Salad!

Is losing weight one of your goals? Or perhaps incorporating more fresh veggies into your diet? Something my family tries to do every at every dinner is eat a salad beforehand. Our favorite blend: Romaine lettuce and/or baby spinach, carrots, red pepper, and cucumber. The variety of colors ensures a wider array of nutrients, and darker leafy greens (rather than iceberg lettuce) are loaded with vitamins & minerals. Eating salad before a meal allows you to load up on fiber, so you feel fuller and will eat less during dinner. I keep all our salad ingredients stocked and make a fresh salad each day. I'm more likely to eat something that I've recently put effort in to make, plus the veggies are crisper this way. And the best part: trying out different yummy salad dressings!