Everybody knows they should be eating more salad, yet few people actually make the leap. Instead of adding the word "salad" to things you'd rather be eating (pasta salad isn't salad, sadly), add things you'd rather be eating to your salad. To get you on the road to better, tastier salads, here are 10 genius salad hacks to make eating the green stuff easy and enjoyable.
1. Discover Salad Bowls
Salad bowls, falling somewhere between deconstructed salad and an array of healthy food, are all the rage these days. This tasty recipe features hearty add-ins like sweet potatoes and black beans, plus all the good stuff like avocados and corn.
Get the recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod.
2. Raw Kale Salad, Perfected
Raw kale makes for an incredibly nutritious salad, but it can also make for a lot of chewing. This massaged kale salad makes use of thin kale ribbons, and olive oil, lemon, and salt for a healthy salad that also tastes wonderful.
Get the recipe from Brooklyn Supper.
3. Know Your Lettuce
The key to keeping salad fun is variety, but there are so many options, it's tough to know where to start. This handy guide to salad greens will simplify things by showing you the right green for any salad.
Get the info from Oh My Veggies.
4. The Ultimate Salad Dressing
Skip the bottle filled with unpronounceable ingredients and make a jar of classic, creamy Caesar dressing in no time flat.
Get the recipe from The View From Great Island.
5. Make Beets the Easy Way
Beets, though irresistibly sweet and good for you, can be a total pain to prepare with all that peeling, plus stained fingers, clothes, and countertops. Happily, marinated beets are a cinch to make, and require very little in the way of futzing.
Get the recipe from Brooklyn Supper.
6. Fruity Salad Dressing for a Week
Making a salad you actually want to eat requires avoiding the same old, same old. Try making a week's worth of dressings at once. It's more efficient than making a new one every morning and it'll give lunch a novelty factor that will keep you out of a rut.
Get the recipe from The View From Great Island.
7. A Week of Healthy Salads
Be ready for anything (lunch-related) with this concise tutorial for making a week's worth of tasty salads packed into jars. Make lunch once and eat for a whole week!
Get the recipe from Simple Bites.
8. Get Out Your Peeler
Carrots are really crunchy, and cutting them thin enough to avoid the overwhelming crunch factor is tricky. Instead, bust out your peeler and make carrot ribbons! Pretty and tasty, you'll never go back to sticks again.
Get the recipe from Brooklyn Supper.
9. A Guide to Leafy Greens
Washing your leafy greens in advance leaves them ready and waiting for any late-breaking salad needs, but if you don't store them correctly, your greens won't keep. Follow these simple tips and make sure your leafy greens are ready when you are.
Get the how-to from The Lemon Bowl.
10. Bag It Up
Buying prewashed greens in a box or bag is costing you a pretty penny. Learn how to prep your own prewashed salad at home with this simple tutorial.
Get the how-to from Our Life Tastes Good.
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Elizabeth Stark is a food writer with a passion for seasonal food, great desserts, and inadvisable wine pairings. Read more on her blog, Brooklyn Supper.
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