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I love my classes with the free dinners. It's so nice to always have yummy salad, and a hot entree and some fruit. That makes at least two salads a week while class is ongoing.

That is great news, Jilly! They care for all of you!

I'm enjoying a romaine salad with tomatoes, olives, cheese, and the lite Northern Italian dressing.

What are you guys having? Share your ideas!

At Panera Bread enjoying a greek salad (minus the feta) and a serving of a french baguette. Yum!

Jilly-

I want to be more accountable for my green intake. Maybe I should chime in more often. Just noticed that day where I had 4 salads in one day. It was a fluke. Yet, I really enjoyed it and noticed I had way more energy than the days that followed with more sugar and gluten.

Today, I made a green smoothie (with 2 huge handfuls of spinach) and tonight I enjoyed a salad.

Dear Yvonnie -

Salads are definitely tasty and good for you!

My "lunch" salad (i.e. the one I'm eating right now) is fairly large. I have a large bowl that's 8.5" across (I just measured it) that I fill with greens. I don't squish them down, but that's a fair amount. Then I add in tomatoes, olives, and I sprinkle cheese on top. So that is my entire meal and it definitely fills me up.

Part of it is I'm so incredibly busy right now. These college courses ate up a TON of time. So I don't feel like I have time to cook or anything. This way I just dump a bag of salad into a bowl, toss on a few items, and I am done. I can just eat while I work.

SaladWorks is a nice little salad eatery nearby. Just had a harvest salad with all sorts of little goodies in it for lunch! Sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, dried apple chips, roasted corn, micro greens, turkey cubes...so yummy.

Yvonnie, what else do you put into your green smoothie?

Hi Lori-

It varies, but my quick and easy go to is: 2 hands full of spinach and few leafs of kale, a frozen banana, soy or almond milk, a little raw honey, and a dash of vanilla.

It's really yummy and creamy.

When I have a little more time I prefer juicing my greens with green apples and grapefruits.

Everything else seems to take a little bit longer (especially because I feel the need to cleanup immediately after preparing).

Hey Ladies!

I'm planning a saladpalooza today! Or something like that. I promise to be able to chime in tonight with news that I had a great salad at some point today.

I am not a fan of Saladworks. I think their salads are over-priced and under-"built".

I'm doing it! I'm enjoying Baby Romaine, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, a dash of garlic salt and fresh squeezed lime juice. The salad is the main course. I'm also having black bean dip and red hot blues on the side.