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Camping Salad

Last Updated on April 7, 2019 By Vicky 3 Comments

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Super refreshing camping salad – today’s salad made with arugula, alfalfa, eggs, olives, tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, turkey, and avocado. This killer healthy and delicious salad is perfect for both lunch and dinner and is ready within 15 minutes. 

camping salad

So D and I are currently 123 days into our US road trip.

Which also translates into 123 days of eating out. Ok, we stayed with friends a bunch and rented an apartment here and there, but mostly we’ve been living sans kitchen and therefore have been at the mercy of the local restaurants to keep us fed and nourished.

As is pretty clear, eating out all the time isn’t exactly healthy for you. Not with tons of bar food options on the menu laden with thousands of calories constantly screaming at you to order them. Talk about a test of willpower.

Should I get the nachos or a house salad? Buffalo wings or a side of steamed veggies? BLT pizza or steamed chicken?

Decisions, decisions. Sometimes it just gets to be too much. I just want to make my own food, the way I like it, without having to commit to a full sit down dinner, which, let’s face it, sometimes just does not even taste nearly as good as it should.

On those frequent occasions that’s when I get to hotel dining.

And no I’m not referring to those hotel restaurants, I talking about the food prep process that happens right in my hotel room.

As it turns out, it’s not as difficult to eat healthy on the road as it may seem. With a car, we can easily make trips to the grocery store, and with most hotel rooms stocked with fridges (and sometimes even microwaves) we can stock up on fresh fruits, veggies, deli meats and even hard boiled eggs to make our favorite camping salad.

Yes, some grocery stores have hard boiled eggs and I seriously squeal in excitement every time I spot them.

Come on, you know I love love love eggs. And avocados, clearly. And just about all sorts of veggies.

So instead of paying $15-20 for a mediocre restaurant salad, where I’m always wishing there was more of this and that topping, I decided to make my own camping salad.

Currently this is hands down my favorite camping salad. Packed full of protein from the eggs and deli turkey and loaded with vitamins from the arugula, alfalfa, tomatoes, avocados, olives and sun-dried tomatoes this is simply the best on the go meal ever.

With all those awesome flavors in this camping salad, this seriously needs no dressing.

No joke, I add no dressing at all; the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes is all the dressing this gets, and that’s plenty. So whether you’re on the road or comfortably working with a full set of plates and utensils in your own kitchen you’ve got to add this to your collection of salads asap.

Now the reason I call this a camping salad is because it’s the perfect full meal that you can easily assemble when camping. I’ve been to music festivals in the past and with camping we’re always scrambling to come up with a solid healthy recipe. As long as you have a cooler this salad is perfect!

Camping Salad with hard boiled eggs and avocados

5 from 1 vote
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Camping Salad {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free}
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

A super refreshing camping salad made with arugula, alfalfa, eggs, olives, tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, turkey, and avocado. This killer healthy and delicious salad is perfect for both lunch and dinner. Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free too.

Course: Lunch, Salad
Cuisine: American, Healthy
Servings: 1
Calories: 320 kcal
Author: Vicky Berman
Ingredients
  • 4 ounces arugula
  • 1 ounce alfalfa sprouts
  • 4 castelvetrano olives pit removed and sliced
  • 4 sun dried tomatoes sliced
  • 6 cherry tomatoes halved
  • few slices oven roasted turkey cold cuts sliced
  • 1/2 avocado cubed
  • 1 egg sliced
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Optional - add additional oil from sun-dried tomatoes for dressing.
Nutrition Facts
Camping Salad {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free}
Amount Per Serving
Calories 320 Calories from Fat 198
% Daily Value*
Fat 22g34%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 163mg54%
Sodium 381mg17%
Potassium 1463mg42%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 11g46%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 13g26%
Vitamin A 3705IU74%
Vitamin C 55.8mg68%
Calcium 229mg23%
Iron 4.7mg26%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. Matt Barnett says

    May 27, 2017 at 6:07 am

    Hi Vicki,
    Thank you, I love your site and recipes here.

    I am just having an issue that I am hoping you might be able to fix.

    The link to the recipe titled “15 Minute Vegan Couscous with Sun Dried Tomatoes, Artichokes and Avocado” is broken. It send us to the recipe above titled “Refreshing Spring Vegetable and Egg Salad”.

    If it is a bit tricky to contact your webmaster, perhaps you could email me the Couscous recipe?

    Thank you
    Much love and respect,
    Matt Barnett (Australia)

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    • Vicky says

      June 3, 2017 at 8:10 am

      Just emailed you the correct link: avocadopesto.com/2013/07/31/couscous-with-sun-dried-tomatoes-artichoke-hearts-and-basil/

      Reply
  2. Linda says

    February 25, 2018 at 8:43 am

    5 stars
    Have always wanted to make this.

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