Try a Green Salad

Salads are a great addition to any meal. They can be a side dish or a main entrée. They can be plain
or loaded with toppings. Salads can be a great way to add servings of veggies to your day.
The Base
Most salads start with a lettuce base, like romaine or iceberg. Usually the darker green a leafy vegetable is, the more vitamins it has. A great way to add nutrients to a salad is to substitute half the lettuce with another green vegetable. Try making a chopped salad with romaine lettuce and spinach. You can try iceberg lettuce with arugula. Even better, make your own combination!
Add-Ins
After choosing the base of your salad, it’s time to add veggie toppings. There are lots of other green vegetables that are great additions to salads.
Try these add-in’s:
  • Green onions
  • Green bell peppers
  • Edamame
  • Asparagus
  • Broccoli
  • Brussel sprouts
  • Celery
Hot or Cold?
Most salads are cold, with the vegetable toppings raw. Cooking vegetables is a great way to make your salad feel like the main course. Try roasting green bell peppers and Brussel sprouts for your next dinner salad! Combining warm and cold food make a dish interesting.
Kids Can Help
Making a salad for a side dish or main meal doesn’t have to be a one-person job. Let the kids wash vegetables like lettuce, peppers and celery. Kids can even help with chopping, but be sure to give them a plastic knife. Learn more about letting kids help in the kitchen here:
Try this recipe for Apple Cranberry Salad Toss
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  1. Salads are always refreshing and their is huge variety of salad recipes that can be tried for lunch and dinner. This green salad recipe is good one for health.

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