How I (accidentally) fell in love with SALAD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
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In this video, I’m sharing how I went from a salad hater to a full-fledged salad person, including all the tips and tricks I learned along the way to make salads delicious, satisfying, and even exciting.
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🔑 Key Moments:
00:00 I used to dread salad
00:10 How I changed my approach
00:39 Quick sidebar: say no to diet culture
00:58 The life-changing magic of homemade dressing
02:49 Think outside the (lettuce) box
04:14 Texture is EVERYTHING
06:26 Salads can (and should) be meals
07:47 Seasonal produce will elevate your salad
08:59 Make it FUN
10:41 How to use this information
12:43 Use MEAL PLANNING
14:08 A little MEAL PREP goes a long way
15:38 Don't forget, limited time promo!
Hi, friends! As you can probably tell from the video, I’m super passionate about making (and eating!) incredible salads. If you want to snag the the eBook mentioned in the video, head over to rainbowplantlife.com/salad (and use code TH-cam to get 50% off)!
I was raised on heavy vegetables, but *You were the one years ago, who taught me about "layering" salads with crunch, smooth sweet or whatever..I could eat salad all day if good dressing...I am suuuper picky about dressing, thanks for the recipes.. 🥕🥬🥬🥗🥗
Great book, Nisa! Do you offer the option to pay for the ebook with PayPal? I don’t enter my credit card information online for security reasons (past theft of my cc #). Thanks, R ☘️
50% off what?? Couldn’t find a price on the link, and second the comment about not giving my cc info online. What about PayPal, at least once I know the price of course…
@@leapintothewild_original I scrolled all the way to the end; price is $12 before the 50% off.
Thank you so much! I just got it!
Went I went vegan, I went giant salad vegan. I stopped wasting and throwing out veg, to using and buying lots of veg. My salads are for dinner and include beans, seeds, avocados, seaweed, nutritional yeast and many types of veg. Nothing gets tossed out.
@@javadivawithdog You can use it in the dressing to flavor it, or just sprinkle a good amount on top, which is my preferred way
I also like stuff in salads that other people cook... as long as one has good teeth... e.g. good, fresh fennel, diced, is a nice addition to salad, actually it tastes much nicer raw than cooked, to me anyway. Really good quality olives, without much salt or additives, and naturally ripened, are also a nice addition.
And I never do "dressing", it's a waste of time for me... also I don't want to make things more acidic unnecessarily.
I might add a bit of a good olive oil.
@@javadivawithdogit's also nice to 'dip' slices of cucumber and bell pepper in nutrional yeast 😋
@@javadivawithdog You can sprinkle it right on the salad greens. I do and its delicious. You can also add it to the dressing.
@@bearclaire Oh my lord. I know what my snack today is going to be. Thank you!
Salad temperature also is a thing. Some people hate them chilled or just cold. Either let it warm up to room temp or add hot ingredients and mix. ❤
Also: bite-size. Do whatever you love, you don't have to chew on large leaves.
I hadn't thought about that! Thanks!
I love that you're learning your followers really how to cook, instead of only specific recipes. So helpful and unique 😄👏💫
I'm delighted you love that! I'm so passionate about teaching my audience how to cook vegan food, so that means a lot to me!
@@RainbowPlantLifeNisha, have you heard of the Frenc h term Misen En Place? It means everything in it’s place. It would be so helpful if you have a system of storage that you could make a video. How you set up your kitchen.
Please.
You know its a Dutchie when they say "learning your followers"
@@She-Ra-db7eg aah hahahaha true 😂
I worked at a great farm to table restaurant. Her salads were epic. She added different lettuces, cabbages, and fresh herbs. Most had two dressings, and crunchy seasoned nuts, dried fruits, cornbread croutons on some of them , beans. They were all so good and in the spring we had sunflower sprouts instead of regular sprouts an amazing flavor.
OMG that sounds heavenly! I love salad (it's my favorite food) and you're making my mouth water.
This is, easily, one of the most inspiring and immediately useful vids I've watched in a VERY long time. It will be immensely helpful as I continue to lose weight (49.1lbs so far) and become what I call, vibrantly vigorous health. Best tip: take the time to make your own dressing. Lately I've combined a spoonful of tahini with chili-spiced hummus and avocado. Y.U.M. Thank you, so much, for this vid!
Ty so much Nisha
Cheering you on! ❣
The intro of the video already had everything great. Sarcastic salad eating, fun office reference and a stance against diet culture. Love it and I'm also a salad person now. Restaurant salads usually make me sad with how uncreative they are. Better make my own. Thanks for the inspiration!
