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The Un-Boring Salad

05/07/14 | Delicious Eats

Bikini season is almost upon us.  Actually, as my friend Camilla put it – tank top season.  One of the easiest ways I know is to improve your diet and almost every single girl I know says – I will just have a salad.  Well, I think salads generically are boring, tasteless, and very blah.  Then I realizes, that is probably because I take spinach, add some cherry tomatoes, chopped carrots, English cucumber and diet dressing and call it a day.

I have been trying to be good, as you might have seen from my Instagram last week, but with the wedding this past weekend I need to pretty much hit re-set.  Especially with Monday’s Cinco de Mayo lunch of chips, guac, margaritas, and fried soft shell crab.  Delicious, yes, but not good for my girlish figure.  Oh goodness, well, yesterday marked start of getting back on track and I think some of these might be very helpful:

Quick and Easy Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Quick and Easy Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Raspberry Summer Salad
Detox Salad

Avocado and Grilled Corn Salad

The UnBoring Salad - Kale, Edamame, and Quinoa Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

Kale, Edamame, and Quinoa Salad

The UnBoring Salad - Superfruit & Nut Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese
Superfruit and Nut Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese 
Summer Succotash

Pineapple and Arugula Salad

Quinoa Chickpea and Avocado Salad

Tequila-Lime Shrimp and Quinoa Salad

With these ten salads I should be off to a good start and just for the heck of it I looked up the definition of salad because I was not sure these would quality – they do not by the two first definitions (a) : a mixture of raw green vegetables (such as different types of lettuce) usually combined with other raw vegetables or (b) : a mixture of small pieces of raw or cooked food (such as pasta, meat, fruit, eggs, or vegetables) combined usually with a dressing and served cold.  But the third definition, which is by far the broadest,  (c)  a usually incongruous mixture – that one works! 

Any tips or ticks for a delicious summer salad?

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  1. Sam says

    May 7, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    I love incorporating fruit into salads! At the coffee shop I work at we serve the Sundried Apple Salad which has romaine lettuce, sun dried tomatoes, bleu cheese, apple slices and walnuts with a vinaigrette and it’s uh-mazing!

  2. meghan says

    May 7, 2014 at 3:10 pm

    that strawberry salad looks soooo yummy! i make a similar salad with almonds and goat cheese! love these ideas girl 🙂

    XO Meghan
    citrus fashion

  3. Brittany conners says

    May 7, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    Love these salad ideas! I have to mix it up, a mixed green salad just doesn’t cut it for me most of the time .

  4. nancy @ adore to adorn says

    May 7, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    Thanks for sharing these! I love to mix it up with salads. These look and sound so good!

    xo,
    nancy

    http://www.adoretoadorn.com

  5. Sharon says

    May 7, 2014 at 10:32 am

    Mmm the strawberry ones look so yummy! I usually need to have chicken in my salad or I don’t find it filling enough and then I’m starving an hour later. 🙂

    -Sharon
    The Tiny Heart

  6. Haley Valerie says

    May 7, 2014 at 9:57 am

    These all look so good!

    Haley
    haleyvalerie.com

  7. Alyssa says

    May 7, 2014 at 9:47 am

    All of these look so yummy! I love putting fruit in my salads–it’s a great way to mix things up!

  8. Taipei Style says

    May 7, 2014 at 7:43 am

    They all look delicious! I love putting fruit in the salad!

    TaipeiStyle
    Gemma

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