Jennifer Aniston finally shared her go-to salad recipe — and there's 'always some cheese'

• Jennifer Aniston has finally revealed her go-to salad recipe.
• The actor's favorite combination is "really hearty" and "always" includes cheese, she said.
• Aniston follows the 80:20 eating principle, which means making healthy food choices 80% of the time.

Jennifer Aniston has shared her actual go-to salad recipe and it's "really hearty," she said.

After last year denying that a viral salad recipe was the one she ate while filming "Friends," Aniston has revealed what is in her go-to order. And there's "always some cheese," she said.

Aniston shared the recipe while speaking to Today about her new partnership with Pvolve, a low-impact, light resistance-based online workout, which uses resistance bands, gliders, and balls.

The actor said she used to push herself with long, grueling workouts thinking she needed to be dripping in sweat to have had a good workout, but now she appreciates the benefits of shorter workouts with smaller movements that are functional and mindful.

"Over time, breaking your body, pushing your body that hard is just diminishing returns," Aniston said. "And as long as I'm going to live, I want to be able to move."

So she now does 10-20 minute workouts that put less stress on the body — and keeps eating her salads.

Jennifer Aniston's salad recipe:

• Butter lettuce
• Mushrooms
• Sprouts
• Tomato
• Avocado
• Kalamata olives
• Sliced parmesan, pecorino, or feta
• Sliced almonds
• Sunflower seeds
• Chopped or poached egg
• Vinaigrette, oil and vinegar, or ranch dressing

"I'm not a romaine fan," Aniston told Today. "I love to have some mushrooms. I love sprouts. I love a little tomato. Avocado, kalamata olives, always some cheese — never gonna give up my cheese. I'll do sliced parmesan, pecorino, feta, or all of them! Sliced almonds, sunflower seeds."

The egg on top of the meal completes Aniston's "really hearty salad."

She'll then add a dressing of either oil and vinegar, vinaigrette, or "if it's the weekend, some good old ranch," she said.

But Aniston is not someone who eats the same salad every day. While speaking to Elle recently, she was eating a salad consisting of chicken, tomato, cucumbers, garbanzo beans, parmesan cheese, and a little vinaigrette, she said.

Aniston follows the 80:20 approach to nutrition

Aniston told Elle her diet is "very 80:20," meaning she makes nutritious food choices 80% of the time and is more relaxed 20% of the time.

"I always give myself some burger and fries or pizza or Mexican food," she said. "You must have balance."

When it comes to building a balanced salad, dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine previously told Insider that leaves and vegetables alone are not enough.

A satiating salad should include carbohydrates such as wholegrain rice or pasta; cooked or raw vegetables or fruit; a protein source such as chickpeas, feta cheese, or chicken; and fats like olives, pesto, nuts and seeds, or a drizzle of olive oil.