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The Kitchn: 3 cures for the common salad

By Faith Durand on

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It's Lunch Week at The Kitchn, which means that salads are the star. Oh wait, what's that? Salads are your lunch of last resort? You'd prefer a good grilled cheese? Well, perhaps you're not eating a swanky enough salad to keep you interested. There's nothing so satisfying as a hearty salad chock-full of intriguing bits of nuts, fruit, cheese, and perhaps a seductive handful of bacon.

But putting together a complex and satisfying salad can feel daunting on a Tuesday morning. That's why you need to understand the concept of Salad Swag. Let me introduce you to my favorite way to ensure I eat a good lunch. I'll even give you three flavors -- The Frenchie Lentil, The Bleu Apple and (my favorite) The Hawaiian.

Salad Swag: The Basics

Salad Swag is my own fancy way of describing all the good stuff that goes into a great salad. You need greens -- yeah, yeah -- and maybe some dressing. But don't stop there: What makes a salad really tasty? It's everything else: the half cup of quinoa, the grapefruit segments, the pistachios.

But these aren't things that you prepare in the mornings -- unless you have a lot more time than I do! Salad Swag is something to make ahead and store in the refrigerator at home or work.

 

Usually the things that make up Salad Swag -- dried fruit, grains, nuts -- jostle peaceably together in one container, but they might weigh down a salad or get mushy if you toss them with the greens too far ahead of time. And forget about adding dressing; we all know that dressing goes on at the last possible moment.

So when I am thinking about my lunches for the week, if I am in a salad mood, I think of preparing my salad in three parts:

Greens - I wash, dry, and prep greens and put them in the fridge.

Dressing - Make a jar of dressing and stash it away.

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