Spoon salad

Hearty, healthy, and utterly delicious, the Jennifer Aniston bulgar wheat (or quinoa) salad recipe will be there for you when you need a satisfying lunch or dinner!

What are spoon salads? Salads in which the ingredients are small enough or chopped into bitsy, easily scoopable pieces so they can be swept up effortlessly by your spoon. No more stabbing large lettuce leaves with a fork, hoping they don’t fall off and leave a trail of dressing. And while many salads with delicate greens will quickly wilt, spoon salads are often made with heartier ingredients, making them great for meal prep.

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This chopped broccoli and chickpea salad has crisp, crunchy veggies, and it's packed with plant-based protein to satisfy your hunger!

When Paul Newman and Michel Nischan opened their Westport, Connecticut, restaurant Dressing Room, Paul's request was that the menu always include a chopped salad that you could eat with a spoon. This chopped salad recipe is full of great flavors, colors and textures, featuring celery, carrots, red pepper, apple, cucumber, greens, cabbage, goat cheese and almonds. This is great for any holiday meal: you can let it stand and it stays crisp.

Fresh sweet corn and crunchy cucumbers with the lively taste of basil and chives and just a touch of mayo makes for the perfect summer salad that everyone will love! It's so easy to toss together too. Click here for the recipe.

A very delicious and satisfying Italian Chopped Salad! We always say we love a great entree salad and this is certainly up there as one of our favorites! It has so many delicious little bits tucked away between the shredded romaine and radicchio. We promise there's nothing boring and bland about this salad!

This broccoli crunch salad is full of veggies, nuts, craisins, and tossed in a homemade vinaigrette. It’s also dairy free, gluten free, and vegan friendly.

Pizza night is a much anticipated event in our family. Typically a weekly affair, everyone looks forward to chowing down on their favorite pies: usually something a little spicy for Tobin and myself, but for my pizza purist sons it's just plain old cheese. Sure, we all get really excited for the 'za, but I get equally pumped for the big, crisp salad that always accompanies! Not just any old salad will do- it's gotta be crunchy, cold and colorful to balance the cheesy, carby main course. This…