“Crunchy goodies” is my favourite food label, lol. Thank you SO MUCH for this video! You must’ve heard my soul crying out for salad. It’s the one thing I’m, sadly, not imaginative with.
@@javadivawithdogno cheese
@@javadivawithdog oh OK
Thank you! This video couldn't have been more timely. I've been trying to get more veggies into my diet, but I've always thought I hated salads. Turns out, I hate monotonous salads!
just bought your ebook! I hate vegetables but I just turned 30 and need to become a salad tolerater! Hopefully, one day I will graduate to a salad person. I did not know how to cook at all and started watching your videos in 2020 (and bought your instantpot cookbook!). After 2 years of watching (and mentally preparing haha), I finally got started and have been cooking your delicious recipes exclusively (I may or may not exclude a vegetable or two or three). I'm happy to support you! Because I'm supporting my health and the animals!
I think I just had this epiphany that salads don't have to be strictly a certain type- that you can do whatever you want with the flavors you want to include. Thank you for the e-book, I can't wait to explore what other possibilities I can create with salads!
THIS! I am obsessed with the variety of salads you can dream up and make. I hope the ebook will spark your creativity even more!
Just purchased your e-book. While I already consider myself a salad person, I'm always looking for new recipes especially in the winter when salads are a hard sell to my family. Thank you so much!
Hey Melanie, thanks so much for your support and so glad you’re excited to try some new salads for you and your family!.
Just got the ebook. Nisha please consider authoring a full salads only and soups only recipes books. You make it so much fun to make salads. I was one of those people who thought salads were boring made from some sad looking, sometimes wilted greens. I totally changed my opinion after seeing your videos on youtube....the one about three salads with three different salad dressings. I sincerely hope you will author salad and soups books🤞🏽🤞🏽
Thank you for making me a salad convert🙏🏽
I have been in love with salads for a while too. This week I had an Italian style chopped salad with fresh basil, pepperoncini, sun dried tomatoes and roasted chick peas. I got some new tips from this video. I have a big bag of dates right now. Thank you very much !
Your salad sounds devine! 🥗
Reading about all these delicious salads people are enjoying makes me envious but also is making me drool.
I love all these suggestions and find that some kind of creamy dressing is what really makes my salad satisfying. I make my own with either cashews, tahini, peanut butter, walnut, pumpkin seeds or avocado. Any seed or nut butter blended up with other ingredients for a balance of tangy, creamy, sweet, salty, aromatic and spicy if desired. ✌🏻💚
This video is everything! I’m trying to have a raw meal a day. Salads is where it’s at! I’ve been doing a lot of your suggestions, and I can’t wait to try the suggestions that I’ve not thought of yet.
I’ve been following you for years. Thank you for developing delicious and not diet culture recipes and content! ❤
I love adding marinated baked tofu to my salads. I make a "bacon" flavored marinade for it and it's amazing. Makes me eager to eat my salad. Agree 100% with all the recommendations - texture, color, flavor are all key. Also, try adding pickled red onion to your salad. Flavor bomb. And I have a pre-made seed-mix that I sprinkle on all my salads: hemp, sunflower, chia, sesame, flax, pumpkin.
Please what is in your "bacon" flavor marinade?
I'd love to know that marinade recipe, too, please!
that sounds amazing do you have a recipe for the marinade?
Ok, just hand over the marinade recipe and nobody gets hurt........please......😍
Following and waiting!
Just purchased the book and already planning to prep some of the crunchy toppers from the book. I used to love salads when I was a kid. My family made our own ranch dressing and we used veggies from the garden. I think I fell into the diet culture boring salads as an adult and lost interest in them or was afraid of eating ones that had "too many calories" if it looked good. Meal planning for next week and will incorporate two days for salads :)
How fun that you had a home garden to grow veggies as a kid! And I’m delighted you’re excited to prep some stuff for salads this week, but even happier that you’ve found a way out of diet culture 👏🏽
I love your disclaimer at the beginning! Made the broccoli salad twice already the past few weeks and both times I was amazed by how great it is, especially the dressing :) It is really fun to cook something delicious where you truly experience that every flavor profile is accounted for. Greetings from Germany!
