Eating nutritious salads is a great way to lose weight!
If you want to lose a couple extra pounds or include more raw veggies in your diet, one way to do this is by eating delicious nutritious salads for one or more of your meals each day.
I've devised a system to allow you to have fun combining different healthy ingredients to make a variety of nutritious salads. First, choose a base or a combination of the base greens, then begin adding ingredients from the other lists: green, red or orange veggies, crunch, sweet (or tart), beans, cheese and protein.
Base Greens: red/green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, Swiss chard, kale (red or green), spinach, arugula, cilantro, micro sprouts, cabbage (red, green, Napa), broccoli sprouts
Green Veggies: green pepper, celery, green onion, green garlic, zucchini, cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, avocado (fruit)
Orange/Red Veggies: carrots, red pepper, yellow pepper, orange pepper, radishes, tomatoes, red onion, beets, radishes
Purple Veggies: purple carrots, purple cauliflower, purple sweet potatoes and regular potatoes, purple asparagus, purple kale
Crunchy: raw sunflower seeds, raw pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans
Sweet: raisins, dried cranberries, dried blueberries, chopped apples, pears, peaches, strawberries, Mandarin oranges
Cheese: (If not allergic to dairy) feta, cheddar, pepper jack, swiss, goat cheese sprinkles, mozzarella, parmesan
Protein: tuna, salmon, cooked chicken, cooked beef strips, hard-boiled egg, tofu, cooked quinoa, bacon, mushrooms, garbanzo,peas, kidney, Lima, white beans, pinto beans, red beans, black beans
Dressings: Olive oil, coconut oil, walnut oil, avocado oil, Balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, squeeze of lemon or make your own dressing combining a few of these ingredients with some salt, pepper and other seasonings.
Change up your combinations and enjoy an array of low calorie, healthy and filling meal salads.
Remember to choose many colors for a variety of antioxidants, fiber, some healthy fats, and organic, grass-fed, pasture-raised or wild-caught protein. Choose a healthy organic dressing or make your own. Remember to use the dressing sparingly so that you won’t add a lot of unnecessary calories. Sometimes just a squeeze of lemon juice or a drizzle of olive oil is enough.
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