Tag: healthy salad

Entrée, Lightened Up, Meal Prep, Salad, Vegetarian

Spring Buddha Bowls with Veggies & Farro

Annie

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Ted and I couldn’t get enough of these Spring Veggie, Marinated Chickpeas, & Farro Bowls. It’s the type of meal that you’re sad when you finish the leftovers. These grain bowls are savory yet bright with the dressing, chewy thanks to the farro, crunchy from the radishes and snap peas, and creamy because of the goat cheese and avocado. By marinating the chickpeas directly in the dressing, they absorb some of the flavor. We served this with a piece of crusty bread, channeling our inner sweetgreen during this pandemic. This salad is fun because you can change your veggies and toppings every time. We added pumpkin seeds one night, fresh basil and mint another, and Ted added cherry tomatoes on our third try. We did only spinach for one and mixed greens for another. Mix and match to make it your own!

 

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Better Than Takeout, Entrée, Gluten-Free, Lightened Up, Meal Prep, Salad

Copycat Sweetgreen Strikes Again with Tahini Chicken Quinoa Bowls

Annie

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I love me some Sweetgreen. What I love even more is when I find how to hack Sweetgreen’s dressings and create something just as good at home. I give you Creamy Sesame Tahini Quinoa Bowls. They’re sweet and spicy, while also filling and oh-so-hearty thanks to the quinoa and chicken. The Creamy Sesame Dressing is a blend of tahini and sesame oil adding a savory, umami kick to tie things together.

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Entrée, Gluten-Free, Meal Prep, Side, Vegetarian

Deliciously Different Roasted Beet & Peach Salad

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I’m slowly but surely becoming a beets fan. Golden beets tend to be a bit sweeter and milder compared to their more “earthy” red counterparts. Roasting beets brings out their natural sweetness and tenderness. Along side peaches, balsamic vinegar and fresh thyme, this non-traditional salad is bursting with flavor — and color! With brown rice as the base, Roasted Beets & Peach Salad will be your new summer staple.

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Better Than Takeout, Entrée, Lightened Up, Salad

Chicken Caesar Wrap as a Tastyyyy Salad

Annie

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Deconstructed Chicken Caesar Wrap — what’s up? I made this late summer around the same time I went to Nantucket with my friends Leah and Steph. For some reason, it got lost in the potential blog post limbo. I saw Leah Saturday night and she was craving a Caesar salad for dinner, and I remembered this post was lost in limbo. This version of a Caesar “salad” is light, fresh and perfectly chopped. I love my salads chopped now after this is how they were prepped in college. This is totally optional, but so much more fun. I also looooooove this dressing I found a few years ago; it’s creamy because of the Greek yogurt, but still tastes just like Caesar dressing. Adding a little naan on the side makes this salad seem like a wrap without actually having the wrap.

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Dairy-Free, Entrée, Gluten-Free, Lightened Up, Meal Prep, Salad, Seafood, Vegetarian

Healthy Tuna Salad On-the-Go

Annie

Tuna Mason Jar Salad

Need a quick, healthy salad on the run? I might have had this Tuna Mason Jar Salad for lunch four days in a row last week. Don’t believe me? Try it for yourself. IT’S SO GOOD. Beyond good. I think canned tuna has a bad rep, but this salad gives it a whole new life.  The cucumbers, carrots and sunflower seeds add texture and crunch. The dried cranberries and raspberry balsamic offer a sweet side to balance the earthy kale.

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Better Than Takeout, Dairy-Free, Entrée, Gluten-Free, Lightened Up, Mexican, Salad

Let’s Get Chopping: Chopped Mexican Salad

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Chopped Mexican Salad with an Avocado Cilantro Dressing

I went to Border Cafe in Cambridge with my coworkers for some good food, chips and guac and cheap margs. I got a the Route 66 Chop Salad there that I’ve been dying to make a copycat. Thus, I give you my Chopped Mexican Salad with an Avocado Cilantro Dressing.  I enjoyed the charred flavor from the grilled chicken paired with the fresh cilantro and tart but rich avocado-based dressing. You’d never know this Avocado Cilantro Dressing didn’t have Greek yogurt, sour cream or something rich and decadent added to it. Nope, just some avocado to do the trick. It doesn’t need anything else to be delicious. I lightened up my salad and omitted the cheese and any crisply fried tortilla chips. I will be bold and say I think any salad is better chopped. It’s less messy to eat. Plus, there’s something fun about it being chopped. Don’t sure what I mean? Try your next salad chopped.

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