Hi, I'm not vegan nor vegetarian but I am really enjoying your channel. I have already tried a few of your recipes and thoroughly enjoyed them ( especially your spicy tofu ). Just bought the salad guide as I'm getting stuck in a rut with them and just love the ideas you have introduced in the video, looking forward to trying some of the textures you suggested. Thanks for the inspiration, love the style of your channel.
Thankyou for this, I am in my element making soups, stews etc. but when it comes to salads the brakes go on! I find the dressings intimidating and am just not real creative in this realm. Being single doesn't help either as salad fixings can go bad quickly and hard to use them up without eating the same thing everyday. I'm not big on ebooks, prefer paper but appreciate all the tips in your videos.
Thank you for this video and your e-book! Your videos have really helped me eat more whole foods and prep so I dont get take out
I actually watching this video while eating a salat for dinner, because I'm already a salad person 😂🙈 and my salad fulfills almost most of your tips👍😊
I developed an allergy to lettuce last year. It's been a real struggle! I've found outbrecently though that i can seemingly eat all chicory plants without issue! I've found arugula, shaved brussel sprouts and curly endive to make a yummy green salad mix for me.
Yikes to having a lettuce allergy! 😮 Could you be sensitive to pesticides often used on non-organic lettuce? It may be worth checking into with your MD and/or allergist so you can enjoy all your favorites. 🥬
@@ReillyWilde The first lettuce I reacted to I had grown myself in nothing but soil. I'm allergic to many things. I see an allergist 2x a week for shots.
@@heatherkaye8653 Wishing you best health & delicious veg always. 🌱
Massaged Kale salad is also good
the ebook looks so nice!!! I can't wait to get into it. your channel has inspired me a lot this year and brought some joy back into cooking for me. thank you nisa!!
Just bought the e-book! So happy to get a chance to support one of my favorite youtubers while getting a chance to make my life better (tastier!). I love salads too but have never been able to master the art of making them at home. I made a promise to myself to try all the recipes in your book.
You’re amazing, thank you for all these videos! I definitely get a little intimidated by the prep necessary for salads and this video helped alleviate that and inspire me to become more of a salad person 🥗
Already a salad person but getting the book for my friends😊🥗 Thanks always for the amount of info you pack into each video❤ There’s always something new that gives me inspiration✨
I too have become a big salad fan recently... it's so easy, throw items in bowl, apply dressing, eat. And it's useful for work when I am on the go and don't have a microwave available for leftovers and such.
I love these tips! The last one is so important; prepping in advance is key to increase the chances of having a salad during the week.
The ebook is very well done; thank you for sharing! ❤
Bought your e-book yesterday and am blown away with the quality of this beautiful guide. Also, so appreciate the price. An amazing value!!! Thank you.
Just purchased the ebook. I've never been a great maker of salads in the past (thinking about all of the different ingredients is a stumbling block for me). So, I've steered away from all but the very basic ones. My salads were nothing to write home about. I'm hoping your ebook will finally get me over the hump so I can start enjoying them from now on.
Thank you. I've been meaning to put together something like this to share with my friends (followers). Thanks Nisha. I downloaded it already and It looks great. Thanks for the inspiration to make great salads! 🤗
Thank you so much for this video and ebook. It's exactly what I needed. I've been wanting to incorporate more salads and your guide is perfect! Can't wait to prep on Sunday's so I'll have great salads to put together throughout the week.
Thank you! It is easy to fall into a pattern with salads that becomes boring. This is a great refresher on making them fun again. We belong to a CSA, and receive amazing fresh produce every week. It is a great way to try new things that we would not have normally bought at the farmer's market.
My mom would make a hot bacon dressing and red leaf lettuce (grown in our garden). Now I put chili and other hot ingredients over my lettuce in a bowl. It’s a taste delight in every bite. Thanks for all the tips.
Sold! Just ordered your guide. I love salads, but I don’t make them often enough. Your tips are brilliant and I plan to up my salad game!
Thank you for this video...I love salad but I now realize how limited I have been...this ebook and your video have inspired me.....thanks again!
Love this video, had a great time watching it!! Thank you for sharing. I always struggle to make salads that I really enjoy. Love your approach here
Loved this vid :) You always give me such great inspiration, thank you x
Thank you for this fun salad ideas book. I love salads and eat them often so it’s nice to have some extra inspiration in the kitchen. I love your channel and always enjoy any recipe of yours that I make. As I said before, you’re the best!
Thanks Nisha for all your hard work. And especially your tips on how to meal prep. Just ordered the e-book.
