12 Simple, Delicious Salads to Bring to Work

Pear, quinoa, walnuts, chickpeas, and spinach leaves

I've made the same salad, or slight variation thereof, for about 90% of the days I've worked over the past three years: Spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes, shredded mozzarella cheese with a balsamic dressing. Usually I'll add a healthy fat like nuts or avocado on top. Sometimes I'd sprinkle in dried cranberries or another fruit. Occasionally I'd switch the mozzarella to feta. Other than that, I was in desperate need of a salad intervention.

Taking inspiration from my Quick & Easy Food Ideas Pinterest board, I gathered together a top twelve list of simple-enough salads I can easily make for work over the next month to get out of my rut. Having a wide variety of salads to choose from that shared similar ingredients is ideal for me to try different things without having an extensive food inventory. I used this blog as my shopping list for the week:

Cucumber & avocado caprese salad

Pear, pomegranate, cilantro, onion, lime salsa

Pears, cranberries, feta, walnuts, romaine, balsamic dressing

Apple, cranberry, walnut, feta, spinach, honey dressing

Pomegranate, cranberry, walnut, goat cheese, mixed greens with balsamic & olive oil

Shaved Brussels sprouts, cranberries, avocado, Parmesan, mixed greens, lemon vinaigrette

Cucumber & feta salad

Chicken, tomatoes, feta, mixed greens

Jicama, citrus, pomegranate, watercress

Strawberry, avocado, shaved almonds, kiwi with honey-lime-yogurt dressing