What about the salad?

@celticeagle (168178)
Boise, Idaho
April 11, 2012 12:33am CST
I don't like salads. I don't things I like and some I don't in a clump together. I like most vegetables but really like them seperate. And I am not big on lettuce because usually, unless I fix it myself, it is alot of the white part which is rather bitter and nasty tasting. Ot it is wilted. I do like the ornamental types. I love nice, ripe and sweet tomatoes, fully ripe avacadoes and cucumbers all cut in cubes with some italian dressing or home made vinegrette. How are you on salads?
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@almond24 (1248)
• Hungary
11 Apr 12
I like salads, but there are a few veggies that I leave out if I can. I don't like lettuce, unless it's fresh, but it's usually old and bitter. Lol, I'm glad I'm not alone with being choosy about the lettuce. I don't like the yellow thin bell peppers either that grow in our country, they are good for cooking but not very chewable when raw. I like everything else in a salad, especially tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, spinach. With a nice dressing And fruit salads!
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Apr 12
I agree. When I make a salad for others I am very careful to pick out the white and wilted parts. They are bitter and discusting. I like a good green pepper. I like spinach mixed with the more ornate lettuces. And fruit salad with yogurt for the dressing is interesting.
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• Kiryat Ata, Israel
13 Apr 12
Your salad , almond , sounds good with the spinach and the tomatoes , cucumbers & corn. The good thing about the salad is that you can cut and chop it as much as you want and it gets easier to chew it. You enjoy the benefit of the combination of the different vegetables. Use 5 different colours of vegetables. Have a nice mylotting.
@almond24 (1248)
• Hungary
13 Apr 12
@ Celticeagle: I have more success with the red and curly lettuces, but they are only seldom available. @ Stringer: salads from 5 different colors of vegetables sound beautiful and tasty! I heard that it's best to use a combination 3 or 5 types of veggies, I'm also trying to keep myself to that.
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
11 Apr 12
I like salads. I love the lettuce, tomato, cucumber, bell peppers tossed with vinegar-vegetable oil mixture, topped with grated cheese. I also love using catsup-mayo mixture as dressing. Aside from veggie salad, I love fruit salad and macaroni salad.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Apr 12
I love fruit salad too and I have been so hungry for macaroni salad lately. Yum!
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• Philippines
11 Apr 12
I can't remember when was the last time I ate fruit salad. Me and my wife will do our special macaroni salad tommorrow. It will be my gift for my sister's graduation on friday.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Jul 12
I like Mac salad too.
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@GardenGerty (160908)
• United States
11 Apr 12
I will eat a regular dinner salad, but it is not my favorite. I will buy bags of romaine leaves, which are dark and light green. I like spinach instead of lettuce. I love tomatoes, onions, cucumber, avocado, broccoli, raisins, sunflower kernels, nuts, etc. I also like things like bean salad.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Apr 12
I like spinach mixed with ornate lettuce. I like a bean salad if the vinaigrette is good.
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@jricky1 (6800)
• China
11 Apr 12
I love eating salad and it's just so delicious and healthy.This would definitely be the great food for those who wanna lose weight and also keep slim body.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Apr 12
I love fresh, crisp and ripe vegetables. I just don't like them all meshed together.
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• India
11 Apr 12
Hello friend, But why you don't like salads? I like salads very much. It is very helpfull for my diet. Every day i eat the salads. It is also very good for our health. Have a nice day.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Apr 12
I like the ingredients of salads just don't like them mushed up together. And I like my salad dressing on the side. I don't like things just because I know they are good for my health.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
24 Jul 12
I think you should try not mixing up if you do not like them to be mixed. I think it is good to eats fruits and vegetables and this helps us to keep us healthy.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 12
That's what I do. Keep them seperate.
• India
13 Apr 12
I think salads are a essential part of our food, And I like them too, I recommend all of you to eat them, Salad consists of almost all those important vegetables that we eat with other type of foods, but they are boiled in water with tends to wash off all its proteins,and thus, leaving very few for consuming, but while consuming salads they are raw, and also help/benefit us more than consuming them after boiled. I like them with just salt and pepper and at times chat masala , they really taste yummy. I think all of you must try it.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jul 12
I think so too. I just like mine seperate and not in 'salad' form. We had avocadoes and tomatoes lastnight. Yum!
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
13 Apr 12
You are so right , Sujit ! The salad gives some benefit of the mix of its different vegetables , our body needs vegetables from all of the colours : red , yellow , white , green and purple and maybe more... I like salad with : nuts , tomatoes , pines (pines are white seeds from a pine tree that are tasty ) , cucumbers , lemon , onion , colorabi , carrot , radish , beet , bell peper , some olive oil to improve lycopene absorption. I also like lettuce , baby leaves , and mint. I use a special instrument that helps me to cut all of the vegetables with some pressure on it. It has a blade net so the vegetables are being cut to small cubes.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
25 Jul 12
I really like salads. I enjoy different types of greens: fancy lettuces, spinach, mixed greens, kale, swiss chard, red leaf, green leaf, and romaine. All types of vegetables: cucumber, green onion, carrot, bell/sweet peppers , banana peppers, radishes, bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, endive, arugula, ect. Fruits too - especially during the spring and summer when berries & peaches are fresh. I'm not big on toppings like salad dressing, but I do enjoy adding nuts & seeds to my salad. For dinner I tried to eat a red oak lettuce, kale, romaine lettuce, cucumber, sweet mini pepper, carrot cilantro and green onion salad w/blue cheese dressing. I left it on the table next to my 2 year old, went to get a drink and she stole my salad. Now I'm hungry lol I just wish it wasn't 1am!