Hello there ! I just bought your salad ebook, and i read through it and i'm already looking forward to try them all ! I'm french, and the ebook shape works so well for me as i sometimes need to translate some product names ! The promo code was a plus of couse, but your concept of "blocs" paired with the salad is really motivating ! Eventhough we have great food here, it is a bit more delicate when it comes to vegan food as i'm in a country of butter/cream/cheese/milk LOVERS. Moreover, "blocs strategy" enables swaps and local adjustements. i'm still new to the vegan world : i have a vegan mom, but i'm more of a flexitarian person, willing to go on the vegan side as much as possible while living with a non-vegan boyfriend, and, once more, "bloc strategy" is amazing for that too. Soooo thank you very much for your work, passion and positive energy :D It's amazingly enjoyable ! :D
This video/ ebook came at a perfect time. We’ve been eating hearty salads as meals for only a few days with the intention to make it most dinners. I couldn’t believe that you put out this video and ebook! Just purchased it, looking forward to diving into it!
Thank you! really good ideas for salads
This video is super inspiring. I have made very few salads at home, though I've enjoyed them in restaurants. The cookbook looks fantastic!
Getting away from lettuce is really key. Salad has been my fav since I was young, but that was probably because I was eating salads that aren't full of lettuce, like horiatiki salad.
I'm allergic to lettuce and love arugula, curly endive, and shaved brussel sprouts together. They are my favorite go to salad mix
I just ordered. I’ve been looking for this kind of guide, especially for salad dressings. I’m going plant based and this will help tremendously! Thank you!
Love your channel and I’m happy to support you in any way I can! Just bought the EBook!
I love salads - this video just increased my love for them. Thank you! ❤️(Your video popped up on my recommendations.)
Just purchased your ebook! As I'm currently studying to become a chef (switched career paths just like you did!😁) I think this will definitely help me to make better salads! Thank you!
Thanks for another great video. I just ordered the ebook. I’ve been making my own salad dressing for awhile now (store bought dressings make my tongue blister) but I love all the ideas you give for variety. I’m looking forward to tomatoes from my garden to use, hopefully soon.
Just purchased your salad guide. Thanks for sharing such well presented information.
So many great tips. Excited to make some great salads in the coming weeks!
I am loving this video and all the tips.. And the dramatic reenactment 😂😂Thank you, doll as always for all the gems you drop❤
I just purchased your e-book. I love your recipes and now I don’t have to print the salad recipes. You make cooking fun!!
Thank you for this video, have just downloaded and scanned through your e-book, really useful.
Ever since I started making my own salads 60+ years ago in my late teens, I've always made my own dressings, never from a recipe. The only drawback was/is that I've always liked them so much that my salads tend to be dressing-logged, well so my friends complain. Think I'll surprise them and use some of your dressing recipes.
This is good timing as we're now heading into spring which is mega salad time for me.
This is so much great information, and the price is amazing! Thank you for putting all of this in one easy to access location ❤
Same here. I really find your videos useful!
Damn! What a valuable and informative dissertation on salad! Running to get ingredients 🏃🏾♂️💨
Just got your e book, so excited to try the dressings!!
Big salad bowls with a variety of textures and flavors for the win!
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Thank you. Your meal prep video helped me on the path to totally revamping my diet and I feel like this is gonna catapult me to the next level!
Thanks for the salad guide, Nisha! I have recently become more interested in eating more salads and this video + the ebook are very timely and helpful. :-)
You are absolutely fabulous. I’m so happy I ran into your channel.
This video is so great! Thank you for all the tips! I just whipped myself up a salad for lunch using your tahini dressing recipe and paired it with red butter lettuce and little gem, cucumbers and red peppers from my garden, sun-dried tomatoes (the chewiness from these is a game changer!), falafel from Trader Joe's, and some za'atar sprinkled over the whole thing. I've been in a food rut for over a year now and your videos are helping me get re-inspired and getting back into healthy eating habits.
Appreciate this video so much I bought the ebook. Thank you for the quality content!
Just bought the ebook and I am so excited for my next salads! Thank you 💚
Just ordered! Thank you! I need all the help I can get with salads 🥗
I could watch your videos all day, it's so refreshing and fun, pun intended XD. Thank you so much for thisss
🥰 I’m honored! And bring on all the puns!
Thanks for this video and guide. It is exactly what I need at this exact moment.
Thanks for these great tips, love your videos- the toasted quinoa has changed my life!🤩🙏
Just bought your book! I’m looking forward to making my own dressings and being more creative. I just retired and I plan on spending more time in my kitchen. Your book is just what I needed to give me a jump start. The ebook price was amazing! Ty💕
Thanks so much. I bought your book, and so far, loving it.
