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7/12/2009 @ 5:00:06 pm by menuofrecipes.com

Great Healthy Salads

What is a great solution for a light healthy lunch or supper? Well, the answer is a good salad.  Salads come in many shapes and sizes; some are for show; some are for taste, but all are good for the person eating them.  They provide daily fiber and healthy vitamins. 


Let’s start with a pretty and tasty salad that can be a treat for lunch or an added delicate taste for the fancy dinner. 


POPPY SEED SALAD

Ingredients:

1 or 2 heads of Boston Lettuce or Bibb Lettuce

A medium package of strawberries

A package of blue cheese crumbles

A package of walnuts

A bottle of Poppy Seed Salad Dressing

Directions:

Wash and prepare lettuce into small bites or leaves

Wash and half the strawberries

Put in a big bowl or individual bowls the lettuce and strawberries Sprinkle with blue cheese crumbles, walnuts and drizzle with the Poppy Seed Dressing.  


VEGETABLE SALAD

Ingredients:

Medium Zucchini Squash- diced

Medium Yellow Squash - diced

Medium Red Onion, thinly sliced

Snow Peas

Broccoli Florets

Cauliflower Florets

Cucumbers, thinly sliced

Yellow, Red, or Green peppers


Marinate these vegetables in Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing.

Do not marinate very long because vegetables will get too soft and will not be crunchy. 



Salad are such a refreshing and healthy way to have a meal or a simple lunch.  For the busy homemaker, she can buy a bag of salad, already chopped up vegetables, such as onion, squash, yellow, red, or green peppers. Toss all the ingredients and put in an attractive bowl, top with a lemon or strawberries and your favorite salad dressing.  Salads are so easy and so healthy.   This method, by the way, is very expensive, but it is quick. 

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