You either pay $28 for a salad (OH? You wanted to add a protein? $9 extra 💸) or you’re one of us.
Adding as much color to your salad (adding 🌈 sprinkles doesn’t count but respect the idea), more phytochemicals, more magical plant benefits, more satisfaction with your meal.
Avoid the second mortgage salad flow by using:
🥦 frozen veg (JUST as nutritious and the microwave actually preserves nutrients and isn’t harmful 💀)
🍅 in season produce and produce on sale – check coupon apps while you shop
Sweet potatoes, peas, hearts of palm, pickled ginger, sauerkraut, and canned beets and beans to add flavor and fiber and spice and everything nice
🍠 you can microwave a sweet potato to cook it !!!
💸 don’t buy salad dressings. Mash up an avocado with an onion mix packet or tajin or vinegar. Use olive oil and lemon and salt like a good Colombian. 🇦🇲
Storebought salad dressings often contain emulsifiers to extend shelf life which rage on the gut.
Oh and the weirdest life hack: pickle juice makes for a perfect probiotic salad dressing.
Easy peasy butterfly babe proteins: canned salmon or tuna, smoked salmon, rotisserie chicken, hard boiled eggs, beans, tofu, or my personal favorite — thicccc mozzarella (@decaotto 😍😍)
Serve salad with a spaniel on the side.
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