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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The La Scala Salad, famous for its balance of flavors and finely chopped ingredients, is packed with garbanzo beans, cheese, and salami in a tangy mustard vinaigrette.

This Asian inspired cucumber avocado salad is full of crisp cucumbers, creamy avocado, edamame, and a flavorful sweet and spicy sesame vinaigrette. It's full of protein and healthy fats and a great side dish to

This salad puts all the best textures on a spoon: crisp, raw broccoli; chewy, sticky dates; and crunchy toasted pistachios. The ras-el-hanout, a Moroccan spice blend featuring aromatic and warm spices, adds a smoky depth to the bright citrusy dressing, which soaks into the broccoli as it sits. Don’t have ras-el-hanout? Garam masala, baharat, or curry powder will also work. And if you’re a meal prepper, this is a great make-ahead salad—it only gets better with a little time.

This pizza night salad is the perfect side to go with a pizza dinner. Finely chopped romaine, radicchio, cucumber, tomato, red onion, chickpeas, sun dried tomatoes, olives, and pepperoncini peppers are bathed in a robust red wine vinegar and thyme dressing. Ready in 30 minutes!

The LA Chop! The best crunchy rainbow salad with all the flavors, colors, and textures of summer. All tossed with a punchy lemon vinaigrette! From the What's Gaby Cooking Eat What You Want cookbook.

This easy chopped salad fits loads of texture and flavor onto a spoon by combining finely chopped raw broccoli with chewy dried cranberries, crunchy pecans, fluffy quinoa and chunks of sharp Cheddar cheese. The mixture is tossed in a punchy mustard vinaigrette that soaks into the florets, only getting better as it sits. Feel free to substitute the quinoa for any grain, like brown rice, farro or buckwheat groats, though the cook time may vary.