Lunch can be a tricky meal. You know you should be eating something to keep your blood sugar levels even and your metabolism running high. At the same time, you can’t eat anything too heavy or you will start dozing off shortly after lunch.
Salads are the perfect solution to this dilemma. They are nutrient dense, filling meals that don’t weigh you down at work or at the weekends when you are running around getting all your chores done and seeing friends and family. . Best of all, salads are healthy and mostly low in calories, provided you make smart choices about any dressing you might put on them.
Salads can also save you money. The brown bag lunch is far cheaper than eating out every day. You can get a huge tub of restaurant-quality organic mixed greens at Costco these days for about half the price as one sandwich in your local deli. We are talking enough salad for a week for lunch and/or dinner, or several meals for the whole family.
You can prepare many salads ahead of time and take them with you anywhere, including a picnic.
Best of all, salads fill you up, and leave you feeling satisfied after you eat, especially if you include lean protein with your meal, like chicken, shrimp, or some lowfat cheese.
Just think of some of the best meals you’ve ever had in a restaurant. You usually have soup and salad, right?
If you’re struggling with your weight, why not plan a three-course meal for yourself every day, with a light, non-cream based soup, and a large salad with a vinegar-based dressing? By the time you ever get to the main course, most of the edge will have been taken off your hunger, and you’ll be much less likely to try to stuff yourself, always a danger when you are too hungry.
If you start eating salad for a couple of lunches per week, you’re sure to see your food cravings go down, and your weight too. Not to mention what you spend on food every week.
Not only will you be losing weight, you’ll also save money by bringing your own lunch to work. So salads are a winner all around for anyone interested in healthy eating.
This website will be publishing a number of tasty salad recipes that will help get you started on the road to better lunches so you can eat right, watch your weight, and save money all at the same time.
