When many people think about changing their daily diets to include healthier eating, they think of salad as boring roughage!! Well it doesn't have to be. Salads are such a great way to get more vitamins into your daily diet, to give you more energy to tackle your busy day!!
In our house we experiment on a regular basis with our salads. I'm very lucky to have a man that eats anything and a boy who loves his veggies! It can be a bit difficult to pack a salad so it is fresh to eat at lunch time. If you put the dressing on it in the morning, it's sure to be soggy by lunch. If you put the dressing on the side, you risk a messy surprise at lunch time! Well I decided to start adding more fruit to the mix, using spinach and mixed baby greens, instead of plain old lettuce. They don't sog out as much. Grapes, strawberries, blueberries, sliced apple or pear. Are a great natural way to add the sweetness we all love! Here is the kicker, instead of reaching for the salad dressing try reaching for a lemon slice! Squeeze the lemon slice on top of your salad when you are ready to eat it. Add a little fresh parmesan or fetta, and you have yourself one heck of a satisfying salad!! Something so simple can change the way you look at salad forever!! You can anything you like to a salad to please your taste buds, that's what makes them so great!! So go ahead, be brave and try something new!!
Strawberry Spinach Salad Supreme
Ingredients:
4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 clove(s) garlic ( finely chopped )
2 onion ( green, chopped )
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon orange juice
10 ounces baby spinach leaves ( fresh )
1 oranges
1/2 red onion ( quartered and thinly sliced )
1/4 cup almonds, dry roasted ( whole or sliced )
1/4 cup apples ( sliced )
Directions:
A) Wash and pat dry spinach, remove any long stems.
B) Grate orange rind into a small mixing bowl, add olive oil, garlic, almond extract, & salt.
C) Mix well, then add orange juice & mix again.
D) Peel and separate sections, cut each section in half.
E) Place spinach into a large bowl, add onions, oranges & dressing, toss well.
F) Top with almonds, fresh berries and sliced apple.
B) Grate orange rind into a small mixing bowl, add olive oil, garlic, almond extract, & salt.
C) Mix well, then add orange juice & mix again.
D) Peel and separate sections, cut each section in half.
E) Place spinach into a large bowl, add onions, oranges & dressing, toss well.
F) Top with almonds, fresh berries and sliced apple.
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