Spring Break! - and Salads

April 01, 2017

Spring Break! - and Salads

So so excited about spring break this week! We are not going anywhere and just hanging out with friends and relaxing and I am super excited about this. We started off strong with a fun weekend and enjoying lots of outside---and all.the.pollen as well : /

Hiking with friends!

I LOVE salads and it is nice to not turn on the oven as much- so here are some salad ideas- sorry if you are not a salad lover! See ya next week if that is the case : )

Spring Citrus Kale Salad

*Fit Foodie Finds*

Because I am crazy about goat cheese, will use goat cheese instead of feta!

Chicken Avocado Salad with Peanut Dressing

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Steak Fajita Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

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Won't use the jalapeno and will use flank steak instead!

As always, build your own salad-

*Base*- any lettuce and throw some fresh herbs in there too

*Protein* - bacon, deli meat, grilled chicken, etc...

*Veggies- cooked or raw- I like a mix for different textures

*Seeds/Nuts- sunflower seeds, chopped up pecans, almonds...

*Cheese - if you want- my preference is goat cheese

*Dressing- there are many many easy to make at home recipes-

Here is the balsamic vinaigrette one that I use!

These are some that I have made before- in the mix, berries, avocado, bacon, pistachios-

Another- green beans, roasted carrots, sausage, avocado...

And one with a rice/brown rice base...

Brown Rice Salad with Roasted Carrots, Feta and Pine Nuts

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A few things we made last week-

My Lamb Meatballs with Spiced Curried Rice!

I had bought some ground lamb on sale and happened to have the rest of the ingredients-

Honey Salmon Foil

*Damn Delicious Blog*

Okay, so a terrible pictures but the salmon was delicious- I put it on salad and had some roasted butternut squash and I put some goat cheese on before I served it!

Took a friend a meal who just had a baby, so I used my go-to Pork Carnitas recipe-

Also brought with *black beans and rice*homemade guac* chips + salsa-

I need to get the recipe, but a friend brought me dinner at flag football this past week! Bringing me food= speaking my love language : ) It was a yummy quinoa based dish with lots of veggies and a vinaigrette.

My fave thing this past week was serving at Rise Against Hunger with Luke's school- I love anytime the kids can be involved in giving to others and serving. I am so glad they organized this!

Each packet had a scoop of soy protein, dehydrated veggies and rice- then we weighed them, sealed them up and packed them in the boxes. They weren't sure where this delivery was going yet, but the previous one went to Zambia.