Simple Series: Simple Salad

I personally don't think salad is boring or think of it like a "diet" food.  Salads are yummy! And super easy if you have a few things prepped ahead of time.

As many of you know, we always cook in bulk on Sundays for the week.  We include things like the beef veggie casserole I shared with you 2 posts ago, maybe some spolumbos and burgers on the BBQ, and some chicken in the oven.  We also will chop up a ton of different lettuce and put it in a huge container in the fridge so we can just grab a handful for salads like this one.  It really reduces the prevalence of the much used excuse for it "taking too long to chop everything for a salad".  I often also boil 4 or 5 eggs for a week and keep them in the fridge for a quick snack on the run or again, for a salad like this.  Make it easy for yourself and your health will benefit in such a positive way!

Ingredients:
* mixed greens (we usually use spinach, romaine hearts, and a tub of the mixed field greens all mixed together in a large container in the fridge)
* 1/3 of an apple chopped (if you made yesterdays breaky bowl with another 1/3 apple, you will now have a 1/3 apple left for tomorrow too... Fruit is best in small amounts instead of a whole one so you don't effect your blood sugar and insulin as much... yet you can still enjoy the yummy sweet taste. I rarely eat a whole fruit in one sitting :)
* 1 hard boiled egg chopped
* 1/2 an english cucumber chopped
* 1 or 2 tbsp hemp seeds

I make my own salad dressing and keep it on hand.  Sometimes I do a simple olive oil and balsamic vin but the favourite dressing I make is a honey mustard vinaigrette:
* olive oil
* balsamic vin
* big squirt of organic stone ground mustard
* tiny squirt of unpasteurised raw honey
* dried garlic
* black pepper
* sea salt

Keep it simple and enjoy!