Salads

Brisling Sardines (Sprats) and Potato Hash

Brisling sardine hash with green onions, a small potato (I’m on maintenance and can afford a few extra carbs), ginger/garlic/chili paste, salt; Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red peppers and salsa mayo. Delicious! However, this meal was low in protein (only 16 gm in the fishies), so I will likely need to eat something…

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Steak Salad with Balsamic and Fig Goat Cheese

“Inside Round Marinating Steak” (on sale at Walmart) marinated in Balsamic Salad Dressing and pan fried to medium-rare; Romaine lettuce salad with baby tomatoes, red onions, olives, “Woolwich Fig and Balsamic Goat Cheese” (5 gm carbs per 2 T, so a little carby, but you don’t need much to make a salad taste so delicious!).…

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Romaine Lettuce Salad with Tuna and Bacon

Romaine lettuce salad with Rio Mare tuna, bacon, red onion, baby tomatoes, salsa mayo. Another quick, simple, easy, delicious meal. For fun and interest’s sake, I calculated the macronutrients on this meal. Total carbs: 11.9 gms Protein: 49.4 gms Fat: 25.4 gms Calories: 477 So, I  think you can see that I’m low on both…

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Cold Weather Salads

Even in fall and winter, salads still belong on the menu, and just a few tweaks will make them hearty and comforting in the cooler weather. But before we get started, please read my post on Elements of a Green Salad. Okay, now that you’ve done that, I want you to pick out elements of…

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Elements of a Green Salad

Build the base of your salad with: Mild Lettuce Romaine/Cos Baby Gem/Little Gem Butter/Boston/Bibb Oakleaf Loose Leaf/Green Leaf/Red Leaf Mâche/Lamb’s Lettuce (expensive, but so delicious if you can get it) Escarole (use the tender heart not the tougher leaf ends) Other Mild Greens (Mix with Mild Lettuce or Use as a Base) Baby Beet Greens…

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