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Twice in the last month or so I've mentioned jar salads--once here, once in the comments elsewhere--and people were intrigued! Excited! And other positive things! So: here's one guide explaining the basics. Read that, and then my own advice: make a salad to eat in your usual salad bowl at the same time as you make 2-3 salads in a jar. That way you can use the same amounts for your ingredients in the jars as you normally would in a bowl.
I often take jar salads to work, along with an empty plate or bowl big enough for serving. Keep it cool until mealtime, shake it well, and dump it in the serving dish. You can eat from the jar, but that gets messy.
A lot of the jar salad links show the jar absolutely packed with ingredients. Me, I leave some empty space at the top. I don't need that much food at lunchtime--I have less than 30 minutes to eat on workdays (when I'm actually, y'know, teaching instead of this haphazard and frustrating distance learning) and it's hard to get the salad dressing to coat the other ingredients if the jar is too full.
It's almost May the Fourth! So! ( Star Wars stuff )
I often take jar salads to work, along with an empty plate or bowl big enough for serving. Keep it cool until mealtime, shake it well, and dump it in the serving dish. You can eat from the jar, but that gets messy.
A lot of the jar salad links show the jar absolutely packed with ingredients. Me, I leave some empty space at the top. I don't need that much food at lunchtime--I have less than 30 minutes to eat on workdays (when I'm actually, y'know, teaching instead of this haphazard and frustrating distance learning) and it's hard to get the salad dressing to coat the other ingredients if the jar is too full.
It's almost May the Fourth! So! ( Star Wars stuff )