![]() Other great contenders are green or napa cabbage, baby corn, water chestnuts, edamame (which I added when these photos were redone in 2019) and blanched snow peas. I went with bell pepper strips, cucumber, shredded cabbage, a little thinly sliced red onion. Use sturdy romaine as a base and then just add in the vegetables that you love. One of the beautiful things about making your own salads (besides saving a lot of money) is that you can easily customize them however you’d like. Grilled Sesame Chicken Salad Making Grilled Sesame Chicken Salad: ![]() And that’s a shame because although lettuce has fiber and very few calories, it just doesn’t have much in the way of nutrition. I’ll say this, neither of those salads was loaded up with all the goodness of this one both were mostly lettuce and there was a bit of digging to do to even come up with a piece of the rather sparse chicken or any of the veggies. Wendy’s tops their salad with spiced cashews which were fabulous, too. For me, that’s the best of both worlds, although those wonton strips are completely optional. I based my Grilled Sesame Chicken Salad after one I had at Wendy’s, but I straight up stole the fun fried wonton strips from Panera. When you make a salad like this at home you can fill it full of all kinds of goodness, customize it to your taste and make a healthier dressing. The flaw of most of the Asian style salads that can be picked up at the drive-through or a fast-casual restaurant is they’re usually mostly lettuce and often high in fat, sugar, and sodium. Make a salad like this at home, though, and you’ll spend a fraction of the money, up the nutritional value and lower the calories. ![]()
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