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Healthy Eating Tip: Adding Protein to Salads

“Sometimes you feel like a nut…”🎶

As I’m adding some peanuts to my salad today, that catchy tune popped into my head. More often that not, I add nuts to my salads. Today it is a simple handful of dry-roasted Planter’s Peanuts. I have different nut mixtures ready to go, however, so that way I can mix it up and have a variety of flavors on salads.

Nuts proteinToday’s salad is loaded with a variety of goodness, including:

  • Mixed greens
  • Beets
  • Lemon cucumber
  • Hummus
  • Mini bell pepper
  • Chia seed
  • Kalamata olives
  • Dijon Balsamic dressing

I love a variety of texture and flavor, so that’s why my salads are often loaded. Look for fun ways to make your salad an explosion of flavor, texture and taste. If you want some crunch, definitely add some peanuts. How are you adding protein to your salad today?

I’ll see you at the table!

 

Lemon Spinach with Dijon Balsamic Dressing

spinach lemon saladI’ve never tried lemon spinach before. Packed with lots of citrus flavors, this leafy green made a wonderful tart salad. Wish I bought more at the Farmer’s Market so I could also try cooking with it.
Ingredients:
1. Bag of freshly picked and cleaned lemon spinach
2. Lemon cucumber, cubed
3. Caramelized walnuts
4. Tiny amount of thinly sliced red onion
5. Your favorite dijon balsamic dressing

Directions:
1. Toss together all ingredients and eat immediately.
2. For the meat lovers, add grilled cubed chicken, egg slices or blue cheese crumbles.

Healthy travel eating tip

einsteinA great meal when on the run at the airport, the Veg Up! Bagel Sandwich at Einstein’s is a yummy quick treat. Instead of getting the cream cheese veggie schmear, ask for the hummus instead. I love the abundance of veggies, including cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach.

To be nice to the people you’re traveling next to, forgo the onions… 😉

Restaurant Review: Din Tai Fung University Village – Seattle

resreviewLove me some dumplings! Especially when I’m with friends like @saraheward and @timothyfunk

pork dumplings, vegetable dumplings, shrimp pork dumplings, marinated cucumber, pork buns, red bean buns, rice cake noodles with vegetables, spicy dumplings, boy choy with garlic… Basically a Chinese feast of goodness!

Restaurant Review: Subway – Utah

subwayI was running between appointments starving but needed something fast for  lunch. So, thought I’d give Subway another try. Pleasantly surprised to find they have a Veggie Patty option now. It was surprisingly tasty, moist and filling. Trying to avoid too many bread carbs, I went with the 6″ size. Loaded with as many veggies as you like, it’s a pretty good option. Mine had spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, banana peppers, and green bell peppers. I opted for sriracha for sauce instead of mayo or mustard. All-in-all, I thought the service at The District Subway was great – friendly, reasonably fast, and helpful.