3 Yummy Salads to Make or Buy

Three Favorite Salads

Here are some of my favorite salads that you can either make at home, or grab them if you are on the go.

Cranberry Walnut Salad

- Where to buy:
The company 'Organics' makes these salads (& many more delicious ones) which you can buy at your local grocery store for under 5$

- How to make:
On top of your favorite greens, add walnuts, feta cheese, dried cranberries, and your vinaigrette of choice, but I prefer apple or pomegranate!

Strawberry & Greens Salad

-Where to buy:

You can buy this, when it's in season & available ,at Wendy's. I like it because its a great alternative to whatever else you might purchase there besides their other salads, which are also very good!

-How to make:

I used a pre-packaged container of mixed greens and chopped romaine for my salad base. I cooked up a chicken breast & a piece or two of uncured bacon for the protein. Then I topped it with blue cheese crumbles and fresh organic strawberries (make sure to go organic because they are in the "dirty dozen" of produce!!). Use whatever vinaigrette your heart desires :-) 

Here is an alternative to the Strawberry & Greens Salad that you can purchase at Panera. This one is really good but i suggest you get the dressing on the side because they drown the poor salad in it. But I like this one because it had nuts and other fruits in it. 

Also comes with apple or bread (yumm, carbs!)

Taco or Fajita Salad

This right here is my all time favorite. 

-Where to get it:

This one here is Qdoba, but I also get it at Chipotle.

They're under 9$ & are full of veggies & fiber, aka delicious nutritious carbs, and topped with your choice of meat (I use chicken always) and of course, GUACAMOLE, aka our healthy fat. Super good and very balanced in the macro-nutrient department.

-How To make:

Take your favorite taco fillings... black beans, chicken, fajitas, salsa, etc. & place it on top of a leafy romaine salad mixture. 

Enjoy!