One student said, "I like to once a week cut and clean all the veggies and put them in either ziploc bags or containers so there ready to go in a sec." GREENS/FLOWERS arugula buttercrisp lettuce dandelion Dulse flakes (a dried seaweed) sprinkled on top flowers- borage, calendula, nasturtium, sorrell kale, russian lettuce,iceberg lettuce, red leaf lettuce. romaine mesculan greens nasturtium or dandelion leaves or leaf spicy greens from PC Market of Choice spinach mixed baby greens, especially from Farmer's Market VEGETABLES (some of these are technically fruits) alfalfa sprouts artichokes, marinated avocado beets, shredded or sliced, pickled or not broccoli, raw or cooked cabbage carrots, including baby carrots cauliflower chard celery corn, baby cucumbers garlic, sometimes soaked in the dressing for a couple of hours green beans grown in my yard and added raw greens, organic package of baby fresh greens and baby spinach from Earth Bound leftover cooked vegetables (like cold asparagus, broccoli or green beans) jicama mushrooms, raw or marinated onions, green and red peas, fresh or frozen peppers, green, red, yellow, orange, banana, jalapeno pepper (cut into small pieces) potatoes, cubed sweet take a baked potato and mash it open, put salad on top with dressing sprinkled over all pickles radishes including Takuan (salted radish) sprouts, bean, alfalfa tomatoes, grape, cherry, tomatillos zucchini very veggie salad blend of lettuce you can find at most grocery stores (contains lettuce, slivers of carrot, and sugar snap peas) HERBS/SEASONINGS basil, fresh cayenne pepper, pinch cilantro chives (picking them fresh and making them curl in water to decorate the top of the salad) dill ginger garlic, fresh clove Johnny's Salad Elegance seasoning Megan's Pantry "Everything Topper" Mrs. Dash oregano parsley, fresh pepper, fresh ground sorrel

FRUIT apples, including granny smith,dried apricots, dried berries, blue & black cherries, dried cranberres, dried figs grapes lemon zest mangos oranges incl. Mandarin, blood, clementine olives, green or black pears, Bartlette pineapple plums raisins, dark or yellow strawberries, fresh watermelon NUTS & SEEDS almonds, slivered , smoked, toasted cashews edamame, shelled hazelnuts nuts, glazed peanut butter peanuts pecans, plain or sugared pine nuts pepitas poppy seeds pumpkin seeds, raw soynuts sunflower seeds, roasted walnuts CHEESE american blue, crumbled Cotija cheese cottage cheese on side feta, crumbled goat cheese gorgonzola mozzarella, fresh mozzarella, shredded parmesan cheese-grated style, or fresh swiss cheese pepperjack MEAT, etc. bacon or "Baco"bits make a meal out of bag salads by adding hamburger, chips and cheese boca burgers, chopped crab, imitation or real chicken; cold garlic roasted with citrus fruits; chicken marinated in fresh lime juice and a little tequila chicken, left over or grilled or BBQ chickpeas (garbanzo beans) deer steak edamame, shelled egg- hard boiled & sliced, chopped or grated ham kidney beans or black beans left over porkchops, and steak salami salmon, shrimp, bay shrimp, or tuna tempeh, barbequed MISC. broken tortilla chips from the bottom of the bag Nacho cheese Doritos croutons noodles, crisp Chinese or leftover cooked noodles tortellini broken saltines garlic granules Ritz crackers, crumbled

DRESSING cranberry walnut and gorgonzola dressing from Trader Joe's Marie's poppyseed Papaya Seed Penut sauce Ginger Miso from Cafe Yumm, and Drews Peppercorn (can be used as a great marinade as well) Thousand Island Two dressings (Ranch/Thous) Goddess-type dressings Citrus Splash" (Wishbone brand?) Hidden Valley, Creamy Caesar Robusto Lite Raspberry Walnut vinaigrette in the chill case at Albertsons and Winco that tastes wonderful and makes a good marinade adding ginger to oil and vinegar type dressing tomato sauce on a spinach salad honey mustard or honey and Miracle Whip Sesame Ginger Organic (Chelten House) or Newmans Own light sesame ginger creamy-garlic dressing mayo (can add garlic powder, pepper, and whatever other spices are around that might make it tasty) Brianna's Honey Mustard dressing Kewpie Fukairi's Deep-Roasted Sesame Dressing mango sauce (sort of like apple sauce) at Trader Joes. Ranch (packets mixed with milk and mayo or non fat plain yogurt instead of mayo) Greggs ranch dressing from Costco homemade or other salsa pico de gallo blue cheese dressing Catalina Free, Fat Free Catalina French put the salad dressing on the side and dip your fork in the salad dressing and then eat the salad. creamy herb dressing (like green goddess dressing) dress it with olive oil, fresh lemon, ground black pepper and mixed seasoning lemon juice sesame ginger dressing olive oil