Delicious Winter Salad Ideas
Delicious Winter Salad Ideas
If you love salads, you don’t have to wait until summer to enjoy them. You can enjoy a nutritious salad in the middle of winter. Here are some delicious winter salad ideas:
Winter Italian Salad- Serves 6
Ingredients:
1 head of Romaine lettuce, torn into chunks
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 cucumber, chopped
1 carrot, cut into slivers
12 grape tomatoes, cut in half
10 black olives, pitted
1 cup of feta cheese, crumbled
Italian dressing
Directions:
In a large salad bowl, add all of the ingredients, except dressing and toss well. Before serving, add in Italian dressing and toss to coat.
Broccoli Salad with Bacon and Cheddar Cheese- Serves 6
Ingredients:
8 cups of broccoli, cut into small chunks
1 cup of cheddar cheese, grated
¼ cup of red onion, chopped
8 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
Ranch dressing
Directions:
In a large salad bowl, add broccoli, cheese and red onion, toss well. Add ranch dressing and toss well to coat. Before serving, add in bacon and toss well.
Kale and Grapefruit Salad
Ingredients:
1 grapefruit, cut into chunks
2 tablespoons of olive oil
10 cups of kale, sliced thin
1 avocado, pitted and wedged
Directions:
In a small bowl, squeeze juice from grapefruit. In another bowl, add grapefruit chunks. In the small bowl with the juice, add olive oil and whisk well. In a third bowl, add the kale along with 2 tablespoons of the dressing and toss well to coat. Add in grapefruit chunks and avocado; drizzle with the rest of the dressing.
Spinach and Blue Cheese Salad
Ingredients:
4 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped
2 tablespoons of cider vinegar
2 teaspoons of honey mustard
1 tomato, chopped
3 cups of spinach
1 cup of corn kernels
3 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
½ cup of blue cheese, crumbled
Directions:
In a large salad bowl, add bacon, spinach, corn kernels, tomato and eggs. In a small bowl, combine cider vinegar and honey mustard and mix well. Drizzle dressing over salad and top with crumbled blue cheese.
Which winter salad would you like to try?
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That broccoli salad sounds great! I love the idea of winter salads… changing up our greens is important at different times of the year- brings comfort but with better for you foods!
I have never heard of kale and grapefruit together. That must be a very interesting flavor combination.
I love eating salad all year. I like lettuce with croutons, breaded chicken, and Italian dressing best.
I love salad! These are some really great combinations that I’ve never tried before.
This salad recipe sounds so good, I can’t wait to try this out. I’m always good to look for new way to make a salad!
So many people ignore salads after the summer months are over. These are some great ideas to enjoy all year round.
We are always looking for new salads!
I eat a ton of salads, so this had my name on it! The kale and grapefruit salad sounds magical!
I have been craving salad throughout my pregnancy! These all look so good!
Love the option of recipes you give here. They are all look yum. The spinach and blue cheese is by far my favourite, but I’d love o change blue cheese to other kind of cheese.