{"id":8555,"date":"2021-03-27T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=8555"},"modified":"2025-09-23T03:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:54:56","slug":"salad-bar-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/salad-bar-forever.html","title":{"rendered":"Salad Bar Forever!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you start thinking of things to add to a salad bar, your brain goes crazy!\u00a0 And this is just a beginning.\u00a0 A salad bar can be a main, side, or “instead of”.\u00a0 Because of the way food comes packaged (cans, bags, bunches) there will be leftovers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 LETTUCE \u2013 iceberg, romaine, red, mixed, spinach, kale, cabbage \u2013 red\/green<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 TOMATOES \u2013 Roma, cherry, heirloom, sundried<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 MUSHROOMS\u00a0\u2013 white, baby portobello, fancy, marinated<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CELERY<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 RADISHS<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 PEPPER \u2013 green, red, yellow, jalapeno<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CARROTS \u2013 fresh, pickled<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CUCUMBERS \u2013 fresh, marinated<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 BEANS \u2013 garbanzo, kidney, pinto, green, wax, edamame<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 ONION \u2013 green, red, sweet, pickled, crispy<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CHEESE \u2013 cheddar, jack, blue, parmesan, feta, burrata, mixed grated, grated\/diced cheese of last week<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 BACON BITS<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 BEEF \u2013 diced, shredded, ground with taco seasoning<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 SEAFOOD – scallops, crab, salmon, shrimp \u2013 bay, tuna \u2013 plain old canned<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CHICKEN \u2013 diced, shredded, seasoned, chicken sausage<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 HAM \u2013 julienne, diced<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 SALAMI<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 HARD BOILED EGGS<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 PEAS \u2013 snap, baby<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 BROCCOLI, SQUASH, ASPARAGUS, BEETS \u2013 roasted, marinated\/pickled, fresh<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CORN \u2013 roasted, plain, baby<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 ARTICHOKE HEARTS<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 FRUIT – pears, grapes,\u00a0mandarin\u00a0oranges, apples, avocado,
\nstrawberries, pomegranate arils, melon<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 DRIED FRUIT – cranberries, cherries, raisins, mango, blueberries<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 CRUNCH \u2013 croutons – plain, seasoned, tortilla strips, crispy noodles, water chestnuts, jicama<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 NUTS \u2013 pine, pecans, almond slivers, peanuts, candied, roasted<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 SEEDS – pepitas,\u00a0sunflower,\u00a0sesame<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 OLIVES \u2013 green, black, sliced, marinated, Greek<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 FRESH HERBS – Basil, Mint, Chives, Dill, Parsley<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 GRAINS – Couscous, Farro, Quinoa, Barley, Rice<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 OTHER \u2013 tofu, cottage cheese, seasonal (ramps, fiddlehead fern)<\/p>\n

\u00a7\u00a0 ASSORTED DRESSINGS – bottled AND\/or home made.\u00a0 Be sure all have labels.<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Slice, dice, cut open all the ingredients.<\/li>\n
  2. Place in bowls with serving spoons, tongs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Serves:\u00a0<\/strong> 1 head of lettuce will serve 6-8<\/p>\n

    Note:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>For a large crowd double the ingredient bowls and use both sides of the table to serve.<\/p>\n

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    Once you start thinking of things to add to a salad bar, your brain goes crazy!\u00a0 And this is just a beginning.\u00a0 A salad bar can be a main, side, or “instead of”.\u00a0 Because of the way food comes packaged (cans, bags, bunches) there will be leftovers. Ingredients: \u00a7\u00a0 LETTUCE \u2013 iceberg, romaine, red, mixed, … Continue reading “Salad Bar Forever!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-8555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salads-and-salad-dressings","category-starch-potatoes","tag-koa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10912,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8555\/revisions\/10912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}