Mason Jar Salad Bar! How to Make the Ultimate DIY Homemade Plant-Based Salad Bar + Chat

[@Adeline9418]

I like the putting the dying veg in vinegar. Cool

[@doloresk9412]

Love the salad bar in jars concept. Also, eating oats in the evening is a great idea. I'm not much of a breakfast person but I do want to eat more oats. Sometimes it takes someone else to help me think outside of the box. Thank you, Michael.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks, Dolores! I'm not much of a sweet breakfast person, and I normally don't want to spend the time cooking a full savory breakfast. I also want to eat more oats, because it's supposed to be good for us? So, instead of eating them in the morning and needing a nap after, I make them my dessert!

[@sarahedawkins]

Literally just got a set of the plastic lids from Amazon then you gave me this video. 😍

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Yay! I'm obsessed with them. They have changed the way that I store food for sure.

[@MadrosedVlogs]

Salad is LIFE!!! But that spider plant over the sink!!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Haha! Those plants are losing their mind, and I'm not a good enough plant dad to actually transplant or do something with the babies. I should name them John and Kate because of all the kids they have...

[@debmurray2734]

Prepared veggies is 100% my (and family's) solution to eating more salad. Love the mason jar idea. Fwiw I love a great system and I am finding that the mason jar + salad spinner storage idea is AMAZING. For a self proclaimed type a-ish kinda guy, you seem to be an easy low key cat - easy to watch and listen to - who knew that watching someone prep veggies could be so satisfying? Thanks a bunch!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thank you so much, Deb. Doing a 30 minute video of me cutting veggies and talking about salad was a bit of a risk (haha) but I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm the same way. If I like someone, I can watch them watch paint dry. I'm just very particular and get set in my ways. I like what I like, and I sometimes obsess about. Shrugs. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to leave such a sweet comment. I appreciate it.

[@os2958]

Yay! I've been trying to figure out how to make a vegan salad bar. This is great. The algorithm did me a solid. Thank you!

[@margarett_b]

2:00 Same here! Carbs in general are great for ensuring I will fall asleep ;P

[@ynnep72]

I concur about celery. Also the bench scraper and the canning funnel, little hacks/tools that really make a difference!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Yup, the right tools make all the difference.

[@margarett_b]

20:35 I am totally a type A person sometimes and jars are one of "my things" so I understand you to some degree :D I have been collecting identical, small, black-lid jars for spices for...5-6 years and when we finally moved and I could arrange the spice drawer I was the happies ever. Then, it expanded to other drawers too and my mum fam looks at me as if I was an alien. But I am fine with it, at least we have a beautifully arranged kitchen ;P

[@shitlista4283]

I hate long videos but this was really enjoyable, I felt like I was hanging out with a friend :)

[@DesertSingerAZ]

Loved this video! Thank you! I love roasted veg on my salads to wilt the greens to make chewing less arduous (lol). The other thing I love on salads are starches... a couple of cooked red potatoes or some rice to give it longer "staying" power 😋.

[@imanandk]

I grew up loving salad bars too! The place that introduced me to them was Ponderosa! I also make a huge lunch salad which follows a workout. I want to shout out to you that I purchased those fantastic lids for all my wide mouth mason jars and store so many things in them! Now - I am also a Type A person, but a Gemini -- that is where the need for variety comes in for me! But I do love good organization!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Great minds! Though I've never been to Ponderosa. I missed out! And I'm so glad that you like the lids. It was a revelation to me when I found them because I loved using mason jars, but I hated the rusty metal lids! There are some bamboo ones on the market, too that I want to "upgrade" to one day. Maybe I can donate my plastic ones...

[@munin81]

Ha! I'm also a Virgo - and yeah this is totally up my alley. I miss Sweet Tomato - I had never heard of them when I lived in New England, but I loved it when I moved to Oregon

[@MonsonMadeThis]

I haven't been in so long! In fact, I drove by the one I knew of near me, and it's fully out of business now.

[@cindygallagher5097]

just starting to do salad prep in container so helpful

[@patrickdockendorf6332]

Looks great! I appreciate your techniques! May I suggest shredded beets with vinegar in a jar as well. Walnuts and chunked up apples are great too!

[@margarett_b]

25:25 I actually never grate anything for salads but you know what, I might try it out as I love slaws and salads and it is kind of in between :D

[@margarett_b]

4;42 This spoon is genius! My gosh, such a cool gadget!

