The fact that ‘spice up’ and ‘salad’ come up in the same sentence assures that it will be more than the same bowl of bland greens this time. Sometimes it’s hard to notice or want new things because you’ve spent too long doing the usual old and common everyday activities. But we’re guessing someone shoved a new idea or served a different kind of salad down your throat, and now you’re thinking, ‘wow! I want more.
It’s good to know that you are aware of the possibilities that lie in thy salad transformation (saying this with arms akimbo and cape flying). There are lots of ways to add more life, color, fun, and creativity to your salad, no matter what kind it is. Whether green salad, dinner salad, dessert salad, bound salad, or fruit salad, anything can go in it, depending on how much you’re willing to try. Let’s go over our six unique tips to spice up your salad and review the salad dishes that make it to our top 6.
6 Ways to Spice up Your Salad
- Allow some more crisps and crunch.
How have you been keeping your salad crunchy? If you say asparagus and broccoli have been doing the magic, then wait till you try nuts and other sweeties like fruits. Nuts like pecans, peanuts, and almond nuts will deliver just the right amount of flavor and crunch. You can also try apples, peaches, carrots, cucumber, and other delicious fruits to add sweets. A fruit mix salad with peanuts and sweetened low-fat milk as dressing would be a perfect place to start.
- Bring on the art. Use your colors boldly.
People often run away from salads because of how plain green and boring they can be. How about making the cooking process of your salad a fun event by looking for ways to add color to it. Consider adding some strawberries, peppers, nuts, corn in there. If it’s more colorful, will it be more exciting to eat? We guess you’ll never know until you try, huh! Maybe you won’t need to run after the kids anymore.
- Consider making it more filling
Most dieticians recommend salad for people on a diet, and the reason isn’t so far-fetched. It’s a healthy choice with restricting portions. It’s possible to eat a bowl of salad and yet be hungry in another hour because your ingredients were possibly all greens with little or no fruit. But just in case you’re not on any of those diets, try making your salad more filling. How about adding baked potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, or crispy noodles? It’s all about getting more in that mix.
- Try new proteins
Yes, we all know chicken makes the perfect protein, and so it’s overused anyway. To spice things up, it’s time to get in some bacon, steak, turkey, shrimp, tuna, or beans for vegetarians into that salad and thank us later.
- More seeds, more grains
Want to keep it delicious and healthy? Try adding more seeds and grains. Whether obvious grains or more tiny seeds, you get to choose if you want to make it a main or just a side attraction on your salad. Sesame seeds, Pepitas, Quinoa, and Buckwheat, are tops picks.
- Dust away your grill
Enough of the boiling. Don’t be afraid to leave marks on your ingredients. Bring out that grill from the garage and fire it up. You can explore grilling over eighty percent of your ingredients. From onions to chicken, nuts, and even the greens, there’s an unexpected discovery of flavors waiting for your taste buds.
Finally, don’t be in a hurry. Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well, especially when it comes to what goes into your mouth and ends up in your stomach. It’s been fun all the way but before we round up this salad affair, let’s leave you with our top six salad dishes. You can start spicing things up from here.
Top 6 Salad Dishes
Based on popular demand, we’re going to share a list of our favorite salads. We hope you give them an intentional ‘spicy’ try and find out why these dishes are so special.
- Greek Goddess Chicken Salad
- Apple and Sprout Salad
- Pasta Fruit Salad
- Broccoli Salad
- Honey lime Quinoa Fruit Salad
- Grilled Tuna Avocado Salad.