Cherry Walnut w/Maple dressing, Fruity Green Salad, Blueberry Salsa Salad, Baby Greens Salad w/Toasted Walnuts & Raspberries
Lettuce Wraps: Spicy Asian Lettuce Wraps, Asian Inspired Wraps, Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Thai Lettuce Wraps, Thai & Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Information about lettuce wraps, Cherry Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Rachel Ray's Chicken Lettuce Wraps, P.F. Changs Soothing Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Potato (Mock) salads: Mock Potato Salad, Old Fashioned Egg Mock Potato Salad
Quinoa Salad: Quinoa Salad w/Ginger & Pinenuts, Quinao & Shrimp Salad, Quinoa Sald w/Black Beans & Sweet Potatoes
Taco salads:
Taco Link 1: Fiesta Salad, Six-Layer Taco Salad, Chicken Taco Salad
Taco Link 2: Six Layer Taco Salad, Chicken Taco Salad, Mexican SB Taco Salad
Taco Link 3: Taco Salad ideas
Taco Link 4: Veggie Taco Salad
Taco Link 5: Tasty Taco Salad
Taco Link 6: Other taco salad ideas, Mexican Chopped Chicken Salad
Tomato Salads: Feta & Tomato Salad, Marinated Tomatoes, Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella salad with Balsamic Viniagrette, Catalina Tomato Salad, Tomato Platter, Broiled Feta Tomatoes, Basil Tomato Salad, My Greek Salad, Tomato, Red Onion, Feta Salad, Cosmos Salad Just click below in my signature line or go back to the first page of the Recipe and Food forum and click on the recipe summary sticky. |
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