Get Ready, Get Set, Make Salad!

Do you ever have all of the greatest intentions of eating healthy when you start off to work, then end up eating junkie and feeling junkie? Well, here is just one great way to prepare your your meals for the week and keep your diet on the healthy side!

Using a Mason Jars:

1. Start with salad dressing (make your own and save yourself some calories, sodium, etc.) By putting the dressing at the bottom, gravity will do its just and will keep it separated from the greens. Therefore, no soggy greens.
2. Add your veggies. After the salad dressing, throw in your vegetables. The harder more dense vegetables (e.g. carrots) should go first, then add the softer vegetables like peppers or tomatoes. The denser vegetables will not get soggy when touching the salad dressing.
3. Add your leafy greens. This should take up at least half of the jar. I like to use spinnach or kale. If you aren’t using packaged lettuce, then make sure it is completely dry before adding or else it’ll go bad.
4. Put protein last. This includes beans, tofu, nuts and seeds. The weight of these should help push down the other items to fit more in.
5. Screw the cap on tightly and store in your fridge.

When you are ready to eat, just shake the jar thoroughly and you go good to go. Tip: make sure to keep the jars upright to prevent the greens from getting into the dressing.