{"id":39438,"date":"2018-07-19T17:51:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T22:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=39438"},"modified":"2018-07-18T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T22:25:47","slug":"a-salad-bowl-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=39438","title":{"rendered":"A Salad Bowl Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

That might seem like a strange headline for a recipe post, but I really didn’t know what to call it.\u00a0 So, A Salad Bowl Meal is what it is.\u00a0 You all know that Jordan is on her second round of A Faster Way to Fat Loss<\/a> and is loving it.\u00a0 Get the details on that here<\/a>. Well, I follow a blogger on Instagram who is also on the program, and she was doing lots of stories about the healthy meals she was making for herself.\u00a0 After cooking up some nutritious foods, she just put them into a bowl and savored every bite.\u00a0 So, I am sharing this idea with you, but I got it from Seersucker and Saddles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Salad<\/p>\n

I used to have cottage cheese and fruit for lunch, but now I am eating a bowl of healthy foods with a lettuce or spinach base.\u00a0 I guess in reality it is a salad, but it isn’t tossed.\u00a0 Each food has a place on top of the greens.\u00a0 The nice thing is that at least I know i am getting my five servings of fruits and veggies in one meal.\u00a0 It sort of takes the pressure off for the rest of the day.\u00a0 This is how it works:<\/p>\n

How to Make a Salad Bowl Meal<\/h2>\n

First, I put one or two hands full of a lettuce mix or spinach in the bottom of a big salad bowl.\u00a0 Then I add a variety of foods to each corner.\u00a0 I always have a pile of black beans or garbanzo beans in a corner.\u00a0 In another corner I will add hard boiled eggs, chicken that I have baked and cubed, taco filling, tuna or tuna salad, chicken salad, or baked salmon.\u00a0 In another corner I will have fresh fruit like sliced strawberries, apple, blueberries, or a peach.\u00a0 Another corner will have diced fresh veggies, leftover roasted veggies, or avocado.\u00a0 Then on the top I sprinkle either feta cheese or shaved Parmesan cheese and then drizzle some salad dressing over everything.\u00a0 The best salad dressing that I have found for this is the siracha dressing at Trader Joe’s, but any of your favorites will work.<\/p>\n

\"Salad<\/p>\n

The great thing about this bowl meal is that you can use whatever you have on hand.<\/p>\n

Here are some other suggestions:<\/h2>\n

Almonds<\/p>\n

Diced bacon<\/p>\n

Oranges<\/p>\n

Pineapple<\/p>\n

Cut up steak<\/p>\n

Pepperoni<\/p>\n

Turkey<\/p>\n

Raisins<\/p>\n

Baked sweet potato<\/p>\n

Onions<\/p>\n

Corn<\/p>\n

Bell Peppers<\/p>\n

Carrots<\/p>\n

Broccoli<\/p>\n

Cauliflower<\/p>\n

Cucumbers<\/p>\n

You get the idea.\u00a0 You can see from the picture that it is a colorful, good-looking meal.\u00a0 And you know that they say you eat with your eyes first.\u00a0 Another thing that is good about this meal is that it keeps me filled up, and it is satisfying.<\/p>\n

Give a salad bowl meal a try, and let us know what you think.\u00a0 If you have any suggestions as to how to make it better, we are all ears.\u00a0 Share in the comments so others can see it, too.<\/p>\n

We thank you for stopping in today.\u00a0 Mike and I are headed to his class reunion this weekend in Indiana.\u00a0 Those things are always fun.\u00a0 We will see you here tomorrow for our Saturday Selections.<\/p>\n

Take care.<\/p>\n

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That might seem like a strange headline for a recipe post, but I really didn’t know what to call it.\u00a0 So, A Salad Bowl Meal is what it is.\u00a0 You all know that Jordan is on her second round of A Faster Way to Fat Loss and is loving it.\u00a0 Get the details on that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18,29,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39438"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39438"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39453,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39438\/revisions\/39453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}