Today I adventured into Wendy’s with my crew to celebrate the upcoming Memorial Day Festival, to prep for the event we like to visit our favorite restaurants to get stuffed and energized for the event. To my surprise there were some delicious new options to choose from in our local Wendy’s Restaurant, I was able to pick from the new Wendy’s Core Salad options.
Introducing Wendy’s New Core Salad Options
There is a big difference between “fresh” and “freshly assembled.” Some restaurants assemble their salads with only frozen and pre-packaged lettuce and produce, but they have an “aura” of freshness because customers can see their salads being made.
These are a few ways Wendy’s ensures the freshest ingredients every time people come to their restaurants. In every Wendy’s restaurant, employees freshly chop vegetables every day, starting with full heads of iceberg and romaine lettuces and other veggies like cucumbers and tomatoes.
How awesome is that where you are basically eating the freshest ingredients versus frozen and thawed veggies? Every salad entrée uses only premium white meat chicken breasts that are grilled at the time of your order and placed warm on your salad.
Wendy’s BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad
Wendy’s BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad harkens to a smoky backyard grill-out with fire-roasted sweet corn, freshly diced tomatoes, light and lively spring mix combined with Applewood Smoked bacon and grilled chicken drizzled with savory BBQ sauce, topped with creamy Simply Dressed® BBQ Ranch Dressing.
Wendy’s Apple Pecan Chicken Salad
Wendy’s Apple Pecan Chicken Salad marries the crisp refreshing snap of ripe red and green apples with the delectable crunch of roasted pecans. This springtime splendor harmonizes sweet and savory throughout with delicious cranberries and creamy blue cheese crumbles topped with Marzetti® Simply Dressed®Pomegranate Vinaigrette.
Wendy’s Asian Cashew Chicken Salad
Wendy’s Asian Cashew Chicken Salad is a twist on the typical Asian salad with on-trend, flavorful ingredients like fire-roasted edamame, fresh red peppers and cucumbers, spicy roasted cashews, warm, grilled chicken breast and Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Light Spicy Asian Chili Vinaigrette.
Wendy’s Core Salads
I choose to try the Wendy’s Asian Cashew Chicken Salad during my visit with my crew, with of course a side of cheese fries! The salad came fresh and each of the ingredients looked crisp and ready for me to eat.
My Wendy’s Salad Review
This was so insanely delicious I finished the entire full-size portion, the lettuce and vegetables were so fresh and crisp. I love how the Cashews and Salad dressing worked perfectly in sync with the grilled chicken and salad.
You can’t see them but below the top of the salad is fire-roasted edamame which is amazing! I even let my daughter try the salad and she gave me a thumbs-up of approval.
Everything was perfectly well balanced and left me feeling very satisfied, of course with every salad the dressing comes separately. I suggest you use as much as you are comfortable with being a little bit or a lot! (I choose a lot the dressing is delicious) The dressing had a nice light flavor and wasn’t SPICY but was filled with lots of flavor.
Get Fresh with Wendy’s Core Salads
I really liked the fresh red peppers and found all of the ingredients to be generous throughout the salad. There was a good amount of chicken to go with each bite and I loved the seasoning they used which wasn’t spicy (hot) but was very flavorful. It had a great grill flavor but wasn’t weighed down by a bunch of salt or herbs.
I would highly recommend this salad or any of the Wendy’s Core Salads to anyone looking to enjoy a fresh salad during their visit to Wendy’s. This salad was a great meal in a place where you usually only think about burgers and fries when your kids ask for you to go.
Now that you know about these awesome salads will you be visiting Wendy’s to try any of them? Which one would you like to try?
Wendy’s Fun Fact
Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s restaurant in 1969 grounded on the premise that “Quality is our Recipe®.” For more than 45 years, Wendy’s has been invested in bringing customers the quality ingredients that differentiate us from others in the industry.
Their spicy chicken caesar salad is one of my favorites! The dressing is so tasty.
I love Wendy’s salads. My favorite is the Spicy Chicken Caesar Salad.
I will have to try a salad from Wendy’s . They look so delicious i want to try them all lol.
Those sound like wonderful salads to try out! It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Wendy’s so maybe I should check it out!
I love Wendy’s salads! They have a pomegranate dressing that I am totally obsessed with! Wish I could have a giant bottle of the stuff!
We seldom go to Wendy’s but when we do, I always get their chili and salad.
Mouth watering, right there. I’m a huge salad fan but for some reason – never really venture out to buy it from fast food places. But yours looks SO good.
I love salads, but haven’t tried that salad yet. I would love to try though. Knowing that it has cashews, I bet that is so good.
I don’t generally eat a lot of fast food. I just don’t like it much. But, I do enjoy going to Wendys because I love that I can get a cup of chili , plain baked potato and great salads when I need something in a pinch.
This salad looks amazing. I did not know Wendy’s had so many options. I like the cashew addition in it
Sounds great! I haven’t had Wendy’s in ages. Probably 5 years, which is awful because I LOVE Wendy’s! I will have to check these out when I can get my behind to a Wendy’s!
Fresh food are always the best food and I love it that Wendy’s was able to deliver this to you. Now I am hungry with what I read here, I guess it’s time to have some salad at Wendy’s.
Those are some adorable kids! I would try all of the salads, I love the way they combine different flavors and textures.
The BBQ ranch chicken salad sounds right up my alley. I love salads-just had one for dinner!
I’d like the apple pecan salad (veggie here, so I’d give the chicken to the kids). 😉 I’m glad Wendy’s has so many great salad options! Salad makes a perfect lunch!
I love that the salad has cashews! This will keep me eating right on the go
Wendy’s salads look super yummy, they have so many different flavors that I can’t believe it be hard to find something you like! I should give a few of them a try myself.
That apple pecan salad sounds really good with the cranberries. I need to try that one next time!
Aw such super adorable kids! I didn’t even know Wendy’s made salads! Pretty cool!
I love big salads for dinner but I find it difficult to find a decent sized, good fast food salad. I hope that your salad was a side salad because it looks small for a dinner portion.
I always eat the Apple Pecan salad at Wendy’s. It’s my favorite! I don’t eat meat and they are always so accommodating.
This blows every other fast food salad I’ve seen out of the water. This is fancy restaurant quality!
That’s the best looking salad I’ve ever seen from a fast food place. I can’t wait to give it a try.
I wish we had a Wendy’s over here in the UK, the BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad sounds amazing!
I have never had a salad from Wendy’s (because I LOVE their burgers). Maybe the next time I go, I will get one – they look so good.