How to Build a Filling Salad

How often do you eat salad for lunch?

When you’re trying to stay healthy and on track with your lifestyle goals, salad seems like an obvious choice. It’s a go-to lunch staple for most of my clients, but when we first start working together most women tell me that they don’t really feel satisfied with their lunch salad. It gets boring and leaves them hungry only an hour or two later.

Here’s the problem, if all you’re having is some salad greens and veggies, that’s not enough to fill you up!
If a salad is your main meal, you’ll need to include protein, grains, and some healthy fat to keep you feeling full and focused for much longer.

I personally love to add all the fixings to my salad - gimme all the premium toppings 👉 parm crisps, warm quinoa, roasted veggies.

Here are some ideas:
✅For crunch and flavor - Try dried chick peas or edamame, kale, or parmesan crisps
✅I prefer canned olives, roasted red peppers, and artichokes. Drain them and simply add them to your salad. No prep needed other than draining
✅Roast vegetables on a Sunday (carrots, parsnips, beets, sweet potato, butternut squash are delicious roasted)
Crunchy vegetables like raw carrots, celery, cucumbers, are satisfying, filling, and packed with fiber
✅For grains, opt for whole grains. Consider farro, quinoa, barley, or brown rice
✅For healthy fat, add some avocado, walnuts, or olive oil
✅A salad with just vegetables doesn’t keep us full. We need to add protein, too! Try chicken, fish (smoked salmon, canned tuna and salmon are all super convenient ) or beans, tofu, tempeh, cottage cheese, hummus, or seitan for vegetarian salads

Question for you Ladies! Are your salads silly or smart⁉️