Tuesday, 26 June 2012

My favourite salad

I love being healthy, and being healthy starts with your diet. People usually giggle at or look past the "you are what you eat" cliché, but it is so true. At the beginning of the summer I wanted to start getting more fruits and vegetables into my diet since they are the most important food group for us, so I made it a habit to buy salad mix each time I go to the grocery store. Let's be honest, nobody has enough willpower to cut up a head of lettuce when they've got the munchies.
For the last three weeks or so, I've been eating a TON of greek salad and I'm not even close to getting sick of it. It tastes amazing and is extremely good for you. Here's what I throw in it:

-2 handfuls of mixed salad greens (spinach, romaine, etc.)
-1/3 of a red onion
-1/4 can of black olives
-1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
-1/2 a tomato
-1/3 of a cucumber

And although these aren't traditional ingredients in greek salad, I put about 1/2 of a bell pepper in it and sometimes a couple of mushrooms. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar and omgittastessogood. And NO, I don't eat it all at once (although I'd really like to...). It lasts me two to three days until I have to make it again.

This salad is very low in calories but fills me up pretty well. It's also a source of vitamins A, B, and C, iron, potassium, calcium, zinc, fibre, unsaturated fat, and antioxidants. So EAT IT.

All the best,
Average Allie

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