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It takes longer to eat a salad with a spoon. If it takes longer to eat, it will fill you up better, and leave a lot less room for potatoes and bread. so this is a thing I am trying. I am making both vegetable and fruit salads this way.
Vegetable salads can be any lettuce, greens, carrots, beets, tomatoes, celery, WHATEVER chopped really small...I usually add a teaspoon of seeds, nuts, whatever... lean small bits of chopped chicken, lean beef, etc. can be added or small pieces of cheese. I rarely use any dressing... Fruit salad I do the same way. I chop fresh fruit, apples, pineapple, bananas, I add a teaspoon of nuts, you can add dried fruit, raisins, prunes. The natural sugars from the fruit make it sweet and tasty, cinnamon can also be added for a little flare. You can chop up a small fruit salad for dessert without feeling guilty. If you omit fruits or veggies that get too juicy or turn brown you can put the salad in a baggie and take it with you for lunch. This is good for kids too, full of fiber. The trick is that it must be chopped small enough to eat with a spoon. The ingredients are unlimited, you can chop up whatever you like. Summer really adds zing to the vegetable salad when the fresh produce starts coming in.
Vegetable salads can be any lettuce, greens, carrots, beets, tomatoes, celery, WHATEVER chopped really small...I usually add a teaspoon of seeds, nuts, whatever... lean small bits of chopped chicken, lean beef, etc. can be added or small pieces of cheese. I rarely use any dressing... Fruit salad I do the same way. I chop fresh fruit, apples, pineapple, bananas, I add a teaspoon of nuts, you can add dried fruit, raisins, prunes. The natural sugars from the fruit make it sweet and tasty, cinnamon can also be added for a little flare. You can chop up a small fruit salad for dessert without feeling guilty. If you omit fruits or veggies that get too juicy or turn brown you can put the salad in a baggie and take it with you for lunch. This is good for kids too, full of fiber. The trick is that it must be chopped small enough to eat with a spoon. The ingredients are unlimited, you can chop up whatever you like. Summer really adds zing to the vegetable salad when the fresh produce starts coming in.
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