[@margarett_b]

6:30 Never liked vinegar pickles but I agree that a bright, tangy element is a must for any dish, not only a salad! Plus, the radishes had sucha cool color!

[@sylvialmartel]

THIS WAS GREAT AND WHAT A FANTASTIC WAY TO PREP IN ADVANCE AND BE READY, I WILL BE DOING THIS , THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[@margarett_b]

Last thought: I love salads and I am totally into salads with PLENTY of ingredients! My mum always says my salads are nothing but an everything-but-a-kitchen-sink meal but I don't care. Variety is key! Having said that, please be kinder to yourself and fuel your body when it asks for it, not when it already sends you such alarming signals ;P

[@catsmeow8608]

This is a great idea! I get tired when I get home from work and don’t want to be chopping vegetables! I’m going to try this! Thank you! 💚

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks! Yeah, it's a bit of a time investment at first, but then you have it ready to go for when you don't have the time. I try to not prep more than 2 or 3 days worth so that things don't get funky, but then I just keep up on it as I go, replenishing as I need, or adding new things that I find at the store. I'm still usually cutting one or two things each time, but then the rest is shake and go!

[@catedee5012]

I like the pre-prepped salad bar idea. I will try to get something like that together. Right now I'm being very lazy and having green drinks for breakfast. As easy as your ready to go salad bar is the green drink is even easier to grab and go and get those greens down, at least for me.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks! I get it. You could also do something similar for your drinks. Get the ingredients prepped ahead, and just dump and blend!

[@catedee5012]

@@MonsonMadeThis That's a great idea. Thank-you for the suggestion. I'm ordering more mason jars so I can do both. I'm also looking forward to the salad dressing video!

[@lisanow6856]

Love that idea of the "dessert" oats 💚 especially since I don't enjoy sweet oats in the morning. But as a dessert--yeah! Thanks as usual for a great video!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

The Chocolate Pudding Oats I've been making are in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJyndYR9d7R4bKs

[@lisanow6856]

@@MonsonMadeThis Thanks for sharing this!

[@gruschls]

I move to a bigger Appartement next month and I will have two fridges, a salad bar like this will be perfect for me and my boyfriend. I love to prepare my maple mustard soy dressing in batches and maybe a tahini one ore a sunflower seed ranch for creamy options 🤩 Thank you so much for inspiring me ❤️ sorry for my bad english…

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Lucky! Batching dressings helps so much! I need to be better about it.

[@yonniehan]

Wow.. What an insane salad bar! I agree, having most veggies prepped means I'm more likely to eat a salad. Looking forward to your dressings video. I've been enjoying your universal salad dressing so much. I modified it bit by reducing the nooch and the oil. Thanks!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Too much? Haha. I still make that dressing every week or two. It's a great way to make mayo-based dressings and sauces, too. It's a staple in my house. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@mikahomeh2363]

I'm vegan...my friends think my whole kitchen is a salad bar hahaha. Yours is the first fridge I have seen where I could be right at home pulling stuff out and making a meal. Seems totally normal to me :) I do have lid envy, though. I'm always running out of those lids, or can't find a clean one. Now I'm hungry.

[@mikahomeh2363]

Also, salad fixings are great to roll up in rice paper for an easy spring roll.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Genius! Doing this today.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Let them think it! Salads are great! No shame in a salad. It's not like it's just 3 pieces of iceberg lettuce with ranch on 'em. This is a MEAL!

[@lizzzarduh]

I loved this. So fun to watch someone assemble a salad haha. I miss the salad bar at soup plantation so much. They would have sliced banana peppers that I loved and sunflower seeds and thinly sliced red onion ohhh it was so good! I love adding a nori sheet or dulse on top of my salads.. give it a try

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks! I normally have a jar or two of sliced banana peppers in the fridge as well! I love things salty and briny and vinegar-y. I forgot about dulse! I have some in a shaker that I should use. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Squeak61]

I am new to your channel. Enjoying your videos.

[@JamieMcLachlanBearden]

Totally dig all of the mason jars. Most of my pantry are ball jars. Hell, I pressure can constantly. And I'm also obsessed with salad bars. Where did they all go? So sad.

[@vegan.voyager5691]

Good idea 👍

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks, Suzy!