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 12
I used to have a sprout growing kit. They are awfully good for us. Cilantro is a great tasting herb.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
24 Jul 12
I like fruits salads and vegetable salads very much. I think it is good to eat fruits and vegetables. I like different fruits like banana, grapes, dates, nuts, orange, pineapple, etc mixed and eaten after chilled. I also like eating vegetables very much. I think eating cucumber is very good.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 12
I don't think nuts are fruit but I can see where you might think so. lol Cucumbers are very delicious indeed.
• Southend-On-Sea, England
21 Jul 12
I like salad better as an accompaniment to hot food (such as meatballs, steak or chicken) than as a cold meal. I used to hate salad until I began to eat it with hot food and I now quite like it.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 12
Well, that is a good thing. I just like my vegs seperate. Not all mixed together.
• United States
11 Apr 12
I love green salad but it has to be very fresh and crisp. I cannot stand when it is soft and wilted. I Love, love dandelion greens in my salad. Yes they are bitter but I love them anyway..he he he. They are my favorite part of spring! I am partial to vinaigrette usually a greek variation I make myself or a mustard type. I do not like boiled eggs, fruit, or nuts in my salad. Seeds are are ok as is cheese but then the cheese isn't so healthy for you is it?
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Apr 12
Definitely has to be crisp. I don't think I have ever had dandelion greens. I might like the mustard type vinaigrette. Even the greek. They seem to have it going on. I do like a boiled egg with my salad. And nuts on some like sunflower seeds or caSHews on one salad my daughter makes is good. Cheese is protein and there are some less caloric cheeses.
• United States
15 Apr 12
I like the 2% cheeses they are nice without all the fat.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Jul 12
Lots of different kinds available now days.
@cloud31 (5809)
11 Apr 12
Hello ms Celt,I love salads,I eat salads most of the time,especially in Lemon-mustard vinaigrette a simple salad dressing of my choice with green salads. I just love it.
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@GardenGerty (160908)
• United States
12 Apr 12
Lemon mustard vianaigrette sounds as if it would be very tasty.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Jul 12
SO many different types of mustard to use too.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Apr 12
I do love vinaigrettes. I just have to be more inventive since I don't care for the conventional salad.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
11 Apr 12
Oh, I like salad so much, I can eat it a lots also. Very yummy... I prefer many type of vegetable mixed with mayonnaise. Add more some tomato slices, wow, just talking but i covet to eat it now.
@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Apr 12
Good for you! It is so good for you too.
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• United States
29 Jun 12
I love salads. I am with you though on Lettuce I do not like the taste of Lettuce at all. (Iceberg Lettuce) I do like Romaine lettuce or I will make a simple spinach salad and use only spinach and mandarin oranges.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jul 12
There are some ornamental lettuces that are good.
• Philippines
25 Jul 12
I love salads especially when it is caesar. I also like eating kani salad. Kani salad is comprised mainly of cucumbers. It is a famous Japanese salad and it is so delicious. So in short, I am a salad fan. You should give salads another chance! It's healthy, you know! Happy mylotting.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 12
It is good to be a salad fan. I just like my veggies seperate. Happy Mylotting!
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
13 Apr 12
Any salad is fine with me as long as it has avocado and vidalia onion in it. The only dressing I like is some version of oil and vinegar.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Apr 12
I don't know that we get those here. Walla Walla's is about all.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
13 Apr 12
I like salads a lot but I need the lettuce to be very fresh and cold. I also make the cubed tomato, cucumber and avacado salad that you mention rather often. I also do it with a little bit of mayo and lemon pepper seasoning. Yum. In the summer I tend to always have those 3 ingredients on hand and it is quick to make.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 12
It really has to be crisp and cold for me. It is quick and yummy.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I actually do like salads sometimes. Got to have my ranch dressing though. Can't have a good salad without that. I don't normally order them out though..I usually fix them myself here at home.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 12
Ya, I can't stand the salads that are served when I am eating out. The brown and white lettuce they serve is discusting. I don't care for lettuce and am very particular as to what part of the wedge I will eat. The white is bitter so you need even more dressing to cover it up. I cut up the vegetables and eat them seperately with dressing on the side. Gotta love the salad bar. And i saw that my favorite fruit stand has avacodos for 2 for a $l so I will be getting some of those.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
21 Apr 12
i am a big salad fan , i love all types of salad , but lately we have been buying the bad kit salad with bibbed lettace and in the kit it is a ceaser salad kit contains letttace, the cheese, the croutons which are so goood and the packet of ceaser dressing that is so good.. the kit is not very expensive and it feeds 4 people per bag,, me and hubby both like it and have been buying it for the past two weeks and prob will get again this weekend at grocry store.. i ate the last bowl tongiht.yum..
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Apr 12
Kits, huh? What will they think of next. Glad it is good. They sure make it easy for a person now days.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
14 Apr 12
hi dear celticeagle I am a big fan of salads and cant wait till the warmer weather is here and we will enjoy much more of these. I love iceberg lettuce in particular and we make a nice mixed salad with lettuce, lots of onions, tomatoes, cucumber, bell peppers and sometimes a small can of corn or mushrooms added. No dressing as the tomatoes and cucumber are juicy enough to make a great dressing.......
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Apr 12
I like them seperate. And I love a good tasting venaigrette or dressing.
• India
13 Apr 12
I think salads are a essential part of our food, And I like them too, I recommend all of you to eat them, Salad consists of almost all those important vegetables that we eat with other type of foods, but they are boiled in water with tends to wash off all its proteins,and thus, leaving very few for consuming, but while consuming salads they are raw, and also help/benefit us more than consuming them after boiled. I like them with just salt and pepper and at times chat masala , they really taste yummy. I think all of you must try it.
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@celticeagle (168178)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 12
I think the ingredients of a salad are an essential part of our food. I just don't like them all mushed together.