I'm an amateur foodie at best, but I LOVE food and I know what I like. I also have very little time to put anything together, so I'd like to share my favorite 5-minute salad! A couple of tips for choosing healthy ingredients...
1. Go for dark, leafy greens whenever possible (they have more nutritive value and flavor than lighter lettuces like iceberg).
2. Try to get everything fresh instead of prepackaged...a local fruit and vegetable stand will give you more bang for the buck for ingredients price-wise, and doesn't use any preservatives.
3. Go light on the dressing, especially if it's poured on the salad before serving it! It can weigh everything down and obscure some of the best flavors of the dish. My preference is always to put the dressing on the side and let people add their own, letting them know if it's better mixed than just drizzled on top!
Here's my fave, which is totally yoinked from AllRecipies.com (http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/blueberry-spinach-salad/Detail.aspx)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup raspberry vinegar
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach, torn
1 (4 ounce) package blue cheese, crumbled
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
Directions
In a jar with tight-fitting lid, combine the first five ingredients and shake well. In a large salad bowl, toss the spinach, blue cheese, blueberries and pecans. Add dressing and toss gently; serve immediately.*
*I like to keep the dressing on the side! Also, I throw the pecans on the stove to toast while I'm mixing up the dressing...it's all done at the same time, in literally 5 minutes.
Enjoy!! :)
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