Strawberry Salad: My Secret to Weight Loss

Salads for the week

I love strawberries. The first time I ate strawberry salad was almost 10 years ago. I've wanted to eat it since then, but I couldn't figure out what dressing I should use. I've been trying to lose weight since I gave birth in January. I knew that breastfeeding would help kick start it, but I would need to eat healthy as well. I remembered how much I liked strawberry salad so I started looking for a recipe. I went to one of my favorite websites and found this strawberry salad recipe. She also has salad in a jar recipes that I find a great way to set myself up for the week. Then I have no excuse to be lazy.

Strawberry Salad in a Jar:

Ingredients:

• Strawberries - 32 medium sized 
• Pecans - 2.5 oz.
• Red Onion - 1/4 a cup 
• Cucumber - 1 medium
• Tyson - Grilled & Ready Frozen Chicken Breasts - 2
• Athenos Feta Cheese - Crumbled, 1 Cup
• Baby Spinach - 8 cups 
• Naturally Delicious Light Raspberry Vinaigrette

-205 calories per jar/Dressing 35 calories per tbsp

Instructions:

• Cut the onion and cucumber to edible sizes
• Layer the ingredients into the jar
• I found that putting the "toppings" at the bottom of the jar and the spinach last keeps the salad ingredients fresher. Also when you put it onto a plate to eat it's easier to eat.
• I prefer adding the dressing separately, when I'm ready to eat it as opposed to in the jar. It can be done either way.
• I add only 1 tbsp of dressing and then it's ready to eat!

You is going to get me skinny again!