I love a good meal salad!
Usually, I turn it into a tuna meal salad as that just matches well with most other ingredients that I love to add to my salad. I can not build a simple salad with 2 ingredients, no, when I prep one, it's a full meal salad and you won't be hungry afterwards so no snacking for you!
I never weigh the ingredients, I just make sure I have everything at home and add it on the fly when I start plating. There are a few ingredients that I really love adding and I'm also very fond of the bite that cashews have and sometimes walnuts (not today though). Another must-have for me in my salad is Lollo salad. I don't care if it's lollo rosso or lollo blanco, but the bite is what I'm looking for. All the other salad options are just not for me. They disappoint.
Luckily for me, our new grocery supplier has these salads fresh from the land and it's noticeable because it has been freshly stored in the fridge for a few days and not one brown spot to find which actually always happens when I buy a lollo rosso salad at lidl. I start to appreciate the suppliers that offer fresh goods more and more and I'm really glad we found one that actually has it all. I get inspired while adding groceries instead of thinking what the heck I can do for dinner today.
Today's salad was a win! Let's have a look at the ingredients.
The Ingredients
- Lollo salad
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Corn
- Cashew nuts
- Sunflower seeds
- Egg
- Shallots
- Tuna
- Capers
- Grated cheese
- Dried mango
Plating!
When we have a meal salad for dinner, I collect all the ingredients that could be added to the salad, if needed cut them, and we can both plate it as we wish. For example, my boyfriend really wants to eat feta on his salad which I always agreed to until recently when I started to dislike the taste for some reason.
I probably plate mine with a little more nuts and different proportions when you compare. I don't like tomatoes that much, so just a few cherry tomatoes cut in quarters are enough for me.
Personally, I need to have a boiled egg in my meal salad and this time I used shallots instead of normal onion.
This time we had tuna as the main ingredient. I only add about half of the can though, where my boyfriend usually loves a bit more tuna.
Don't forget to add some pepper and salt, and top it off with some grated cheese and capers.
The yellow parts are the dried mango and gosh, I have a new favourite ingredient for my salads from now on. Delicious! And you probably noticed that I didn't add dressing to my salad. That's correct, I rarely add anything as usually I enjoy the bite of the ingredients more this way. Tuna salad au natural. :)
And last but not least, lol, I had to share my daughter's "Salad" that contained 2 small leaves of lettuce as she just HATES it and I will spare the details on how our dinner goes if I force her. So I just try to add some nuts, tuna, egg instead:
Do you eat meal salads often? It's honestly my go-to if I need a boost eating more veggies and I truly enjoy trying to find the perfect ratio of the ingredients.
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This is so beautiful ... it's the mango for me that makes it pop!
I admit that the mango was a VERY good thing to add so deliciously! We don't buy them often now but I can totally see us buying them a lot more once in Spain as they probably have better quality fruit there compared to here. I started to absolutely enjoy mangos :)
That looks very appetizing, filling and satisfying. We do like to have salad as a meal as well. More in the summer than the winter. Nuts in a salad adds a nice layer of texture besides the good protein and fat. I am betting that tasted as good as it looks.
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I agree on the nuts btw, I always try to add some and try to change it up a bit between cashew (unsalted) or walnuts mostly.
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No problem! I understand that desire to have a cancel button. Pecans are my favorite in Chicken salad but I like walnuts alot too. Enjoy your day and thanks for the tip!
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Would love to try this recipe out what can I use in place of tuna, I'm based in Nigeria a country in the African continent. Love trying out new and simple but stunning recipes. And yours qualify for that.
You will have to try that yourself as I don't have any knowledge about the food in Nigeria, sorry. When I make a salad, I either use (canned) Tuna, grilled chicken or salmon. So maybe you can go for grilled chicken?
Okay
It looks great, fresh, and yummy 😍😋 Wanna try it someday. Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you! It's really good, so please do :)
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Oh yum! Everything in your salad sounds so tasty, and what a line up flavors! I am so intrigued, especially about trying mango on my next salad. I love raisins and dried cranberries on my salads, but I haven't tried mango yet, thanks for the idea!
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I like the dry mangoes on this and adding the egg gives me more ideas.
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Oh jeez, these made me really hungry :) I love how you make your variety of salads.
It looks healthy and delicious - easy to make too -hence perfect recipe.
yummmy yummy yummy this is beautiful and delicious and also attractive
Wow, that is a fancy tuna salad. I printed the recipe so I can try it soon. Thanks for sharing.