I find it challenging to eat a sufficient amount of fruits and vegetables every day… especially during the winter months.
For several months now, my family has been eating a salad every day. Whether it’s for lunch or dinner… it’s a great way to make sure we’re getting a couple extra servings of vegetables in our daily diet.
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- We purchase prepackaged, prewashed, organic mixed greens.
- We add a variety of vegetables to our salads so every bite is a “surprise”. Some of the vegetables we put in our salads include; snap peas, carrots, celery, peppers, tomatoes, and cucumber.
- We also add salad items that aren’t as common such as; dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and pomegranate.
- We chop all of our fixings ahead of time and store them in glass jars in our fridge. This way there’s not a lot of work needed when it’s time to make a salad.
- We usually make our own dressing (olive oil, white wine vinegar and spices). The dressing is healthier, fresh and not much is needed because it’s so flavourful!
- We sometimes make our own croutons. We cut multi-grain baguettes into little squares, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with our choice of spices and bake at about 300 degrees F for about 10-15 minutes. They’re tasty and a lot healthier than the store-bought, packaged, croutons.
Does your family eat salads very often? What do you put in your salad?
This is a great idea! I need to do this more and I’m hoping with the new aerogarden lettuce I will get more veggies in. Love the idea of cutting them up before hand too!
My daughter is a ‘salad’ lover! I am one that enjoys Caesar Salads. Michaela would eat a salad everyday if I had all the fixings ready for her. Your idea is a great one about doing them all up ahead of time. I would say the rest of my family would eat more salads if the ingredients were readily available for them to just throw it together :)
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