and garlic for the dressing olive oil and Greek yogurt Kraft Free Zesty Italian Newman's balsamic vinaigrette or light vinaigrette vinegar- balsamic, rice or apple cider raspberry vinaigrette, creamy raspberry vinaigrette, or just raspberry vinegar mixed with olive oil mustard vinaigrette (just throw brown mustard, white wine vinager, some spices, and olive oil if you feel like it) miso based olive oil, lemon and wine vinegar Toby's feta dressing. a local product pineapple and lemon juice dressing poppyseed dressing miso dressing....with a touch of sesame oil, rice vinegar, olive oil & a touch of water sour cream coriander dressing that I make myself barbeque sauce orange juice and mustard vinaigrette lemon - oil based dressing that has celery seeds and a touch of dry mustard and garlic jalapeno ranch dressing or lite bleu cheese homemade salsa I then make up a dressing with a little light yogurt, a little melted mango sorbet, and some lemon juice. Mix that with some cinnamon, cardamom, and ginger. It is a really fresh tasting salad. Italian dressing from Olive Garden Annie's Shitake and Sesame Vinagrette mix basic salad dressings, like a little each of ranch, blue cheese, catalina and italian. mix fish sauce, chili, fresh lime juice, and sugar COMBINATIONS spinach, strawberries, red onion, toasted almonds and cucumbers with a lemony vinegar dressing Mixed greens with the typical cucumber, tomato, carrots, etc. The more the better. Mix together 2 parts seasoned rice vinegar to one part oil. Add salad supreme (lauries I think) dill, salt and pepper, parmesan, garlic, and any of your favorites. Toss with the salad. You can add chicken too. My family eats this alot in the summer with bread as a side dish. two tablespoons apple jelly mixed with 1 tbsp of rice vinegar. put in micro to melt together. put fresh spinach in a bowl and cover with bite size granny smith apple and then the dressing. Kids love it! "when I am traveling somewhere or want a health meal on the go I absolutely love preparing a salad as usual in a bowl with all my fixings and then just putting it in a spinach tortilla. A wrap basically. But I have all the wonderful varieties of a yummy salad all wrapped up in a nice portable tortilla." Bartlette pears and a lite ceasar (and seriously, go EASY on the dressing too much will be too viniagary) do something wonderful when they mix in a green salad, along with purple grapes and grape tomatoes. A WORD of ADVICE: Regular ol' ranch dressing is not so good on fruits. I suggest a viniagrette, one that looks like its mostly oil. Another good green salad mix combo is raspberry vinagrette, strawberries/blackberries, fresh green beans and pecans/walnuts, just remember: ALWAYS start off easy when trying new dressings, you can always add more as needed. : ) I love adding fruits to my salad! Apples and gorgonzola cheese are a match made in heaven. I slice up any fruit we have such as apples, and strawberrys. I put them in the fridge with some lemon juice and sometimes some white wine and homemade dressing. Our favorite kind of salad is taco salad, which we usually make from the leftover taco meat. We add kidney beans to the taco meat to season the beans, some mexican cheese, olives, tomatoes, then we mix it up with catalina dressing and then put some crushed up doritos on top with a dollop of sour cream. We also like to make taco salad with left over veggie meat and a few corn tortilla shells. We like to add multiple types of lettuce, tomato, green onion, olives, and black plus kidney beans. We then put this over a small baked potato. It is a great way to get in a variety of foods and it taste great. I like it with a little ranch or sour cream on top. I also like to cut up old bread, drizzle it with olive oil and a few herbs and put it in the toaster oven to make homeade croutons. Our favorite way to make a salad is to make sure we have at least 7 different veggies in there. Most of the time it is the same recipe; Romain lettuce, cherry tomato's, pickled beats, carrots, pea pods, cucumbers, and radishes. Sometimes we switch the beats out with broccoli but it just depends on our mood. We also throw in either turkey or chicken breast. I like dill pickles in my salads with ranch but if I use italian I use lots of tomatoes. Poppy-seed dressing with honey-glazed almonds, pineapple and avocado is delicious. One student said "Best salads in town are at Turtles" (corner of 27th St. and Willamette St. in Eugene; 2690 Willamette ) Another said- "Olive Garden has a great salad- I think it's their dressing that makes it so good." "I love the oriental salad as well from Applebees." "Wendys had a salad with mandarin oranges and that was delicious."