Summer Salad

This quick, easy & delish summer salad was a hit at the last 2 (outdoor, socially distanced) potlucks I’ve attended. Try it at your next gathering or meal prep it & you’ve got lunch covered for the week!

adapted from tastyasfit.com

What I Eat in a Day

As requested, here’s a typical weekday’s food.  Workout-wise, I did 30/35 min of fasted cardio before work.

5:15am: 32 oz warm lemon water, plus more water during workout

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7:45am: Organic coffee with Foursigmatic Cordyceps Elixir and a few shakes of cinnamon while driving to work

9:30am: 17oz Hydroflask filled with warm water, lemon & ~1TB apple cider vinegar

12:00pm: “Health Insurance” Smoothie: I drink some iteration of this most days at work as I eat at my desk. Today’s included PlantFusion chocolate protein powder, ~2 c organic power greens (spinach, chard, kale & mizuna), 1/2 avocado; 1/3 frozen banana; 1/2 c organic wild blueberries, 1 TB chia seeds, few shakes turmeric.  Also: 2 chopped carrots, 1 c celery, 1 c jicama with 6TB Trader Joe’s Sauerkraut with Pickled Persian Cucumber.

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2:30pm: Organic Fuji apple, ~1/2 to 3/4 packet Justin’s almond butter

4:30pm: 25 oz S’well bottle with water & 2 drops lemon essential oil

5:30pm: 1c Butternut Squash soup & salad (2c mixed greens, 1/2c chickpeas, 1/3 c edamame, cherry tomatoes, red peppers, cucumber, 1/4 c quinoa, ~2TB homemade citrus dressing.

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8:00pm: Hot cacao  – 2TB Navitas Cacao with hot water & pumpkin pie spice,  frozen banana with light smear of peanut butter & sprinkle cinnamon

9:30pm: Reishi mushroom elixir (switching up from my usual Natural Calm).

 

 

 

Multi-green Salad

This is my husband’s current favorite meal (I serve it with a side of lentils). It’s colorful, flavorful & super easy to throw together.  I haven’t purchased a salad dressing in a decade or more…and this one is great on salad, as a dip for veggies, and even good on pasta!

Salad:

  • 4 cups mixed kale & spinach
  • 1/3 c cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 6 small gold & purple potatoes (I use organic from Trader Joe’s) – boil, peel, cut in 1/4ths

Dressing:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1tsp salt
  • 1 cup water
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 cup fresh basil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 cup raw organic almonds (soak in cup of water for an hour, then drain & rinse)
  • 1 cup nutritional yeast

Blend in high-speed blender – store leftovers in a jar in the fridge for a few days.

Croutons:

  • 1 loaf ciabatta bread, cut into 1/2 in cubes, place in large bowl
  • Drizzle with olive oil to coat
  • Toss in 2tsp garlic powder, 1 TB rosemary, 1TB oregano, 1 tsp white pepper
  • Toss with hands to coat
  • Spread on baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, turning halfway through