[@annak3380]

Hey Michael! I do exactly the same prep you do for my salads! I have matching Lock n Lock Door Pocket canisters and fill them every few days with loads of different salad veggies and then me and the family can just grab and mix and eat!! Love the look of that summer squash- is that the same as yellow zucchini? Looking forward to your dressing ideas. I too love tahini- and also mustard, honey and apple cider vinegar as a dressing- Have a great day.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Great minds think alike! I guess zucchini is technically a summer squash as well, but yeah. It's basically yellow zucchini. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@annak3380]

@@MonsonMadeThis No problem. Love your channel. 😊

[@tikamarket5259]

Love this! it has been working very well to dress up my daily bean concoctions. As a farily inept cook, I wonder if there is a way to diy a mongolian grill style bowl at home? I have no griddle but it seems like many of these salad bits are the same things I like adding in the grill bowls. Thanks to anyone with tips or input!

[@MonsonMadeThis]

I think that's a great idea! It would probably look very similar to this. You would just need a big frying pan or griddle and a few good sauces, and you're in business!

[@quibblegaze]

0:00: 🥗 Learn how to create a homemade plant-based salad bar using mason jars, perfect for busy days. Share your love for salad bars and vegan food. 4:32: 🥗 Creative ideas for organizing a homemade plant-based salad bar using a slotted spoon and individual containers for different ingredients. 8:59: 🥗 Creating a homemade salad bar with a variety of greens, using a specific tool for washing and storing, and involving pets in the process. 13:27: 🥗 Learn how to create a customizable salad bar with homemade plant-based ingredients, including tips for cutting celery and using handy tools. 18:37: 🥗 Creating a versatile salad bar with prepped veggies for easy meal preparation and customization. 23:25: 🥗 Creating a diverse plant-based salad bar with pickled vegetables, chickpeas, and grated carrots and squash. Challenges with texture and jar size. 30:02: 🥗 Creating a customizable plant-based salad bar with mason jars, including slicing avocado and assembling the salad in a large bowl. Recapped using Tammy AI

[@janp4489]

Where did you get the wide mouth jars?

[@margarett_b]

It has been way too long since you uploaded your last video! I really missed your creative ideas, sense of humor and healthy approach to food! Having said that, I hope that the time spent on your recent project payed off and that together with Ben, you were able to create some amazing content for them! . Sending you lots of love! Stay safe and have a great rest of the week!

[@goodtogo3]

missed you......great idea

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Aw, thanks!

[@MJ-zi9zy]

I’m a excessive too. I love this video.

[@Adeline9418]

Really cool idea. Particularly since I'm getting into glass jars. Golden Corral!! Are you from Indiana?

[@steixeira644]

Take a drink every time Monson says um lol

[@MonsonMadeThis]

It's "Monson". LOL

[@steixeira644]

Lol omg sorry, had mason jar on the mind 🤭

[@FairLadyAshley]

Love the salad bar concept! I have been eating more salads because it is my go to fav lunch item in spring and summer. I got a big bottle of vegan Cesar dressing from costco and I will a mix or just some romaine, baby spinach and baby kale depending on what I have. I have some cherry tomatoes I love putting on it, hand shredded carrots because I like the texture. I also love some brininess of olives normally kalamata and then just different things I have on hand like veggies that need to be used up and I get these croutons from costco that are vegan and they are the perfect topping to the whole thing. My partner isn’t the biggest fan of salads so normally I have to entice him with some warm roasted items like vegan chicken fingers or roasted potatoes or I do love a roasted crunchy chickpea in the place of croutons those are always delicious and don’t take too much time. I have also really been craving just some basic veggie sandwiches. I toast them, put hummus on one piece and the mayo mustard mix that you showed in the cold cuts video in the other. I love adding some baby spinach mix and then some raw thick cut zucchini I love the flavor of raw zucchini and what makes the sandwich is some oil packed sun dried tomatoes that are just flavor bombs with a little raw onion and some pickles. It sounds so weird but it truly hits the spot and fills me up every time.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks for watching! Great minds think alike. You're making me want to get another Costco membership. I let mine lapse before the pandemic, and I never renewed it.

[@msclnelson]

Fab Fab Fab

[@ireneochoa6972]

So hungry and running out to do it.

[@AlexandraVicunaPerry]

I love the idea of the salad bar in jars. Maybe is something about us Virgos.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Haha. Gotta be. Everything in its right place...

[@ynnep72]

Apologies for the second (excessive) comment. But does the leftover avocado do well in the jar?

[@MonsonMadeThis]

The avocado stores very well. I always store the half with the pit still in it, and it stays great for days and days. At worst, there might be a lightly browned layer on the top after a couple of days, but the meat underneath is perfect.

