Leafy greens are good for you but salads can get a bit boring if you eat them everyday. To maintain a healthy relationship with your greens you should try switching it up. Since lettuce can be rather bland there is a lot you can add to incorporate flavor.
Here is a dinner salad I made which is not only loaded with vitamins, fiber and protein but is also filling and delicious.
For this salad I used:
*Lots of chopped romaine lettuce
Romaine lettuce has tons of vitamin A, K and C and also contains fiber and water. It is low in calories, so eat as much as you want!*Raw organic sunflower seeds
Sunflower seeds are very high in vitamin E which can help lower cholesterol.
*Cranberries, which are great for the urinary tract.
*Eggs, which are high in protein.
*Cheese
*Finley chopped green onion.
*Spicy chicken breast: the chicken breast I used is from M and M meat shop and is very lightly breaded and made with sunflower seed oil. One breast is 200 calories.
*Cucumbers
*Light/low fat ranch dressing
Mix different kinds of lettuce
You can purchase premixed salad blends that contain different types of lettuce. I like to add arugula to my salads because it has a unique taste.
I also like making my own vinaigrette dressing with grapeseed oil which tastes great in salad.
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| Cranberry, sunflower seed and feta cheese green salad |
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| Cashew, cranberry and shredded chicken salad |
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| Peppercorn chicken, apple and pecan salad |
Add fruits and nuts:
Having a fruit salad is a sweet escape from a leafy green salad and can be a great snack. Adding fruit to a lettuce based salad is also a great option. I like adding apples with toasted pecans, fresh berries with slivers of almonds or sweet mandarin orange with toasted cashews.
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| Sunflower seed, cheese and Mandarin orange salad in a vinaigrette dressing |
I love a delicious mango salad, for the recipe click: mango salad
Fiber is your friend
If you want to switch it up a bit try making a delicious bean salad! Bean salads are very filling, high in fiber and make a great lunch or side dish for dinner. |
| Mixed beans and sweet corn salad |
More substantial salads:
Egg salad: If you want something a bit more for lunch why not try a nice egg salad sandwich on rye or whole wheat bread made with light mayo.
Chicken salad:
Click HERE for the recipe
Pasta salad
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| Rotini pasta salad with veggies |
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| Sweet pepper, sun dried tomato and feta pasta salad |
Potato salad
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| Potato salad with light mayo, mixed veggies, egg, sweet corn and cilantro |
Other salads I love:
*Couscous salad*Tabbouleh salad: made with tomatoes, cucumbers, finely chopped parsley, mint, onion, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and salt.
*Light/low fat Caesar salad
What is your favorite salad?
