# Simple salads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869 "2011-12-02T18:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/1 "2011-12-02T18:43:22Z")
What are your fav at-home salads with few (3-6) ingredients? Greens (bagged lettuce, etc.) might or might not be one of the ingredients, as might non-veg (tuna, bacon, h.c. egg, etc). I’m looking for something to throw together easily when I get home from work. Need I mention that I’m pretty lazy? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/2 "2011-12-02T18:46:30Z")
Caprese. Tomato, mozzarella, basil. Sprinkle with salt and olive oil. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/3 "2011-12-02T18:49:08Z")
In the summer, when you can buy tomatoes with taste, a simple tomato and cucumber salad (no lettuce) topped with feta is great. Not so great in the winter when tomatoes suck. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/4 "2011-12-02T19:05:30Z")
Here are some ideas. They’re my favorite things to top lettuce salads: dried cranberries or other berries; walnuts; pecans; grapes; cut-up leftover cold chicken breast; olives; celery; cherry tomatoes; mushrooms; bleu cheese; green onion; drained canned mandarin oranges; cut-up cold leftover delivered pizza (think of it as croutons). Obviously not all these ingredients would go well together on a salad. Pick and choose. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/5 "2011-12-02T19:12:40Z")
Broccoli coleslaw, onion, tomato, chicken w/dressing of choice, all wrapped in a lavash. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/6 "2011-12-02T19:19:23Z")
Baby spinach, raspberry vinaigrette, Craisins, and shredded Asiago cheese. Back in my meat-eating days: Romaine lettuce, chopped up hard-boiled egg, chopped up bacon (or “real” bacon bits, not those hard little fake things, ew), croutons and Caesar dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/7 "2011-12-02T19:39:52Z")
Green leaf lettuce with yellow grape tomatoes, whole wheat rotini, and walnuts. Dress with pressed garlic, olive oil and salt. Good lordy I love that salad. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Nimity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Anna\_Nimity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anna_Nimity)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/8 "2011-12-02T20:31:53Z")
Greens of your choice, toasted walnuts, bleu cheese and dried cranberries topped with rasberry vinaigrette. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/9 "2011-12-03T10:54:31Z")
One of my favorites is baby spinach with cubed mango, and some sort of asian/ginger dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/10 "2011-12-03T11:07:03Z")
Radish, chiccory, rocket and parmesan. Needs a dressing - cider vinegar, olive oil and black pepper maybe. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/11 "2011-12-03T16:37:11Z")
Green lettuce, topped with grated parmesan (the good kind), squeeze some lemon on top, add olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I could eat it all day as a snack. Another good one is tomatoes (when they’re in season), chopped onions, salt and oil. It’s even better when you prepare it and then let it rest in the fridge a few hours. You can add some feta or olives too. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/12 "2011-12-03T16:48:33Z")
> [@Anna\_Nimity](#): > > Greens of your choice, toasted walnuts, bleu cheese and dried cranberries topped with rasberry vinaigrette. This is more or less exactly what I was coming in here to post. I use a balsamic vinaigrette, instead, and gorgonzola cheese, but basically the same salad. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/13 "2011-12-03T16:59:19Z")
Greek - chopped tomatoes, red onions, red pepper, feta cheese, and black olives dressed with the juice of one lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper and served over baby spinach. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-salads/604869/14 "2011-12-03T21:05:36Z")
Little field greens, heavy on the baby spinach, with sliced strawberries and/or mandarin orange sections, balsamic vinaigrette. This is my summer favorite. I find adding sliced bosc pear or apple to any green salad extends and improves it.