The ingredients you add to your salad can efficiently incorporate essential vitamins, nutrients, and fiber into your diet. Some of the most nutritious salad ingredients that can help boost your health include hard-boiled eggs, fresh fruit, dark leafy greens, and more.

1. Deep Green Lettuce

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Dietitians recommend a variety of flavorful dark-colored green and red lettuce varieties to serve as a nutritious foundational ingredient for your salad. That's because types of lettuce like iceberg contain some fiber, but not nearly as much as other options. Some examples that also offer iron, calcium, vitamins A and C, and antioxidants include:

Kale

Spinach

Arugula

Red cabbage

Romaine

2. Beans

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Beans are a plant-based sourc

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