Salad is delightfully flexible: it can start a meal, it can finish a meal, or it can be the entire meal. It's up to you! Salad greens are plentiful in spring from the grocery store, the farmer's market, or your backyard veggie garden. Rinse them well in cool tap water, gently shake off the excess water, pat them dry, and then pile them high as a starting point to your homemade salad. Salad in Layers Layer 1: Greens are a great layer to start with when making a salad. There are so many choices such as Romaine, iceberg, kale, arugula, watercress, or spinach. Layer 2: Colorful, … [Read more...] about Salad Season is Here!
Salad Tips from the Grocery Store
One healthy choice for breakfast, lunch, or dinner is a salad and the grocery store has tons of ways to jazz it up. Salads are a food choice that spans a wide range of colors, textures, and nutrition. There's nothing wrong with relying on them, meal-after-meal, and yet getting in a rut with what's in your salad can make it more-or-less boring. So, let's explore how to jazz them up with some ingredients from your everyday grocery store. Find Salad Ingredients at the Grocery Store and Then Try Them All Fresh Produce All varieties of triple-washed greens such as spinach, baby kale, … [Read more...] about Salad Tips from the Grocery Store