Eating a salad can be a great way to get some of the essential nutrients that your body needs, reduce your caloric intake and stay healthy! The usual salad ingredients are full of fiber and water. As a result, they’ll cause you to feel a wee bit fuller so you’ll likely need less of a main course to complete your meal.
It’s pretty simple to get started and you can experiment until you hit the right combination for your tastes. It’s also so much more fun making your own, and it will free you from worrying about expiration dates or ingredients that you can’t pronounce. And, you won’t have all those extra bottles cluttering up your fridge shelves.
Check out this chart that was recently shared with me for some easy to read directions to get you started making your own healthier version of your favourite vinagrette dressing. It suggests you use 60% oil (pick the healthy one you like, I use olive oil), 30% acids (i.e. balsamic vinegar or lemon juice) and 10% flavouring (one of my favourites is dijon mustard). However, you don’t have to be too exact in your measurements. As well, you should switch up the ingredients (or mix and match ideas) then taste, taste, taste the results until you hit the right combination for you.
Loreli loves to exercise and loves to eat too! Her fitness company, Alter Ego Fitness Experience, offers Personal Training, Group Fitness (boot camp) and YogaFit training options. Loreli is very aware, due to personal experience, of the value of healthy food that not only nourishes the body, but also nourishes the mind and pleases the palate!
“One cannot think well, love well, or sleep well, if one has not dined well.”