Simple Garden Salad recipe is an excellent way to use fresh vegetables from the garden or from a store. It takes only 10 minutes to put together and can be a healthy alternative during meals.
This week, I have been making Summer salads that are loved by my family, especially my boys. I am very thankful that I don't have to struggle to make my boys eat their vegetables.
In fact, my problem is the other way and I have to remind them to leave the vegetables aside for a while and eat some Carbs. One of their ever favorite way to eat their vegetables is this Simple Garden Salad.
Why make this salad?
I have made several salads in the past like this French green lentil salad which is high in protein or this simple buttered corn salad which is great as a snack. In spite of making salads routinely at home, I still find my boys always enjoying the simple garden salad that they serve as a side in many restaurants.
They really enjoy the salad bar in pizza hut or CiCi's pizza and that is what gave me the idea to blog about this simple salad.
This is basically just a toss-everything-together salad. Many times use just the store-bought salad dressings or sometimes make my own. If you are looking to make some simple salad dressing, try this red wine vinaigrette or this Tahini vinaigrette.
This is a great salad for summer as it involves no cooking. Use a bag of basic salad with lettuce, carrot, and cabbage, or shred your own. Add in the rest of the assorted vegetables that you are using and top with croutons and cheese.
If you are looking for more creative ideas to dress/top your salad, then take a look at this amazing salad toppings list to find your favorite.
If you are looking for more salad recipes
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - none
Difficulty level - Easy
Ingredients to make Simple Garden Salad - Serves 4
- Lettuce or basic salad mix - 4 cups
- Red onion - ¼ cup (thinly sliced)
- Cucumber - 15 thin slices
- Cherry tomatoes - 15
- Croutons - few
- Salad dressing - as per your taste
Procedure to make Simple Garden Salad -
- If starting with a whole head of lettuce, shred them into bite-size pieces. I used a bag of chopped salad, that had a mix of lettuce, carrot, and purple cabbage.
- Measure out about 4 cups of the lettuce mix into a large bowl.
- Add the rest of the vegetables to the mix. You could also use broccoli, and bell pepper along with cucumbers and tomatoes.
- Add your choice of salad dressing and mix well. I used store-bought creamy Vidalia onion dressing this time.
- Top with croutons and serve immediately. I also add shredded cheese at times.
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Recipe
Simple Garden Salad Recipe
Equipment
- bowl
- Spoon
Ingredients
- 4 cups Lettuce or basic salad mix
- ¼ cup Red onion thinly sliced
- 15 thin slices Cucumber
- 15 Cherry tomatoes
- few Croutons
- Salad dressing as per your taste
Instructions
- If starting with a whole head of lettuce, shred them into bite size pieces. I used a bag of chopped salad, that had a mix of lettuce, carrot and purple cabbage.
- Measure out about 4 cups of the lettuce mix into a large bowl.
- Add the rest of the vegetables to the mix. You could also use broccoli, bell pepper along with cucumbers and tomatoes.
- Add your choice of salad dressing and mix well. I used store bought creamy Vidalia onion dressing this time.
- Top with croutons and serve immediately. I also add shredded cheese at times.
preeti garg says
Wow.. amazing crunchy and healthy salad recipe for everyone.
Sowmya says
That's such a colourful and fresh salad. Looks so beautiful and delicious!
chef Mireille says
this basic salad is great to compliment any meal - all except for the raw onions 😉
Renu says
Such colorful and crunchy salad and such vibrant pics. Awesome
Mayuri Patel says
A simple and crunchy salad. Haven't had croutons in a salad for a while now.
Gayathri Kumar says
Love the simple salad to the core. You should feel extremely lucky for your boys to love salad. I find it really hard to make my daughter eat salad..
sapana says
Croutons must give a nice crunch to this salad. Simple yet very nice and filling salad.
Priya Suresh says
Nothing can beat this sort of simple salads, i love adding croutons in my salads as well. They brings the crusty texture to these sort of salads. Lovely summer friendly salad there.
harini says
Love this simple no frills salad.
Ritu Tangri says
This is how we can turn our everyday salad delicious... Just the addition of some dressing and a marked change in taste. Liked your salad series Sandhya
Nalini says
Simple yet colorful and easy to make salad.Enjoyed your salad series..
Srivalli says
This is a fantastic salad Sandhya and you have a good problem on hand and you shouldn't be worrying. Since I am not a big fan of salads myself, I don't find it surprising that my kids are not big into veggies. However, I so enjoyed all your salads this week and you showed how easily we can get the simple ones out. Will surely recreate these in my kitchen!