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Variations for Building a Tasty Salad

7/2/2017

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Here's some variations to help you get the hang of being adventurous with salad combos.
Salads are a great way to help you get your 5-7 fruits plus veggies a day for “Healthy Habit #!”  Salads don’t have to be just lettuce, tomato, cucumber. Mix and match any kinds of greens, fruits, veggies, a few nuts to discover what combos you like. Here’s some colorful examples to try:
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​#1 Romaine lettuce, celery, carrot, tomato, mushrooms, chopped red cabbage. Top with your choice of low calorie dressing (60 calories or less/Tbsp) (By the way a wedge of crisp red cabbage makes a delicious snack – taste tested by my grand kids)
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​#2 Simple and delicious - Romaine, dried cranberries, orange, celery – toss on your choice of almonds or walnuts; balsamic, raspberry, or red wine vinaigrette all add zip. 
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#3 Make a lunch salad -
Mixed baby greens, orange, blackberries, red cabbage – add some garbanzo beans (aka chick peas); balsamic is yum on this

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#4
A super supper Salad - Brown rice cooked with almonds, (I made a big pot over the weekend to have during the week) on a bed of romaine, topped with red kidney beans, fresh asparagus, add a little chopped parsley, slices of orange and balsamic vinaigrette (I like Bolthouse – low in fat, low in sodium, great taste.)


Don’t be limited by what you’re used to seeing as “a salad”; keep inventing different combos.  For example, I’m just thinking that apple could be yummy in #2, and pineapple in #3.   Most of all - 
                        Just have fun!
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Straight from the Garden!

7/1/2016

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by Shelby Miller
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Just a short share with you all on what I ate today, and how simple it was prepare.  I began my morning in my garden where I selected three nice sized leaves from my Brussels sprouts plants - about 8 inches in diameter.  I then went on to pick some snow peas, cut some beet greens, a few smaller Swiss chard leaves, and some fresh dill weed (approximately 1 loose cup, including the tender stems).  I then washed all of my garden finds and packed in reusable containers for my lunch.  From the fridge, I threw in about 1/2 cup of leftover hummus, 1/2 cup each of left over brown rice, pinto beans and around a 1/4 cup leftover carrots from last night.  At lunch I then spread each Brussels sprout leaf with equal parts of hummus, then I topped with slivered carrots, fresh snow peas, rice, beans, beet greens, chard, and the dill weed. Oh - I also had sweet grape tomatoes that I halved and threw on top of all of that. I wrapped those up tightly and enjoyed three very healthy, yummy, flavorful wraps - and the bonus, it was really very filling allowing me stay satiated.

This month I am really enjoying the fresh taste of dill so on my way home from work I decided that when I got home I would go back to the garden for more greens and dill.  I then cooked some potatoes in the pressure cooker and mashed them with the dill once cooked through.   As I sautéed the greens I also added some of the dill at the very end so it could just wilt just a little.  I decided to whip the potatoes with some of the cooking water, and a handful of fresh dill weed with my handheld blender.  I put potatoes on 1/2 my plate with fresh ground pepper, the sautéed greens on the other half, and feeling like I needed a grain, I sprinkled about a 1/4 c brown rice over it all.  Like a little child, I mixed it all up while eating it!  
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​This is the fun of whole foods plant based eating - it is very easy to throw things together and it is very difficult to mess it up.  I have left over potatoes and leftover greens so I could very easily turn that into a shepherd's pie if I wanted, but I think I'm just going to throw it all into one bowl and take if for my lunch tomorrow!
Check back next week for more Wellness Tips and links!  
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Last night's dinner adds punch to today's simply delicious salad!

5/13/2016

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Most days a salad is the best option for a quick and healthy meal.  See our first video on how simple throwing a salad together can be.  Whether the ingredients are prepared ahead or prepared when you eat, a salad is a quick and healthy way to get in the recommended fruits and vegetables.  Enjoy!
Check out our next blog on what we can do encourage our communities to eat healthier from youth!
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