Bite This, Not That

Salad Sense

Salads need not be boring. Adding fruit, nuts and cheese not only improves the taste and texture of salad, but can also raise the nutrient content of your favorite greens. You can also add beans or other high protein foods to make your salad more filling. Mix and match the following ingredients in your next salad. Greens: Bibb lettuce Boston lettuce Iceberg lettuce Radicchio Romaine Spinach Spring mix        Vegetables: Bell peppers Celery Carrots-shredded Onions (green, red, white, yellow) Radishes Tomatoes (cherry, grape) Fruit: Apples (Fuji, Gala Granny smith, Jonathan) Cherries- dried Craisins, dried cranberries Grapes (green, black, red) Oranges (mandarin, fresh/juice orange) Pears (Bartlett, Bosc, Comice, D'anjou) Raisins (black or yellow) Protein: Beans (black, garbanzo, kidney) Beef strips Chicken strips Eggs, hard boiled Fish (salmon, tuna, other) Turkey strips        Nuts/Seeds: Almonds (chopped, slivered) Pecans Pine nuts Pistachios Pumpkin seeds Sunflower seeds Walnuts        Cheese: Blue cheese/gorgonzola Cheddar (2% milk, shredded) Feta cheese (low fat) Fontina cheese Goat cheese Mozzarella cheese (2% milk, shredded) Classic balsamic vinaigrette: Ingredients: 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 1/4 tsp. salt Combine all ingredients together in a bowl. Makes 3/4 cup dressing (12 Tbsp)

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