Do you love a good salad at a restaurant but not at home? Do you wonder if it is because someone else made it, or if it is just your cooking skills? Well, I honestly can admit I used to think good salads just couldn’t be made at home. Something was always missing! But, I am here today to share with you how you CAN make amazing quick and delicious salads right at home!
First, it starts with your grocery list! If you don’t already have a system for your grocery shopping, you need to get one! It is kinda hard to make restaurant style salads without the essential ingredients.
Second, take a few minutes and do some prep once a week so you can easily throw together several ingredients in no time.
Third, JUST DO IT!!!!!
I don’t want to get on a rant and know I can be just as guilty, but we have to be sure and implement the stuff we find in our lives that are going to somehow benefit us. Whether taking a few minutes out of your week to prep these amazing salads to shed a few pounds, add more greens into your diet, to become healthier, or just because you want to, we have to make the time to take care of us.
I find a lot of times people think eating healthy is expensive and takes a lot of time. I can say as it appears it may take more time, can I ask how long you have spent sitting in a fast food drive-through line before? When we think of it this way sometimes our attitude may shift to, “I don’t want to make the time to eat healthier, ” and if that is the answer then I am glad you recognize that because you are just setting yourself up to fail. But my point here is salads can be packed with flavor and absolutely delicious.
Okay, now onto the recipes right?
As you all may know by now I am not much of a measurer. I believe a recipe is a guideline. You add as little or as much as you would like, mixing and matching as you wish 🙂
- Romaine
- Baby Spinach
- Walnuts/Peanuts/Sunflower Seed/Pecans
- Bleu Cheese/Cheddar Cubes/Feta
- Red/White Onion, diced
- Tomatoes, cherry or chopped
- Cucumber
- Hardboiled Egg
- Apple, diced
- Feta Cheese
- Banana Peppers
- Bacon
- Dressing #1:
- 1 part white/apple cider vinegar
- 2 parts olive oil or your favorite oil
- onion, finely diced, optional
- Salt and Pepper
- Sugar/Stevia/Honey/Maple Syrup/Agave
- Dressing #2:
- Ranch/Bleu Cheese Dressing
- Buffalo Sauce
- Dressing #3
- Olive Garden Italian Dressing
- Mix romaine and spinach in a bowl
- top with your choice of ingredients
- Top with your favorite dressing. Dressing #1 goes with well with pretty much any combo just mix and shake in a cup to emulsify. Dressing #2 goes well this blue cheese crumbles, tomato, bacon, and sunflower seeds. Just mix the 2 together.
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