Since the Christmas holidays, I've been struggling to drop the extra ten pounds that I gained with all the wonderful meals and gifts of cookies, candy and treats. Now I'm paying for my over indulgence.
I don't really mind eating healthier and not eating my own baked goods to drop the extra weight.
The produce came from Aldi where I found a beautiful head of iceberg lettuce for eighty-nine cents, organic triple-washed baby spinach for around two dollars, a dozen eggs at a dollar twenty-nine and a pack of fresh strawberries for two twenty-nine.
Their store brand organic black beans are ten cents higher than the non-organic ones so I splurged and paid the seventy-five cents. Lemons were just a quarter each. I squeezed the juice from half of one over the top of this salad and then topped it off with some Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing.
Roma tomatoes were six for sixty nine cents so I topped Tuesday's salad with one and shredded a carrot to add color along with a spoonful of leftover canned corn. A bit of Quesadilla cheese over the top of the salad the second day added a bit of protein.
All together, the ingredients for my lunch all week made each meal reasonably priced at about a dollar per salad.
Looks delicious! I love salads all kinds of them :)
ReplyDeleteWow, you're up early Susan. Thanks for dropping by and for the comment.
DeleteHi Peg. Both salad pictures look excellent. I am guessing that all of us would be better off eating a few more salads and losing a bit of weight. Or perhaps I should just speak for myself. You can still bake all those goodies and bring them to the seniors. (haha - that hints that we are not the seniors)
ReplyDeleteThanks Mck and it's okay to speak for all of us about keeping the weight under control. I'm struggling with this and need to stick to the salads for a while. The ladies have both put on weight at their new home. I guess dessert twice a day is helping.
DeleteI love salads and these look delicious! Last night fixed a big salad to go with the shrimp alfredo I made. I used a packaged spring mix greens and added some spinach, cucumber, broccoli and sliced green onions. It was awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sheila. Oh boy, shrimp Alfredo sounds wonderful. I love shrimp. That makes me hungry for a shrimp salad. I like using prepared mixes, too, and adding more ingredients like cucumber and broccoli.
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