I am always trying to think of creative ways to eat healthy. I noticed that my favorite salad was GREEK SALAD, and I am ALWAYS going out and getting it. I thought.. hmmm I can make this at home. So, you can make this w/ or w/o protein. On this day, I used left over chicken from dinner the night before, the next day I made it with a can of tuna.
-Light Feta Cheese (I bought the block kind and just crumbled it myself)
-Tomatoes
-Red Pepper
-Red onion-(in a typical Greek, I chose not to use)
-can of sliced black olives(put the leftovers in a Tupperware container)
-cucumber
For the lettuce.. to be healthy... I bought 1 bag of spinach, and 1 bag of mixed spring greens and use a combination of both. Organic.
How to make the dressing:
I used a water bottle, but if you are a fancy chef with a proper container for salad dressing.. then cool points for you :) This will make enough for 6 salads...
1/2 cup of olive oil
1/8 lemon juice
1/8 red wine vinegar
2 tsp dried oregano
2-3 garlic cloves(I suggest getting a garlic clove masher, healthier w/o preservatives) or just buy the stuff in the glass container.
salt and pepper to taste.
A little goes a long way, so add some and toss.. and see if you need more!
The lunch I made for my friend Terri, I just used one tomato, one pepper, a section of a cucumber.
But, you can decide what you like! Served with a whole grain roll which was perfect to make sure every ounce of that yummy dressing didn't go to waste!
Bon Appetit!
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