What's For Lunch: Mountain Salad

By Leana Lee

If you are aspiring to lose weight or to eat more vegetables, eating salad is a great choice. You can eat salad at least 3 days a week. Sometimes I eat salad everyday for a week, but then I take a "salad break" and eat other vegetables. I prefer using balsamic vinaigrette or Italian dressing.

Here's how to prepare a delicious Mountain Salad.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:​​

• 3 large handfuls of spinach

• 3 mushrooms

• 1 1/2 Roma tomatoes

• 2 tbs. goat cheese

• 2 tbs. chopped walnuts

• 1 tbs. salad dressing

Other ingredients that taste GREAT in salads:

• kalamata or green olives

• avocados

• dried cranberries

• sliced fruits such as peaches, figs, apples, pears

• feta cheese

• boiled eggs

• sun-dried tomatoes

Instructions:

1. Rinse spinach, even if the packaging says it was pre-washed

2. Chop mushrooms into small pieces

3. Chop tomatoes into small pieces

4. Arrange spinach, mushrooms, and tomatoes on a plate. Sprinkle on goat cheese

5. Sprinkle on walnuts and salad dressing. Voila!

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This post was featured on August 13, 2013 in the blog, Calendar Cooking: Scheduling Time for Healthy Cooking by Leana Lee. Leana is a Communications Volunteer at Guiding Parents.

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