[@itme7685]

You’re doing great. Maybe take a break if it’s too overwhelming. I think maybe it’s overkill with as many things as you prepped. I hope you can use all of that before it goes bad. I need to eat more salads. I should do some mild prepping of the pickled things, etc. I have mid eastern turnip pickle from my garden, and also some refrigerator cucumber pickle. It’s getting out of high heat season, so I should be able to grow lettuce again. I hope y’all are doing well.

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks, Daniel. I do prep a lot of different things, but I don't prep too much of each. I try to not cut up or prep more than I'll eat in 2 or 3 days. Also, sometimes I steal from it for other things. The chopped onion ends up being used daily. I used the summer squash for a pasta dish the very next day. It's nice to know you have things ready to go, and the best way for me to eat more veggies, it to have more veggies (ready to eat) in the house.

[@itme7685]

You should really try the Mid East turnip pickles. They are common for falafel, but good in salads. It’s just turnips sliced and not cooked, but you pour a hot brine over. A few beets pieces are added for great color. If the recipe doesn’t call for garlic, you should put some in. It keeps for months in fridge due to lots of vinegar and salt. I canned some to preserve as well.

[@vickiehenderson7456]

type A Scorpio here! Love this.

[@tofutuesday]

So funny, my dogs will eat almost anything from pasta to tofu to cooked broccoli...but they will not touch lettuce. If I give them something with lettuce they eat around it and leave the lettuce behind 🤣

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Mine are definitely food obsessed, but they come RUNNING when I get kale out. They love other lettuces, too. If it's too soft, or bitter like arugula, they'll pass. Or play with it and just leave it chewed up on the floor. Haha.

[@maryellenclouston4790]

Yummy

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks!

[@amandaroberts968]

Ok get to it 😂

[@bseider5387]

About time......

[@kayakdog4884]

Nice to see your face! Honestly I’m not really into the salad prep thing but it was interesting to watch. Throw back shout out to your jerky! I made some slaw, (celery seed critical in the drsg) vegan homemade burger buns and your jerky. It makes an excellent toasted bun sandwich. That jerky is so versatile

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Is it?

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks! That sounds amazing! I need to try that!

[@tamimerlo6658]

I love this idea! But I am a Virgo 😂

[@angelalee7012]

Correction: MONSON Jar Salad Bar

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

True dat!😋

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Yes! haha.

[@danasandlin2435]

It is NOT insane: it is called prepping when you have the time to do it--as long as you eat everything that you prep and don't create large amounts of waste....good idea.....dts/usa

[@danasandlin2435]

also, I would reuse the vinegars several times, and then the vinegars can be added to a dressing and used that way as well--no waste...and the liquid from the beans (aquafaba) can be used as well...dts/usa

[@francessweeney1]

When you said you were so hungry you were shaking I just wanted you to stop what you were doing and eat, it was horrible seeing you like that, please don't do that to yourself again, lots of love to you all xx

[@MonsonMadeThis]

Thanks for your concern. It's kind of a daily thing with me... I over-caffeinate, and then eat late. I'll work on it.

[@wendyash6915]

Our dogs are vegan also and they will knock you over for a bell pepper or the romaine root!!!

[@thegirlwhospeaks236]

Virgo ha?no wonder….what is Ben?

[@nanettewinstonarmstrong9294]

🤍💛💖🩵 Hi MMT👋 I used to make Salad bars with the leftover container of Costcos Fruit platter. A center bowl with other large sections that used to contain large pieces of various Fruits. They have to make a specialty Homefridge Salad ( and Sandwich making ) bar box with pull out containers , that has a flip lid and seal lid too , with the individuals sections. Thats easy to clean. ... Definitely raw Onions ( Red ) , the Garbanzos , freshly Salad Shooter " of Carrots and Beets , Green Onions , Romaine ( maybe also Spinach and Avocado... ) Tomatos , Gorgonzola Bleu Cheese ( ... Feta , Bleu Cheese. Now Veganism Only 💗 ) Homemade Sourdough Garlic Croutons And Curry Candied Spicy Pecans. And this recipe for a dressing My Friend and I were taught by an Italian Friend of. Ultilize any Citrus. We had an old Grapefruit , And It turned out so delicious , lm writing about It Today ... Grapefruit , Dijon , Red Wine Vinegar , Olive Oil , S&P and a little Sugar. I made this dressing with Caprese on stick appetizer before too 🤍💖