I find the best way to get in all my veggies in a day is to not only mix it up with variety, but don't be afraid to serve TWO vegetables at a meal! I prefer to prepare one hot and one cold vegetable dish with dinner, and usually the cold one is our appetizer while we wait for dinner to cook. If the cold veggie is the only thing out while dinner cooks, impatient eaters will at least munch on something good for them while they wait! Also, too many times we abide by our own rule we teach our children - "Eat the warm food first, then the cold" to avoid reheating plates, and we end up too full for salad because we eat our own main dish first.
As I mentioned in an earlier post but I'll include again, I discovered some great homemade-ish salad dressings at Top Foods for those who don't make their own. It's called Bolt House Farms, and they have a variety of flavors. I prefer the fruity flavors, and their ranch is more edible than other Organic brands of Ranch, though not my favorite. Watch the shelf date as they expire within only a couple months because they are not full of preservatives - that should motivate you to eat salad EVERY night to not waste it!
Here are my two favorite salads I hope you will try. Don't wait to chop until right before dinner because it takes a while to prepare if you're picky like me and wash every piece of lettuce thoroughly... Romaine lettuce can have a lot of sneaky bugs that are easy to miss, but I have recently discovered the likes of Green Leaf Lettuce - not so many bugs either! Enjoy!
Grilled Chicken Apple Salad
Antipasto Salad
