topic Re: Craving Salad 🥗 in Kitchen

Craving Salad 🥗

QVCkitty1 — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:18:15 GMT

I love the rich holiday food and I've been known to overindulge in snacks and cookies. However, it's almost like my body knows that the party is over. I've been craving salads and vegetables in general. My grocery order will be very different this week . It was fun, but it's time to get back to normal. Sigh.🙁

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

BlueFinch — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:52:37 GMT

Me, too. I'm fixing to start making a big salad now. Can't wait to dive in. My body IS telling me it's time to get back on track. I will miss some holiday indulgences, but my 'normal' is when I feel my best.

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

Carmie — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:15:48 GMT

I love salads and always have them at the ready.

About twice a week, I wash and cut up different lettuce varieties and spinach and mix them with cut carrots, radishes, celery and cherry tomatoes in a big container.

I then cut up cucumbers and onions and store them seperately.

When I am ready to serve, I add the salad mix to individual bowls and add the cucumbers and onions, if desired along with whatever protein I want...eggs, chicken or beans and dressing. Sometimes I nuts or dried fruit too.

The cucumbers and onions don't keep well in the precut salad mix. They are too wet and make the greens go bad quickly.

I eat a salad almost everyday, even at holiday time. I use my food processor a lot.

It is so much easier to prep salad mix a few times a week instead of everyday.

I don't buy precut salad mixes that keep getting recalled for salmonella. I make my own.

I love veggies and salad...yummm.

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RedTop — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:35:14 GMT

I like vegetables; raw or cooked, but am not a big fan of lettuce. Salad doesn't thrill me.

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Jk9 — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:50:25 GMT

We continued to have our salads throughout the holiday season. I too make my own salads by washing the different types of lettuce (about to wear out the current spinner) and I add in lots of freshly cut veggies. I also buy boxes of special greens (like spring mix) that are locally grown and carried by several area grocery stores to add to the mix. Fortunately, my husband loves the salads too and encourages me to take the time to make them. We both had to have a salad dinner during the holidays.

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 21:58:19 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I love the rich holiday food and I've been known to overindulge in snacks and cookies. However, it's almost like my body knows that the party is over. I've been craving salads and vegetables in general. My grocery order will be very different this week . It was fun, but it's time to get back to normal. Sigh.🙁

100%! I'm used to having tossed salad several times a week and it feels like I haven't for nearly a couple of weeks. I've stayed legal with my foods, except for two bites of my sister's pie, but I know I've overindulged on the legal foods. I'm back on track again but need to shop Thursday and restock my fridge.

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

SharkE — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:20:17 GMT

Never had that craving. ROFL

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Pong3 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 04:39:36 GMT

@SharkE I like salads, but I have never craved them.

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

SharkE — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:14:28 GMT

Rare times I'd have to eat one I felt like Peter cottontail

I take fiber pills.

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Trinity11 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:39:14 GMT

I think if you are really hungry salad is the best. All that fiber is very filling. But, honestly, I have never craved salads. Lobster bisque soup, corn chips with salsa and melted cheese? Now that I crave...😄

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

J Town Girl — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:52:24 GMT

I am usually a big fan of salads and most always have one with dinner each evening.

However when I got this cold about a week before Christmas the though of having a salad just didn't appeal to me. My body seemed like it was craving protein and lots of fruit. I began each day by eating two tangerines and a banana. Dinner each evening was fish or chicken. No salad in sight.

Now that I'm feeling better I'm slowly getting back to my salads. I'm still not ready to have a big salad for dinner. Tonight I'm just having a little bit of spinach with some radishes, cucumbers and a small grape tomato.

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ID2 — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:12:15 GMT

I have a salad with my dinner every single day. Can't eat until I start out with my salad.

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Love to Run — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:39:27 GMT

I love a good caesar salad, and I love a marinated salad. I made a blackeyed pea salad with fresh red peppers, jalepenos, red onion, tomato, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil on Monday that I finished for lunch today. I prefer my veggies either raw or roasted.

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mrshckynut — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:47:17 GMT

I eat a salad everyday not craving

mrshckynut

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colliemom4 — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:08:02 GMT

I eat salads frequently but my husband doesn't care for them. My in-laws would make them daily when they were alive. Maybe that's why lol. They had other foods along with that.

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

haddon9 — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:13:00 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
I love salads and always have them at the ready.

About twice a week, I wash and cut up different lettuce varieties and spinach and mix them with cut carrots, radishes, celery and cherry tomatoes in a big container.

I then cut up cucumbers and onions and store them seperately.

When I am ready to serve, I add the salad mix to individual bowls and add the cucumbers and onions, if desired along with whatever protein I want...eggs, chicken or beans and dressing. Sometimes I nuts or dried fruit too.

The cucumbers and onions don't keep well in the precut salad mix. They are too wet and make the greens go bad quickly.

I eat a salad almost everyday, even at holiday time. I use my food processor a lot.

It is so much easier to prep salad mix a few times a week instead of everyday.

I don't buy precut salad mixes that keep getting recalled for salmonella. I make my own.

I love veggies and salad...yummm.

@Carmie This is a great idea! I'm going to get different types of lettuce & greens and make my own salad mix too!

Re: Craving Salad 🥗

Carolina925 — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:30:35 GMT

I eat a salad as my big daily meal so, during the holidays where I wasn't at home much and ate at family homes, I sure miss them. It's been nice this week to get back to normal, and my body thanks me. One of my favorite salads, but I don't eat often because I heard it's the less beneficial lettuce, is a good wedge salad with iceberg, bleu cheese dressing, with bacon chips and minced boiled egg on top.