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Mar. 26, 2012 at 9:19am with 17 notes

The kid and I made this salad from Undressed Skeleton’s blog http://undressedskeleton.tumblr.com/

We looked on the salad page:

http://undressedskeleton.tumblr.com/strikingsalads

The good news is that the salad is mostly organic. The cashews, feta and grapes are not.

Ian was very interested in the food, asking what it was, loving the colors, and he wanted his own salad. I was making it at 7:30 or so in the morning, so gave him a little bowl full of grapes for breakfast—he didn’t even ask for his normal Nutri-grain bar!

“Fresh Friday Salad”

Calories-95, Fat-2, Protein-7, Carbs-13

Ingredients:

1 cup spinach

1/4 cup sliced bell peppers

10 blueberries

3 sliced grapes

1 tablespoon feta

3 cashews

1 tablespoon sliced almonds

*I added a spoon of real bacon pieces for the hubby-25 extra calories, 1.5 g fat, 7 g protein, 0 carbs.

FOLLOW UP: It was REALLY GOOD. Jeremy loved it and said it didn’t need the bacon pieces at all. It didn’t need any dressing. The fruit made it moist enough and the feta made it textured/flavored and sort of “coated” enough to not need dressing.

I loved mine. Next time, I will leave out the 3 cashews b/c…yeah, there were only 3 and it didn’t make enough difference.

Keep in mind, this is a small/side-salad, so if you’re hungry, you might want to pair it with half a sandwich or some soup. You could make it bigger, or you could just eat it for a light lunch or snack. Jeremy ate it with a few pretzels, a banana and an apple.