Buffet Salad options..ideas please!

What about a fruit salad? that would be yummy! caesar is always good too.

We are having a garden salad, caesar salad, fruit salad, & some kind of broccoli and rice salad (yuck, but my dad got to pick this one).

Couscous salads are yummy too...and can be served cold.

How about a 7 layer salad. This is what FH really wants us to serve.

A garden salad is boring if you make it boring. My friends love my salad. I only have to say I'm making a dish that people typically serve salad with and they're in their car before I can hang up the phone. You could either mix it all up or just prepare the ingredients and let people add what they want. Sort of like a salad bar but if you don't have a lot of space you probably want to go ahead and mix it. And offer some interesting salad dressing choices. Here's what my salads typically consist of:

green leaf lettuce

romaine lettuce

cucumber

tomato

red onion

red bell pepper

yellow bell pepper

boiled egg

shredded cheese (4 cheese mexican blend)

strawberries

mandarin oranges

pineapple (sometimes)

Craisins

honey crusted pecans

You just have to make it pretty! Color is key

How about a bean salad?

I think we're having a fruit salad thingy for the gift opening/brunch the next day..

One of my favorite salads is:

mixed field greens

thin sliced red onion

sliced (in half) red grapes

candied walnuts

Craisins

goat cheese

Salad dressing: Rasberry Walnut Vingerette

I LOVE Raspberry Walnut, raspberry hazelnut and raspberry pecan. Yumm! Newman's creamy italian is also a favorite. It's hard to find though.

I didn't even know that they made a raspberry hazelnut OR pecan! See, why'd you have to get me started?

I currently have a hazelnut at home. It's very good. They're all very similar though. FH's current favorite is poppyseed. He's gotten to the point where he almost won't eat a salad at a restaurant b/c they don't have poppyseed lol.

Those are some good sounding salads!

Ladylee - I am hungry now!?!?! That salad sounds soooo good!

I went to a wedding that had a buffet style caesar salad with the dressing separate and it was fabulous! It was the best thing I remember about that wedding.

What about a tomato mozarella salad- simple, but a favorite at my house.

Thanks Brooklynne, that sounds yummy!

Just so everyone knows, I'm testing out the spicy asain noodle salad tonight, I'll let you all know how it turns out!