A lot of people enjoy having a salad with their favorite toppings on it and salad dressing. I love to have hard boiled eggs on my salad with ranch dressing. Other people enjoy dried cranberries on their salad with raisins. Tired of the same toppings that you put on your salad and in the mood to try something different?
Check out these 10 Unusual Toppings For Salads
10. Frito Chips on Salad
I saw a friend sprinkle some frito chips on her salad. I was at first shocked that she did it. I thought that adding in frito chips on your salad was gross but then I tried it. Amazingly, the frito chips on the salad tasted great. I put a lot of cheese on my salad and then added in the chips right on top. We also added in kidney beans and black beans with the salad. The combination just works together perfectly. If you love frito’s then this is something that you should try one day on your salad. Recipe Link: mytexastoday.com
9. Chocolate Chips or Chocolate Vinaigrette on Salad
Looking for a way to sweeten up your salad? Try adding in some chocolate chips or either use a chocolate vinaigrette. If you decide to use the chocolate vinaigrette then I recommend adding in strawberries, mozzarella cheese and watercress to your salad. Chocolate chips can still taste great whenever you do use the chocolate vinaigrette. Chocolate lovers will be impressed with this salad.Recipe Link: hersheys.com
8. Use Salsa as the Salad Dressing
Tired of the normal type of salad dressings you put on every day salad? Have you ever tried putting salsa on your salad as the dressing? All that’s needed is avocado, red and green peppers, tomato and jalapeno peppers are optional with it but if you want your salad dressing to have some extra heat to it then this is the way to go. Just squeeze some lime juice on it for the dressing and you’ve got the perfect salsa salad dressing. Recipe link: allrecipes.com
7. Goldfish Crackers on Salad
If you’re having a party or might want to make the salad fun for kids then one topping that you can add on it could be goldfish crackers. You can crush them up and sprinkle them on or you can just leave them as it is and watch as the kids have a good laugh about it. One idea is just to have them in a bowl and let the kids put the goldfish crackers on by themselves. I find that ranch dressing taste great with goldfish crackers on salad.
6. Anchovies on Salad
I don’t like anchovies but some of my friends do and just recently one of them decided to try anchovies on their salad. It looked gross to me but my friend said that having anchovies on her salad was great. There are a lot of recipes available online to help you get some ideas as to what type of salad might be best if you would like to try this one. This is one salad I would be skipping since I don’t like anchovies.
5. Raw fennels mixed with celery or other toppings
There’s a variety of ways that you can use fennel on salad. You can mix fennel up with celery, or mix them with oranges and arugula. Fennels also taste good when mixed with tomatoes or even spinach. These are just a couple of the combinations that you can mix together when you add fennel in your salad. Fennel tends to be more popular during the summer time. Recipe link: simplyrecipes.com
4. Edamame on salad
If you’re looking for a unique salad or something that’s just different then check out edamame’s salad recipes. This is another type of salad that tends to be more popular during summer. Along with it you can add some dried basil and onions to it and really make the salad just taste great. I will warn you though, this will be either a salad that you either love or don’t like at all. Recipe Link: ambitiouskitchen.com
3. Raw pork mixed with apples on salad
Feeling adventurous? Do you like raw pork? If so, then you might want to mix together some raw pork and apples on your salad. Crumbled blue cheese taste very good with this type of salad. It does take around 45 minutes to make so it’s not one of those quick and easy salads that you can put together fast. However, if you’re a pork lover then this is something that you will love and won’t mind waiting for it. Recipe link: foodnetwork.com
2. Try Herring as a Topping
Herring on a salad tends to be more common in the Netherlands than anywhere else. In order to make salad with herring some of the other food combinations might sound odd with it as well but they just work together on a salad if you’re using herring. A couple of odd ingredients that might work with herring include tart apples or baby beets. It all depends on what recipe you’re using as to what ingredients might be needed for the herring salad.
1. Octopus on salad
If you enjoy having octopus then this is something that you might consider doing. Create an octopus salad. Some delicious ingredients that you can add with it include celery, clove garlic, lemons and red onions. Just like with the herring, the ingredients will change and vary depending on the type of recipe you end up using for it. In most cases a lot of the ingredients are optional so if you don’t like one that’s listed on the recipe for octopus salad then you can just remove it from the list. Recipe link: epicurious.com
Conclusion
These are just a few of the unusual toppings that you can find on salad. Whatever type of unusual topping you might end up finding on a salad, there’s sure to be some kind of recipe available for it online. You can impress your friends and family with serving them a salad that’s different and watch them actually enjoy eating something healthy just because it looks unusual.