Just do a search! I just put "Salad Ali" in the search and found this one! hahaha!

DUH

Pssssssst....Alot comes up under Salad Ali.....no wonder she was sick of salad

Skip the salad, have roasted veggies instead!

I take whatever I have and chop:

brocolli
cauliflower
peppers
zucchini
potatoes, sweet are the best
mushrooms
cabbage
garlic

Put in big bowl with either garlic salt, Mrs. dash, or whatever you like, add 2 T. of water, cover and shake to coat. Spray 13x9 pan, or cookie sheet w/ sides with pam, add veggies, spray with pam and cook at 425-450 for 20-30 minutes, if no root veggies (carrots, potatoes) you do about 20, with you do 30, stir every 10-15 min.

If you want this to include meat, cut up chicken, fish, use ground turkey and add that for the last 15-20 minutes or so, to cook through, so good!!!

True Dat!!!

Me too. I hate making them (not sure why) hate eating them, unless they are caesar and filled with grilled shrimp.

Where's Ali?

She got busy with work & life & disconnected from the boards for awhile.

She's doing fine though.

and lookin' mighty fine too, that purty Ali is.

Thanks. Haven't been on here for awhile and miss her.

I switch from salad to roasted veggies in the fall, I make a big dish and eat that for the week as my main veggie side, the high cooking temp carmelizes everything. I usually throw whatever I have in, but here's a "recipe"

any bell peppers 1-2
large onion
garlic cloves 2-3
zucchini
yellow squash
asparagus
even a sweet potato or yam cut up
1 T. olive oil
1 T. water
Mrs. Dash (1-2 T.) or another seasoning w/ salt, your preference

Shake all together to coat (looks like a ton, but cooks down)
spray pan w/ pam
cook at 450 for about 30 minutes, stirring every 10-15. Very good at room temp, even cold.

On a slightly different note, did you guys know that lettuce is actually *toxic* to rabbits? Lettuce contains lactucarium which can cause fatal diarrhea in rabbits.

Also, I like salads, but I don't eat very many of them. I usually get my veggies in by steaming them or incorporating them into recipes. I think I've eaten two salads in as many months.

Actually, I make a chicken taco salad all the time. I use a lot of lettuce and veggies to fill me up and a little taco chicken to give it flavor. I have also used ground turkey as well. I don't use any kind of taco shells for mine.

when i get sick of salads I still get my veggies I just have them on the side.

Some of my favorites are a peanut butter and banana sandwhich with some fresh cut celery and baby carrots on the side and a glass of ice cold milk :)

OR some steamed veggies such as coliflower, broccoli, or carrots with some nice grilled chicken or a veggie burger and some kind of fruit on the side like apple or orange

Favorite salad currently however:

3 cups mix of green & iceburg lettuce, little diced tomato, few hot pepperbits, some light chunk tuna, 1 cut up hard boiled egg, and some fat free french dressing :)

When I'm tired of salads I make a big veggie stir fry.

I like

Squash
Zuchinni
Mushrooms
Onion
Carrots
Tomato
Peppers

Stir fry in olive oil with herbs and garlic. Sometimes I add chicken, sometimes I serve it over rice. You can make it the night before and then just warm it in the microwave the next day for lunch.

I'm not a big lettuce lover either, it needs to be drenched in dressing But I did have a strawberry spinach salad last week and it had red onions and feta cheese in it with balsamic dressing, I thought it was AMAZING!!!

On the taco salad note, they can be done healthy without the bad stuff like sourcream and taco shell, etc. I make it by making lean ground chicken breast (or turkey works too) seasoned with taco seasoning, throw in veggies I love like carrots, olives, corn, etc. because veggies are always good! Then I throw on some taco sauce. They are about 20 calories per serving if you serve right, which is way less than most typical dressings. I love it, and one package of taco seasoning and a pound of chicken can last a whole week. Or you can freeze the meat in single servings and microwave it to toss on a salad whenever you are in the mood.