5 surprising ingredients that will instantly upgrade your salad

5 surprising ingredients that will upgrade your salad.

Even your favorite salads, filled with all of your favorite things, will get boring sometimes. It’s just a thing that happens. Luckily, it’s easy to make them interesting again — you just have to add in some seriously surprising ingredients, that happen to be easy to prep and have on hand too.

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  So what are these unexpected salad ingredients? I went over my five favorites on the latest episode of Kitchen Help LIVE, our weekly Facebook Live series that broadcasts every Thursday 1 pm ET / 10 am PT. Watch and learn how to give your salad a serious upgrade. And -- shhh -- if you watch until the end, you'll get my trick for making kale salad totally delicious and even kid friendly.   https://www.facebook.com/CoolMomPicks/videos/10154385608206993/   Have you guys been tuning into our weekly Facebook Live series, Kitchen Help LIVE? If not, be sure to start tuning in every Thursday 1 pm ET / 10 am PT on the Cool Mom Picks Facebook page for live sessions where I give tips, share cheats, demo techniques, and generally chat with you guys about anything that makes life as the family cook easier.  Top photo: @BrookeLark at Unsplash

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