Clean Eating Garden Salad

When you first start to eat clean, it’s easy to rely on salads because you know they are healthy.

The problem I run into now that I am publishing this blog is that I often forget that salads are a great way to go. I get so wrapped up in creating new meals, that I tend to forget about the simple ones that don’t need as much creative imagination. So I thought I would share with you a salad that I made the other day.

I’ve really been craving lettuce for some reason over the past week, so I just went with it and dove into a huge bowl of it. I mean, there could be worse things to be craving and indulging in, right?

Add a little chicken or tuna to this and you’ve got a full meal!

Clean Eating Garden Salad
(Makes 1 serving)

Ingredients
2 cups spring mix lettuce
2 stalks celery
1 big, juicy tomato
1/2 cup kidney beans
2 tbsp. clean eating dressing
(Try Clean Eating Ranch Dressing or Clean Eating Vinaigrette)

Directions

Step 1 – Combine all ingredients in a bowl.

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Salads are a great little kitchen project for kids. Once the ingredients have been cleaned and prepared by able hands, let your kids build their own salads. Give them plenty of healthy options and you’ll find that even if they don’t used everything, you’ll be proud to serve them their own little creations.

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• Clean Eating Taco Salad
• Clean Eating Chicken Apple Salad
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• Clean Eating Citrus Celery Salad
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Nutritional Content – Does not include dressing.
1 serving = entire recipe

Calories: 151
Total Fat: 8 gm
Saturated Fats: 1 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 414 mg – I question this. (Depends on the beans you use.)
Carbohydrates: 30 gm
Dietary fiber: 10 gm
Sugars: 7 gm
Protein: 9 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 11

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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