1. A spring mix of salad. One of these big tubs lasts me the week. The dark, leafy greens are packed with nutrients.
2. Chris cooked up a whole package of boneless, skinless chicken breasts. He cubed each one and stored them in a bowl in the fridge so they are ready to be tossed in a salad.
3. Sunflower seeds. With crackers, cereal, chips and croutons (that’s a lot of “c’s”) off the table I really crave something crunchy. Sprinkling these seeds on my salad adds a ton of flavor and texture.
4. Hard-boiled eggs. We are now those people that buy to big 2 1/2 dozen carton of eggs at the store. Hard-boiling half and putting them in a separate container makes my life so easy. Sometimes I peel one and have it for my afternoon snack, and sometimes I slice it up and toss it with my salad for lunch. Good thing we have an egg slicer or I probably wouldn’t do the latter—when I say “quick,” I mean it.
5. Salad Dressing. I can’t have normal salad dressing. Too many ingredients that I can’t have. Chris mixed up this homemade salad dressing that contains olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, and salt and pepper. It’s delish.
6. Salt and Pepper. Redmond Real Salt sea salt is what I was told to strictly use. The flavor is fantastic so I don’t complain–until the time of day when I have to drink a glass of water with this salt mixed in–not that pleasant. Apparently this salt has more minerals (something my body is really lacking right now) and is better for you than any of kind. You should try it. We really love it…on food. :) Sprinkling my salad with salt and pepper kicks it up a notch.
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Chris just got back to me:
2 parts balsamic vinegar
3 parts light tasting olive oil
1/4 part honey
1/2 part dijon mustard
Salt TT
Mix the honey and vinegar. Dissolve the honey completely. Add olive oil and mustard, shake (or stir) until the mixture is smooth. Add salt to taste and stir until your like it. Adjust ingredients as needed.
Hello, I just discovered your site via pinterest and started reading. =) Thanks for posting the recipe for the dressing! I can’t wait to try it. I’m sorry to hear you are having some health issues, but it seems like you have a handle on it and you are on your way to recovery (or hopefully have recovered since this post)
Thank you for sharing your DIYs. Your house is beautiful. =)
Heck! I’m coming to your house for lunch! Keep those hard boiled eggs out! I’ll need a refill.
That salad doesn’t look diet-y at all! That’s always my issue, if I feel deprived, I will stray from my diet. I hope you’ll be feeling better soon! -Sarah A from PA
Yumm! I love hard boiled eggs in salad! I shall boil some tonight! Hope you’re feeling better.
-Diana
Oh shoot! I’m sorry to hear you are so sick. Hoping you make a quick recovery. :)
brilliant! so smart to have salad stuff at the ready. looks way good.
This was a fun post!! I want to do this. Like right now. I never make myself lunch it seems because nothing sounds good, but this salad looks divine. And I love hard boiled eggs on salads. Yummo.
What’s the recipe or ratio for thesalad dressing?