BRILLIANT video, so, so inspiring and just what I needed right now! Thank you.. ❤
Well I’m so excited to try these salads!! I’m definitely a salad person and I’m so inspired by these tips!
I love these ideas. Thank you!
So thrilled about your ebook! I'd love to see more of these template-style books. You are without a doubt my go-to person for recipes and watching your channel has helped me become such a better cook. Thank you!
Aww I'm so glad to hear that, thank you! 🤗
Great content....I will keep this video close to my heart and my kitchen......SAlads for me are one of the most satisfying gastronomic experience....exactly how you recomend to do it. Thank you so much!
This is a very helpful video. Thank you so much!!!! 🥗💞
Bought your e-book and it’s GREAT - just what I wanted & needed! ❤
Thank you for your support and I’m so pleased it’s what you wanted!
I like the level of depth you went into in this video
Just bought your ebook! Thank you so much! ❤
Nisha, fhank you so much for making such helpful and beautiful videos ❤
also, that thumbnail is really cute haha
Thank you for this! I love salad but I run out of ideas and get bored easily. I'm trying to raise my kiddos with a love for all kinds of food and teaching them that veg can be so delicious if used the right way! Appreciate the ebook! Excited to dive in!
That's a very comprehensive guide. Thank you. I tend to stick to the same salad components, but switch the green base and bean variety. Sometimes I'll add things that need to be used up, but I don't overcomplicate it or try to make them too fancy.
I love this channel you’re a genius!! 💕💕
Excellent video❤thank you!
Thank you for your work, knowledge and good energy dear Nisha! ♡ I'm a salad lover too, but was missing out on the part of doing my owm dressing (a little afraid jeje) but definitely giving it a go now with the ebook, infinite thanks.
I’m not vegan, but my husband and I eat salads 5 days per week for lunch. Our salads typically are: red cabbage, spinach, kale, carrots, cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, pistachios, black beans, hemp hearts, olives, olive oil, aged (thick!) balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and turmeric powder. We do mix it up, and he sometimes has lunch meat on his. Or we’ll add avocado. Or a different green. I love them and look forward to them so much!
Wow this is amazing content. I just bought the eBook, which costs about only a cup of coffee. So worth it. Nisha, I’m looking forward to your next cookbook!
Awesome! I’m excited about the salad ebook. I love salads but mine are always either the same or just blah.
I put potato chips and pretzels as croutons in my salad. Sooo good😻
I love all your great tips and definitely need to incorporate more of the grains into my salad. I eat a very large salad everyday as one of my main meals. I always add thinly sliced cabbage for crunch, and I’ll grate fresh broccoli, cut carrots, and always make my own dressing. Sometimes I simply add the dressing ingredients into the salad then toss. Today I did mix a tahini dressing. But one favorite is after adding spices like salt, crushed red pepper and garlic, I sprinkle on Parmesan cheese, then drizzle maple syrup and balsamic vinegar and toss. The Parm with the maple syrup is so good, it’s one of my regular dressings. I like adding crispy tofu or chickpeas, and will even toss in some pasta. I’m not crazy about quinoa but like the idea of roasting it for salads. I’ve just started using farro beans but only to grind to make a pizza crust, I haven’t cooked it as a bean, I need to know how best to cook those and prepare. I’m definitely going to check your salad ebook. Thank you 🌟
Thank you so much! I have my own garden out back and I STILL need some inspiration! :)
Great video. I actually want to try these things. Exactly what I needed. Getting the guide. Where are the soup and curry books👀❤️
Vegan for almost 3 years now and learned a lot from your channel, thank you so much.
Nisha I love your channel so much ❤ just bought the book ur amazing xx
One of my favorite [first} lessons to start LOVING my salads was to chop chop chop my greens and all other ingredients. My husband accuses me of needing a spoon to eat it. 😋 But I am getting MORE nutrients by getting MORE healthy goodies.
I'm vegan but I literally never eat salads. Mainly I eat soups to avoid cooking oils. Basically make vegetable soups w/ kale, lentils, arugula, corn, celery, onion, tomatoes, carrots, etc....I like the taste of some vegetables that I dislike like for example celery in the soup form weirdly enough...Though I do want to try a salad w/ chickpeas that sounds good...Considering I only eat chickpeas in the form of hummus...This video is high quality production and information...great vid