Karen
5/3/2018
1:28:30 PM | |  | | | So nice to have dinner plus two lunches for work! |
Salad That Won’t Leave You Hungry an Hour Later
Yes...salad is great! Mel said he “ate like a rabbit” when he was getting well, and we all know the value of raw vegetables. However...sometimes I still feel hungry after eating just a salad for a meal….and that’s when I can get myself in trouble.
So...in the spirit of fixing that problem and staying true to Keto, I threw the following salad together last night, and it really hit the spot. I added several things that would alleviate hunger and check the Keto box of having plenty of fat per meal.
Throw the following into a large salad bowl:
- Chopped organic spring mix - Ok...I have an issue with all those STEMS they put in the bags of mixed pre washed greens. I spend the time to remove the stems and then chop up the leaves...I think it tastes better that way, and will eliminate the possibility of getting salad dressing all over your face if you’ve ever (as I have in the past) tried to stuff a huge dressing coated leaf in your mouth.
- Chopped purple onion (some people call these red...but...they’re actually purple, so that’s what I call them)...use about a half of an onion
- One avocado, chopped into bite sized pieces
- Chopped pastrami - I found nitrate free pastrami at Trader Joes...what a great surprise!
- Nitrate free bacon...fry it up crisply and crumble
- Two hard boiled eggs, chopped
- Now...toss, toss, toss.
Dressing:
Put the following in a blender and hit the button:
- a blob of homemade mayonnaise (see recipe here on this thread)
- splash of olive oil
- about a half chopped avocado
- some horseradish (go easy)
- some chopped garlic
- a little apple cider vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
I actually used a hand held blender because it was handy and it worked fine. If you don’t have a blender or hand held blender, you could use a regular mixer, or just some elbow grease from mushing it all together with a fork or potato masher.
I didn’t include exact amounts for all the dressing ingredient because I mostly just eyeballed it...so...use your judgement.
Enjoy!
Love,
Karen |
